News Releases

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

  • Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree Program Approved by State
    11/16/10
    The University at Buffalo School of Nursing has received New York State Education Department approval to offer a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree (DNP) program.
  • Best Judicial Candidates Need not Apply -- And They Don't
    11/16/10
    Gubernatorial appointment of judges to New York's highest court -- a process many legal scholars and officials believe is better than popular election -- has choked off access for most of the best candidates the state has to offer, according to a legal scholar from the University at Buffalo Law School.
  • Media Advisory: West Side Residents to Receive Care from UB School of Dental Medicine Today and Tomorrow
    11/15/10
    For the seventh year in a row, more than 200 residents of Buffalo's Lower West Side neighborhood will receive dental care from UB School of Dental Medicine faculty and dental-student volunteers over the course of two days at the Judge Joseph S. Mattina Community Health Center, 300 Niagara St. in Buffalo. UB faculty and students will attend to patients from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. today and tomorrow (Nov. 15 and 16).
  • UB to Celebrate International Education Week with "Human Rights in Perspective: A Tribute to Alison Des Forges"
    11/15/10
    The life of Alison Des Forges, known internationally for her expertise on the Rwandan genocide and her advocacy for human rights and who died in the crash of Continental Flight 3407, will be remembered as part of the University at Buffalo's International Education Week (IEW), which this year will focus on "Human Rights in Perspective: A Tribute to Alison Des Forges."
  • Chris Isaak to Perform at UB Dec. 8
    11/15/10
    The University at Buffalo Center for the Arts welcomes Chris Isaak on Dec. 8 at 7:30 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts, UB North Campus.
  • UB MBA Program Ranked in Bloomberg Businessweek
    11/12/10
    Bloomberg Businessweek has ranked the University at Buffalo School of Management as one of the nation's best business schools in its ranking of full-time MBA programs.
  • UB Professor Tarunraj Singh Is Named a Fellow of ASME
    11/11/10
    Tarunraj Singh, PhD, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University at Buffalo, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Fellowship, which is the highest elected grade of membership in ASME, is conferred upon members with at least 10 years of active engineering practice who have made significant contributions to the profession.
  • UB Efforts to Make University Heights a "Greener" Place to Live Are Paying Off
    11/11/10
    An initiative to educate residents in the neighborhood around the University at Buffalo South Campus about the benefits of recycling is paying off, thanks to the efforts of UB's Off Campus Student Services, UB Green and the UB Honors College.
  • UB Law School Hosts Seventh Annual Trial Competition
    11/10/10
    A drug-addled, suicidal rock star, a vengeful band mate charged with murder and a greedy son seeking to cash in on a million dollar life insurance policy make up the cast of characters in the case problem for this year's Buffalo Niagara mock trial competition hosted by the University at Buffalo Law School on Nov. 11-14 in the courtrooms of Buffalo City Court.
  • Smoking Cessation Experts Applaud New Cigarette Labeling
    11/10/10
    University at Buffalo smoking cessation researchers today applauded federal plans to require cigarette packs and ads to carry bigger, much more prominent and graphic health warnings, including images of the destruction to the lungs caused by tobacco, which must cover half of a cigarette pack. In announcing the initiative, the Health and Human Services Department called the new warnings "the most significant change in more than 25 years" in cigarette packages and advertising.