News Releases

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

  • Introducing RoSS, a "Flight Simulator" for Robotic Surgery
    2/25/10
    A collaboration between the Center for Robotic Surgery at Roswell Park Cancer Institute and the University at Buffalo's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has produced one of the world's first simulators that closely approximates the "touch and feel" of the da Vinci robotic surgical system.
  • Buffalo Poverty Research Workshop to Feature Expertise of Scholars and Community Groups
    2/25/10
    Sociologists, urban planners, geographers and other researchers from area colleges and universities will come together tomorrow, Feb. 26, from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Merriweather Library, 1324 Jefferson Ave., for a free public workshop addressing poverty research in Buffalo.
  • Low-Wage Earners Are the Focus of the Latest Policy Brief by UB Regional Institute
    2/24/10
    From cashiers to child care workers, low-wage jobs are filling a growing segment of the Western New York economy, placing more and more Western New Yorkers on the brink of poverty, according to a policy brief released today by the UB Regional Institute.
  • Media Advisory: UB and Roswell Park Will Unveil a New Technology that Will Dramatically Improve Robotic Surgery
    2/24/10
    Members of the media will have a chance to see and even try their hand at using a new, robotic surgery simulator invented by University at Buffalo engineers and collaborators at Roswell Park Cancer Institute that will improve robotic surgery training and practice. The new product will be unveiled tomorrow.
  • Hypnosis Can Help Control Pain Among Women with Metastatic Breast Cancer, UB Researcher Finds
    2/24/10
    Hypnosis can help alleviate the pain and suffering experienced by women being treated for breast cancer, according to a study by a University at Buffalo School of Social Work professor.
  • "Discover Law '10 @ UB Law" Hopes to Attract Talented, Aspiring Students of Color
    2/24/10
    The University at Buffalo Law School and the Minority Bar Association of Western New York will hold their annual Minority High School Student Visitation Program "Discover Law '10 @ UB Law" from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 5 in John Lord O'Brian Hall on the UB North Campus.
  • "Smart Grid" Is Focus of First Workshop in UB's "Business of Energy" Series
    2/23/10
    The University at Buffalo's clean energy business incubator program, Directed Energy, will host "Smart Grid Opportunities," a half-day workshop designed to help businesses and researchers better comprehend technical advancements and business opportunities related to efforts to revamp the electrical grid.
  • Buffalo Site is First in U.S. Approved for Trial of New Stroke Drug
    2/23/10
    The University at Buffalo's Department of Neurology/Jacobs Neurological Institute is the first site in the U.S. approved to enroll patients in a clinical trial of the drug desmosteplase, a new treatment for acute ischemic stroke.
  • Media Advisory: Controversial Free-Software Activist to Speak at UB
    2/22/10
    Richard Stallman, founder of the GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation and one of the most controversial figures in the history of the Internet, will discuss "Copyright and Community in the Age of Computer Networks" on Feb. 22 at 6 p.m. in 112 Norton Hall on the University at Buffalo's North Campus.
  • UB Law School Auction to Benefit Public-interest Internships
    2/22/10
    The Buffalo Public Interest Law Program (BPILP) will host its 15th annual auction to benefit scholarships for law students interested in working this summer for public-interest organizations and agencies at 6 p.m. Feb. 26 in the Pearl Street Bar & Brewery, 76 Pearl St., Buffalo.