News Releases

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

  • Many Changes In the Offing for UB's Oscar A. Silverman Library
    5/13/10
    The University at Buffalo's Oscar A. Silverman Library, located on the ground through third floors of Capen Hall, has been reconstituted and is undergoing redesign to better accommodate the collections and services of the UB Undergraduate Library, the Science and Engineering Library, two cybraries and the UB Libraries' Multimedia Center, plus more and better study spaces.
  • Obama in Buffalo: What's the likely political impact?
    5/12/10
    A University at Buffalo political scientist is available to comment on President Obama's visit to Buffalo Thursday during a stop on his "White House to Main Street Tour."
  • Self Directed Behavioral IBS Treatment Rapidly Relieves Even the Most Severe Symptoms
    5/12/10
    Nearly one-third of patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) who underwent a novel behavior treatment developed by a University at Buffalo behavioral scientist achieved significant relief within four weeks of beginning treatment.
  • Obama's Buffalo Visit Underscores Success of Recovery Act Investment in UB
    5/12/10
    Although President Obama's visit to the region Thursday is intended to highlight the successes of a small manufacturing plant in Buffalo, his arrival also presents an opportunity to underscore the success of his administration's major investment in scientific research at the University at Buffalo.
  • UB Chemist to Receive Solid-State Award from American Chemical Society
    5/12/10
    A chemist at the University at Buffalo has been recognized by the American Chemical Society for his research of a material that could be used for the next generation of transistors.
  • Powerful Quake to Test New Bridge Construction Method
    5/12/10
    A magnitude 7.0 earthquake will strike at the University at Buffalo on May 18 as researchers conduct tests on a 70-ton, 60-foot-long concrete bridge in the university's massive Structural Engineering and Earthquake Simulation Laboratory (SEESL).
  • UB Management Students Receive Commencement Awards
    5/11/10
    Sixteen graduates of the University at Buffalo School of Management received awards during the school's commencement ceremonies on May 7.
  • President Simpson Joins Gov. Paterson at Rally to Urge Passage of SUNY Reforms
    5/11/10
    University at Buffalo President John B. Simpson stood with Gov. David Paterson at a rally in Albany today to support the Public Higher Education Empowerment and Innovation Act (PHEEIA).
  • National Report Recognizes Three UB Spinoff Companies As Success Stories
    5/11/10
    Three University at Buffalo high-technology spinoffs are among 100 success stories being recognized in a national report issued today by The Science Coalition, a national, nonprofit organization of research universities based in Washington D.C.
  • UB Professor Stephen Henderson Nominated for Tony Award
    5/11/10
    Actor and director Stephen McKinley Henderson of Buffalo, a professor of theatre and dance at the University at Buffalo known particularly as a performer of the ouvre of the late playwright August Wilson, has been nominated for a Tony Award for his performance in the Broadway revival of Wilson's 1987 Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Fences."