News Releases

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

  • UB Alumni Association to Present Seven Scholarships
    1/27/11
    A total of $6,500 in scholarship money will be awarded to seven University at Buffalo students at the UB Alumni Association dinner beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 4, in the Center for the Arts atrium on the North Campus.
  • Law Professor Studies 'Sexing Up and Dumbing Down' of Work Force
    1/27/11
    Pick a decade, any decade. From secretaries in miniskirts in the "Mad Men"-style '60s and Southwest Airlines' "hostesses" in hot pants in the "liberated" '70s, to the present-day surge of provocatively dressed young female service workers -- the ubiquitous "Hooter Girl," for example -- University at Buffalo Law Professor Dianne Avery has a name for it all: "The Great American Makeover: "The Sexing Up and Dumbing Down of Women's Work."
  • Media Advisory: UB Distinguished Speakers Series to Feature Arnold Schwarzenegger Jan. 27
    1/27/11
    Former California governor and Hollywood icon Arnold Schwarzenegger will present the next installment of the University at Buffalo's Distinguished Speakers Series at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, in Alumni Arena on the UB North Campus.
  • The Acting Company to Perform William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors Feb. 23
    1/26/11
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors on Wednesday, Feb. 23, at 7:30 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre, located at the Center for the Arts, UB North Campus.
  • Media Advisory: UB Distinguished Speakers Series to Feature Arnold Schwarzenegger Jan. 27
    1/26/11
    Former California governor and Hollywood icon Arnold Schwarzenegger will present the next installment of the University at Buffalo's Distinguished Speakers Series at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, in Alumni Arena on the UB North Campus.
  • UB School of Social Work Achieves Cyberspace Milestone
    1/26/11
    The University at Buffalo's School of Social Work has recorded its 100,000th download to its "Living Proof" podcast series, a milestone the school's dean calls "a sign UB's School of Social Work's entrance into cyberspace is here to stay."
  • Twenty Percent of Children with MS Don't Respond to First-Line Treatment, Study Finds
    1/25/11
    Researchers from the National Network of Pediatric MS Centers of Excellence, in the first retrospective study of the response of children with multiple sclerosis to standard, or first-line, therapies, found that one-fifth of patients involved in the review required "second-line" treatments.
  • UB Art Gallery, Center for the Arts, presents Noncommittal: A Prospective Glance 3
    1/25/11
    The UB Art Gallery is proud to present Noncommittal: A Prospective Glance 3, a group exhibition featuring three recent graduates from the Department of Visual Studies at the University at Buffalo: Erik Baker, Stephanie Carosa, and Jamie Major.
  • Flexible, Patient-centered Approach Can Help Vets Better Manage Chronic Mental Illness, Study Suggests
    1/25/11
    For veterans who have returned from conflicts overseas, fighting mental illness once home can be overwhelming. Often there are multiple medications prescribed for specific times throughout the day and adding to that are the medications that must be taken for chronic physical problems.
  • Zodiaque Dance Company to Perform Feb. 17-19, 25, 26 in CFA
    1/25/11
    The Department of Theatre and Dance at the University at Buffalo will present Zodiaque Dance Company "The 37th Spring Season" on Feb. 17-20 and 25-27 in the Drama Theatrein the Center for the Arts, North Campus. All performances are at 8 p.m., except the Sunday performance, which will be held at 2 p.m.