News Releases

A low dose of insulin has been found to suppress the expression in the blood of four precursor proteins involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease, according to new clinical research by University at Buffalo endocrinologists. The research, published in March online in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, suggests that insulin could have a powerful, new role to play in fighting Alzheimer's disease.

The Buffalo Law Review Dinner, to be held on April 20, will celebrate a year of achievements by students in their organizations, and pay tribute to University at Buffalo Law School alumni and faculty who have made a difference in the lives of law students.

The University at Buffalo School of Management's chapter of Beta Alpha Psi received several honors at the organization's Atlantic Coast Regional Meeting in Providence, R.I., in March.

Cory Booker, 36th mayor of Newark, will present the keynote address for the University at Buffalo's 35th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Event, part of UB's Distinguished Speakers Series, to be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North Campus.

Lina Mu, PhD, assistant professor of social and preventive medicine at the University at Buffalo and a native of China, has received a $1.3 million, three-year grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to study the short-term effects of particulate matter (PM) among Beijing residents.

The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Something So Right on Saturday, April 16, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, April 17 at 2 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre, located at the Center for the Arts, UB North Campus.

Cory Booker, 36th mayor of Newark, will present the keynote address for the University at Buffalo's 35th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Event, part of UB's Distinguished Speakers Series, to be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North Campus.

Ezra Zubrow, PhD, of Amherst, an archaeologist of international renown whose recent research has taken him from India to Finland, and from Northern Quebec and Egypt to Kamchatka, has been elected a Fellow of the scholarly Society of Antiquaries of London, the world's premiere learned society for heritage.

Patricia A. Burns, PhD '88 & MS '79, is an internationally recognized leader in the nursing profession. She is renowned for excellence in clinical practice and educating students, developing innovative educational programs that are responsive to community needs and maintaining an international research focus while mentoring other professionals in their research programs.

Andrea Costantino, PhD '00, EdM '93 & BA '92, is UB's interim director of University Residence Halls & Apartments. Prior to that, she served as UB's director of student life for 16 years.