News Releases

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

  • Scientists Track an Insidious Toxic Substance in China
    10/20/10
    Scientists at the University at Buffalo and the Chinese University of Mining and Technology/Beijing are tracing a toxic trajectory of excess fluorine, which may be crippling millions of people with skeletal fluorosis in a poor, remote Chinese province. The disease causes chronic joint pain and leads to muscle wasting and crippling spine and major joint deformities. Most often, the source is excess fluorine in polluted water, but in certain areas in China it comes from coal.
  • Media Advisory: Students to Get a 'Taste of Italy' at UB's First Guest Restaurant Night
    10/20/10
    Dining hall food at the University at Buffalo will reach a new level on Wednesday, Oct. 20, as the renowned and local favorite Ilio DiPaolo's Restaurant serves UB students during Taste of Italy Night, the first installment in the university's Guest Restaurant program.
  • Hormone Therapy Increases Invasive Breast Cancer and Mortality, WHI 11-Year Follow Up Finds
    10/20/10
    Results of a new Women's Health Initiative (WHI) report show that hormone therapy is associated with an increased risk of death from breast cancer, as well as an increased risk of developing invasive breast cancer in postmenopausal women.
  • Community Partnership Award Recognizes 20 Years of Collaboration Between UB's School of Architecture and Planning and Habitat for Humanity
    10/20/10
    The University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning has received the 2010 Award for Community Partnership from Habitat for Humanity Buffalo. The accolade recognizes the work of architecture and planning students, who have constructed 47 houses in partnership with Habitat for Humanity Buffalo since 1991.
  • Media Advisory: Students to Get a 'Taste of Italy' at UB's First Guest Restaurant Night
    10/19/10
    Dining hall food at the University at Buffalo will reach a new level on Wednesday, Oct. 20, as the renowned and local favorite Ilio DiPaolo's Restaurant serves UB students during Taste of Italy Night, the first installment in the university's Guest Restaurant program.
  • Prostate Cancer Patients are at Increased Risk of Precancerous Colon Polyps
    10/19/10
    Men with prostate cancer should be especially diligent about having routine screening colonoscopies, results of a new study by gastroenterologists at the University at Buffalo indicate.
  • Acclaimed Male A Cappella Group Straight No Chaser Returns to UB by Popular Demand
    10/18/10
    The University at Buffalo Center for the Arts will present Straight No Chaser on Nov. 16 at 7:30 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts, UB North Campus.
  • Experts available to discuss Chilean miners and PTSD and the effect of the Chilean mining disaster on safety in the global mining industry
    10/18/10
    University at Buffalo faculty experts are available to comment on the following topics: How group support among the miners may prevent PTSD and a Chilean geologist describes the situation in the Chilean mining industry and how this event may change mining practices The thoughts of the UB faculty members are summarized below. For more information or to search the university's Newstips blog, go to the Newstips Web Site. .
  • Study Confirms: Whatever Doesn't Kill Us Can Make Us Stronger
    10/15/10
    We've all heard the adage that whatever doesn't kill us makes us stronger, but until now the preponderance of scientific evidence has offered little support for it. However, a new study of the effects of adverse life events on mental health has found that adverse experiences do, in fact, appear to foster subsequent adaptability and resilience, with resulting advantages for mental health and well being.
  • Chilean Geologist Says Global Mining Industry Will Never be the Same
    10/15/10
    Joaquin Cortés, PhD, a visiting assistant professor of geology at the University at Buffalo, a Chilean native and former staff member of the Chilean Geological Survey (Sernageomin) says that the San Jose mine disaster will alter, dramatically and forever, small mining operations throughout the world.