News Releases

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

  • UB Student Groups Host Major Environmental Conference
    4/13/10
    Student environmental activists from Western and Central New York are getting ready to teach, learn and discuss New York State's environmental future at Power Shift New York 2010 on the University at Buffalo North Campus on April 16-18.
  • Tuskegee Study has Little Effect on Blacks' Willingness to be Study Volunteers, Survey Shows
    4/12/10
    The infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study has little effect today on the willingness of blacks to take part in medical research studies, researchers involved in a three-city survey conducted as part of the Tuskegee Legacy Project have found.
  • Robert Wallace, Noted Physician, Epidemiologist to Present 2010 Saxon Graham Lecture
    4/12/10
    Robert Wallace, MD, Irene Ensminger Stecher professor of epidemiology and internal medicine at the University of Iowa and director of the university's Center on Aging, will present the University at Buffalo's 2010 Saxon Graham Lecture on Friday, April 16, at noon in 144 Farber Hall on UB's South Campus.
  • Media Advisory: "Simple" designs that promote and provoke sustainability and social change
    4/12/10
    The public is largely unaware of an important movement among artists of all stripes advocating for sustainable agriculture, products and services. Students and faculty members in the University at Buffalo departments of visual studies, media study, architecture and planning are among those deeply involved in this movement.
  • UB Planning Students Win National APA Award For Project With Buffalo Schools
    4/12/10
    The University at Buffalo Graduate Planning Student Association (GPSA) has received the 2010 award for Outstanding Planning Student Organization from the American Planning Association for a project that involved students from the Buffalo Public Schools in neighborhood revitalization efforts.
  • 'Falcon-cam' captures life in UB nest
    4/9/10
    A new University at Buffalo Web camera is capturing life in a peregrine falcon nest on the UB South Campus in Buffalo, where, for the second consecutive year, a female has laid her eggs.
  • UB Marks Confucius Institute Opening With Traditional Chinese Music and Dance
    4/9/10
    The University at Buffalo celebrates its new Confucius Institute with authentic Chinese music and colorful traditional dancing from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today (April 9) at UB's Center for the Arts on its North Campus.
  • UB's 'Wiggle Your Power' Summer Camp to Teach Children Civic Engagement
    4/8/10
    The University at Buffalo's Center for Educational Collaboration (CEC) will bring its message of civic engagement and personal empowerment to elementary children through a summer camp that mixes interactive activities with UB's mission of making a difference in the world.
  • Media Advisory: Wolf Blitzer to be Available for Interviews
    4/8/10
    Wolf Blitzer, CNN's award-winning lead political anchor and host of "The Situation Room," will be available to talk with local media from 5:30-5:45 p.m. tomorrow (Friday, April 9) in Slee Hall's Green Room, 208 Slee Hall, on the UB North Campus.
  • UB Researchers Harness Basic Survival Tactic to Fight Childhood Obesity
    4/8/10
    University at Buffalo researchers are adapting our innate interest in consuming a variety of foods, considered an evolutionary survival tactic, to develop new interventions to treat obesity in children.