News Releases

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

  • UB Pharmacy/MBA Students Leverage Skills to Place in Competition
    10/1/10
    Four University at Buffalo PharmD/MBA students have placed in the 2010 Good Neighbor Pharmacy NCPA Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition.
  • $4.75 Million Project Will Advance Universal Design, Improve Accessibility
    9/30/10
    The University at Buffalo and Toronto Rehabilitation Institute are partnering on a $4.75 million initiative to make housing, public buildings and outdoor spaces more accessible for people with disabilities and people of all ages.
  • Rodrigo y Gabriela Performance Cancelled
    9/30/10
    The Rodrigo y Gabriela performance scheduled for Oct. 11 in UB Center for the Arts has been cancelled due to injury. Ticket refunds are available at point of purchase. Ticketmaster.com and charge by phone purchases will be automatically refunded. Patrons who purchased presale tickets through the Rodrigo y Gabriela fan club will be contacted by MusicToday.com regarding refunds.
  • UB Department of Theatre and Dance to Perform Mamet's Oleanna
    9/30/10
    The Department of Theatre and Dance at the University at Buffalo presents David Mamet's Oleanna on Oct. 27-31. The production, directed by Kazimierz Braun, will take place in the Black Box Theatre in the University at Buffalo's Center for the Arts.
  • Olson at the Century -- A Symposium Will Honor Poet Charles Olson Oct. 14-16
    9/30/10
    Charles Olson (1910-1970), the very influential second-generation modernist poet and essayist, was a crucial link between earlier figures like Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams and the New American poets of New York School, the Black Mountain School, the Beat movement and the San Francisco Renaissance. This year, on the 100th anniversary of his birth, Olson is being feted at conferences and symposia at several universities and poetry centers, including the University at Buffalo, where he taught from 1963 to 1965.
  • Media Advisory: Grad Students to Showcase Research on Stem Cells, Green Batteries and Anti-Cancer Nanomedicines
    9/30/10
    Sixty graduate students in the University at Buffalo Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering will present their cutting-edge research tomorrow (Friday, Oct. 1) on topics ranging from using human hair follicles as a source of stem cells and anticancer therapies with minimal side effects to improvements in fuel cell technology and strategies for sustainable energy.
  • UB Doctoral Programs Do Well in NRC Rankings
    9/29/10
    The National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academy of Sciences has released its long-awaited new assessment of research-doctoral programs in U.S. universities, the first review since 1993.
  • Achieving the Goals of UB 2020 Will Remain UB's 'Chief Priority,' Simpson Says in Final Community Address
    9/29/10
    University at Buffalo President John B. Simpson today struck a hopeful chord for the future of UB and the region, even as he lamented Albany's continued failure to give the university the autonomy it needs to move more quickly ahead with the UB 2020 plan for academic excellence.
  • Global Citizens Institute to Hold Conference in Buffalo
    9/28/10
    The Global Citizens Institute will host its inaugural conference in Buffalo, bringing together 250 teachers, school administrators, musicians, dancers and other community members to promote global understanding, literacy and social responsibility.
  • UB Center Connects Company Employees from Across the Globe
    9/28/10
    With more than 1,000 Williams Advanced Materials (WAM) employees spread across the world, this leading supplier of specialty materials, had its pick of any number of Lean Six Sigma providers to instill a new common language across its international sites.