News Releases

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

  • Tongue Piercing May Cause Gapped Teeth, According to UB Study
    8/2/10
    Mark this one down as a parental nightmare. First, your child gets her tongue pierced. Then, as if you needed something else, she starts "playing" with the tiny barbell-shaped stud, pushing it against her upper front teeth. And before you know it, she forces a gap between those teeth -- a fraction-of-an-inch gap that may cost thousands of dollars in orthodontic bills to straighten.
  • Plant Compound Resveratrol Shown to Suppress Inflammation, Free Radicals, in Humans
    7/29/10
    Resveratrol, a popular plant extract shown to prolong life in yeast and lower animals due to its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, appears also to suppress inflammation in humans, based on results from the first prospective human trial of the extract conducted by University at Buffalo endocrinologists.
  • Most Youth Hockey Injuries Caused by Accidents, Not Checking, UB Study Shows
    7/29/10
    Hockey fans likely would assume that body-checking -- intentionally slamming an opponent against the boards -- causes the most injuries in youth ice hockey. But they would be wrong, according to a new study.
  • More Children Get Reading Help This Summer, Thanks to Booming UB Graduate Program
    7/26/10
    More than twice as many Western New York children are receiving instruction in reading this summer from the University at Buffalo as have in the past, thanks to a booming literacy-specialist program at the UB Graduate School of Education.
  • UB Hosts Conference On Using Lean Six Sigma To Transform Healthcare
    7/22/10
    Healthcare managers interested in operational excellence are invited to the University at Buffalo's healthcare improvement conference, "Sustaining Improvement: Using Lean Six Sigma as a Path to Excellence"on Sept. 30 at the Buffalo/Niagara Marriott, 1340 Millersport Highway, Amherst from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
  • How Do Cells Die? Biophotonic Tools Reveal Real-Time Dynamics in Living Color
    7/21/10
    In research featured on the cover of the current issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, University at Buffalo scientists have developed a biophotonic imaging approach capable of monitoring in real-time the transformations that cellular macromolecules undergo during programmed cell death.
  • Family Chats Can Help Students Learn, Especially in Richer Countries, Study Shows
    7/21/10
    Taking the time to talk to your children about current events like the Gulf Oil spill -- and using mathematical terms to do so -- can help students develop better reasoning and math skills and perform better in school, according to a study by a University at Buffalo professor.
  • UB Center Receives $11 Million to Dramatically Boost Computational Research
    7/20/10
    As it passes its 10th year in operation, the University at Buffalo's Center for Computational Research has plenty to celebrate: in the past 12 months, it has received more than $11 million in new funding, including two major competitive federal grants for advancing computational science and a New York State grant to make supercomputing more environmentally friendly.
  • Commissioner Ruttledge to Speak at Region 2 Technical Assistance and Continuing Education Center Meeting
    7/19/10
    The University at Buffalo's Region 2 Technical Assistance and Continuing Education (TACE) Center, housed under the Graduate School of Education Center on Rehabilitation Synergy, hosts its second advisory committee meeting on July 20-21 in Buffalo.
  • Haiti's Engineers Begin New Chapter of Study: Seismic Design and Construction
    7/15/10
    Before the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake, Haiti's engineers and architects had received little, if any, formal training in seismic design and construction principles. Haitian universities didn't offer any courses or programs that were dedicated to earthquake engineering.