News Releases

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

  • Decay of Baby Teeth May be Linked to Obesity, Poor Food Choices, Study Suggests
    6/22/10
    A preliminary study of young children undergoing treatment for cavities in their baby teeth found that nearly 28 percent had a body mass index (BMI) above the 85th percentile, indicating overweight or obesity. That percentage is more than 5 percent higher than the estimated national average, adding more fuel to the growing concern that poor food choices, including those sugary drinks and fruit juices so popular and convenient, likely are contributing to both obesity and tooth decay in very young children.
  • UB School of Architecture and Planning Will Host Turkish Scholar This Summer
    6/21/10
    This summer, the University at Buffalo Department of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Architecture and Planning, will host visiting scholar Gunes Ekin Aksan of Turkey, a PhD student in the Political and Social Sciences Department at Marmara University and a lecturer in the Communication Department at Istanbul Bilgi University.
  • Anxiety/Panic Disorder Most Frequent Disabling Comorbid Disorder in TS Patients, Study Finds
    6/17/10
    An assessment of patients with adult Tourette syndrome (TS) to identify clinical factors that contribute to psychosocial and occupational disabilities resulting from the vocal or motor tics that define TS found that anxiety/panic disorder may be the most disabling psychiatric condition associated with the disorder.
  • Cartwright Named Interim VP for Research
    6/17/10
    Alexander N. Cartwright, PhD, chair of the University at Buffalo departments of Electrical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, has been named interim vice president for research, Provost Satish K. Tripathi announced today.
  • Many UB Undergraduate History Department Awards Go To Local Students
    6/17/10
    The University at Buffalo's Department of History awarded scholarships and grants in the amount of more than $54,000 to 17 undergraduate history majors this spring, 10 of them from the Buffalo area.
  • 19th-Century Spirit Photos -- A Marriage of Technology and the Irrational
    6/16/10
    In the latter part of the 19th century, a range of powerful new visual technologies were developed that used the intrinsic mechanics of light-sensitive media to achieve spiritual allusions and illusions. Elizabeth Otto, PhD, an award-winning art historian at the University at Buffalo, is particularly interested in "spirit photographs" and the cultures of the paranormal as they relate to the Romantic tradition of spirit or Geist in late 19th- and early 20th-century Austria and Germany and the rise of modernism.
  • UB School of Management Graduates 32 Executive MBAs
    6/15/10
    Thirty-two Western New York business professionals have graduated from the Executive MBA program in the University at Buffalo School of Management.
  • Use Caution Near Falcon Nest on South Campus
    6/14/10
    The Department of Environmental Conservation has informed the university about two incidents where falcons nesting in MacKay Tower on UB's South Campus swooped down near passersby and a dog causing minor injuries.
  • UB Planner Samina Raja Earns National Recognition for Healthy Communities Research
    6/11/10
    Samina Raja, PhD, associate professor of urban and regional planning in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning, is a community-based scholar whose work continues to earn national visibility and prestige in the fields of food security planning and community health.
  • Uninsured More Likely to Die from Trauma than Patients with Insurance, Study Finds
    6/11/10
    Trauma patients without insurance are more likely to die of their injuries from auto accidents and gunshot wounds than privately insured patients with similar injuries, according to findings of an analysis of 193,804 patients from 649 facilities conducted by University Buffalo emergency medicine physicians.