News Releases

All of the latest news about our university. (by topic)

  • Nigeria's National Universities Commission Partners with UB's Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics to Build Nanomedicine Research Capacity
    2/8/11
    The National Universities Commission of Nigeria has selected the University at Buffalo's Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics as its partner to form the Nigerian American Nanomedicine Organization, which will establish Joint Research Centers in Nigeria and at ILPB.
  • Where Did Flowers Come From?
    2/7/11
    The University at Buffalo is a key partner in a $7.3 million, multi-institution collaboration to explore the origins of all flowers by sequencing the genome of Amborella, a unique species that one researcher has nicknamed the "platypus of flowering plants."
  • Teens Tout Financial Knowledge in "Money Bee"
    2/4/11
    The University at Buffalo School of Management and M&T Bank will host more than 100 students from 20 public, private and charter schools in the fourth annual "MoneySKILL Mania," a financial literacy competition for high school students.
  • Media Advisory: Family That Is Raising Funds for Pediatric Liver Disease Research Will Tour UB Pediatric Gastroenterology Lab
    2/4/11
    A Western New York family whose lives were forever changed when their son was diagnosed with pediatric liver disease has raised $150,000 to support research into the disease by University at Buffalo pediatric gastroenterologists Susan S. Baker, MD, and Robert D. Baker, MD.
  • For the U.S., Cautious Optimism May Be Appropriate Response to Egyptian Revolt
    2/4/11
    David A. Westbrook, University at Buffalo Law School professor and recognized voice on the global political economy, says that although there is a great deal of understandable anxiety that current events in the Middle East may end tragically, "Cautious optimism may be an appropriate response here."
  • UB Professor Robert Wetherhold Is Named a Fellow of ASME
    2/4/11
    Robert C. Wetherhold, PhD, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University at Buffalo's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
  • Media Advisory: UB Geology Department Hosts Traditional Groundhog Day Cookout!
    2/3/11
    In a winter when you can take nothing for granted, the University at Buffalo Geology Department, at least, is holding its traditional Groundhog Day cookout -- albeit slightly belatedly -- at 11:30 a.m. today (Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011) off Putnam Way between the UB Computing Center and the Natural Sciences Building on the UB North Campus. Great Visuals!
  • New Techniques for Stapling Peptides Could Spur Development of Drugs for Cancer, Other Diseases
    2/3/11
    Researchers at the University at Buffalo have devised two new ways of "stapling" peptide helices to prevent these medically important molecules from losing their shape and degrading in the presence of enzymes.
  • Media Advisory/Photo Op: "Give Kids a Smile Day" Set for Feb. 4
    2/3/11
    From the Teddy Bear clinic to Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown's proclamation, the University at Buffalo's 10th annual "Give Kids a Smile Day" will be in full swing from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 4, in the Squire Hall lobby and dental clinics on the first and third floors of the UB School of Dental Medicine on the South Campus.
  • Hot Tuna Blues Concert Rescheduled for Feb. 8
    2/3/11
    The Hot Tuna Blues concert originally scheduled for Feb. 2 in the Center for the Arts, University at Buffalo, has been rescheduled to Tuesday, Feb. 8, at 7:30 p.m.