News Releases

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

  • 21st-Century Drug Discovery Tools to Fight Cancer, Blindness to be Discussed at UB Symposium
    9/2/10
    Twenty-first-century pharmaceutical breakthroughs require 21st-century drug discovery tools, such as computational or in silico molecular design and high-throughput screening of effective, new compounds. That's the theme of a University at Buffalo symposium to be held Sept. 11 on "Twenty-first Century Bioscience: In Silico Methods and High-Throughput Screening," which will feature a variety of cutting-edge advances in the field developed by researchers in Western New York and throughout the US.
  • UB School of Nursing Gets $1.47 Million to Educate More Future PhDs
    9/2/10
    Nursing faculty are in short supply nationally and this shortage is directly linked to the inability of schools of nursing to prepare enough entry level and advanced practice nurses to meet demands. The University at Buffalo School of Nursing has received a $1.47 million Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) grant to fund a program over the next three years that helps maximize the capacity to educate future PhD nurse faculty.
  • Stress Management with Chilean Miners Is a Tricky, But Not Impossible, Business
    9/2/10
    A psychologist and stress expert at the University at Buffalo says research on traumatic experiences pinpoints specific sources of stress that the trapped Chilean miners and their rescuers will need to manage in the weeks and months ahead, and offers ways of dealing with them.
  • CFA to Present Colm Wilkinson: Broadway & Beyond Sept. 27
    9/1/10
    The University at Buffalo will present Colm Wilkinson: Broadway & Beyond on Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Mainstage theater, located at the Center for the Arts, North Campus. This performance is sponsored in part by the Center for Plastic Surgery.
  • Stanford Lipsey's Photography Featured in UB Exhibit
    9/1/10
    A collection of more than 20 photographs by Buffalo News publisher Stanford Lipsey will be on display in the University at Buffalo's Kaveeshwar Gallery from Sept. 1 to Oct. 2.
  • 3,150 Enroll in UB Freshman Class
    9/1/10
    The University at Buffalo has enrolled another academically talented freshman class, one that includes representatives of 30 states from throughout the U.S. and 55 countries around the globe.
  • CFA to Present Colm Wilkinson: Broadway & Beyond Sept. 27
    9/1/10
    The University at Buffalo will present Colm Wilkinson: Broadway & Beyond on Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Mainstage theater, located at the Center for the Arts, North Campus. This performance is sponsored in part by the Center for Plastic Surgery.
  • Political Forecaster Predicts Large Republican Gains in House of Representatives
    8/31/10
    Political prognosticator James E. Campbell, professor and chair of the Department of Political Science at the University at Buffalo, predicts that the Democrats can expect to lose 51 seats in the House of Representatives in the November election, producing a Republican majority.
  • Distinguished Yale Historian to Speak at City Honors School
    8/31/10
    Jonathan Spence, British-born historian, public intellectual and one of America's preeminent China scholars, will present a free public talk at Buffalo's City Honors School Sept. 21 at 7 p.m.
  • UB Offers First-ever Regional Wellness Conference on Better Health Care for Indigenous People
    8/31/10
    The University at Buffalo will host this area's first conference designed to find solutions to the far-reaching and elusive health care problems for Native American and indigenous people Sept. 8 to 10 in the Crowne Plaza Fallsview in Niagara Falls., Ontario.