News Releases

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

  • Ernst & Young Matches Alumni Contributions to UB
    5/19/10
    The worldwide public accounting firm of Ernst & Young and its staff members have contributed nearly $50,000 to the University at Buffalo over the past year.
  • Media invited to attend honorary degree ceremony, press availability with global humanitarian "Amma"
    5/19/10
    Members of the media are invited to cover the honorary degree conferral ceremony for Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, known worldwide as "Amma." She is the chancellor of India's Amrita University and a distinguished and beloved humanitarian and spiritual leader.
  • Can a Bridge Built in Days, Not Months, Survive a Major Earthquake?
    5/18/10
    The major earthquake that "struck" a 70-ton, 60-foot-long concrete bridge today in the University at Buffalo's Structural Engineering and Earthquake Simulation Laboratory will help engineers evaluate if a fast, new construction method results in bridges strong enough to withstand seismic activity.
  • Weber Named Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education
    5/18/10
    A. Scott Weber, PhD, has been named vice provost and dean of undergraduate education at the University at Buffalo after an internal search, UB Provost Satish K. Tripathi announced today.
  • International Humanitarian Amma to Receive Honorary Degree at UB
    5/18/10
    Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, chancellor of India's Amrita University, will receive a State University of New York Doctor of Humane Letters degree at a conferral ceremony to be held at 2 p.m. May 25 in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall on the University at Buffalo North Campus.
  • Two Trips Planned for Students, Community Members to Learn about UB's Tanzania Education Project
    5/17/10
    The University at Buffalo's Center for Educational Collaboration (CEC) will organize two trips to Tanzania in 2011 -- one for local community members and one for high school students -- in an effort to introduce individuals to the challenges, opportunities and assets related to education in Tanzania. The trips are part of the CEC's Buffalo Tanzania Education Project.
  • The Growing Market for 'War Porn' -- What's Going On?
    5/17/10
    "War porn" -- videos viewed for entertainment that feature gruesome footage of dead American soldiers or the killing of soldiers and civilians in the Middle East wars -- are growing in numbers online, in part, because of the absence of a strong mainstream media presence in Iraq and Afghanistan, says University at Buffalo popular culture expert David Schmid, PhD.
  • New System Boosts Yield of Isoflavonoids That Bind Estrogen Receptors
    5/14/10
    The promise of new pharmaceutical treatments from a class of powerful plant compounds called isoflavonoids has remained unfulfilled because of problems biosynthesizing sufficient quantities of the compound in pure forms or well-defined mixtures.
  • Media Advisory: Aspiring Engineers Race Fuel Cell Cars at UB
    5/14/10
    Sixty of Western New York's best and brightest high school students will compete in BEAM TREK, an all-day, brain-teasing race on the University at Buffalo's North (Amherst) Campus on Saturday, May 15, 2010.
  • Media Advisory: UB Volunteers to Help Beautify Homes, Gardens in University District
    5/14/10
    University at Buffalo faculty, staff and students will gather from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday, May 15) to help make a difference in the community surrounding the UB South Campus as part of the second annual UB Community Day.