News Releases

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

  • UB Earthquake Engineer Reports from Haiti
    1/26/10
    Days after arriving in earthquake-ravaged Port-au-Prince, a team of French-speaking structural engineers led by Andre Filiatrault, PhD, University at Buffalo civil engineering professor and director of the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER), headquartered at UB, was appointed by the United Nations as its interim lead coordinating team for organizing and initiating building assessments.
  • M&T Bank Dance Series to Present The Israel Ballet at UB
    1/26/10
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present The Israel Ballet on Feb. 23 at 8 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North Campus. The performance is sponsored by M&T Bank. It is also sponsored in part by the Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo.
  • Play, Films, Speakers Recall Rwandan Genocide and Honor the Life of Alison Des Forges
    1/26/10
    The celebrated one-woman play Miracle in Rwanda, which tells the story of a Rwandan woman who survived her country's 1994 horrifying genocide, will be performed on Feb. 11-13 at the University at Buffalo in memory of the late human-rights activist, historian and MacArthur Fellow Alison L. Des Forges.
  • Arlene Kaukus Named UB's Director of Career Services
    1/26/10
    After a national search, Arlene Kaukus has been named director of career services at the University at Buffalo. Her appointment is effective Feb. 1.
  • UB's Mangold Named Lead Academic to NIH/NIMH Research Team
    1/25/10
    University at Buffalo Law School Professor Susan V. Mangold has been selected the leading academic for one of 15 teams accepted for a cooperative research conference sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Mental Health.
  • CBC-TV: Doctoral student from Haiti discusses reconstruction efforts following earthquake
    1/25/10
    Pierre Fouche, a Haitian doctoral student in the earthquake engineering program in the UB Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, was interviewed by satellite for CBC-TV's News Now. The interview focused on reconstruction efforts in Haiti, and was prompted by the international meeting in Canada on Monday to discuss how to help Haiti rebuild. Fouche also was interviewed Monday by CBC Radio on the same topic. The radio interview (in French) is at http://www.radio-canada.ca/audio-video/pop.shtml#urlMedia=http://www.radio-canada.ca/Medianet/2010/CBF/Desautels201001251732_2.asx. Or go to http://www.radio-canada.ca/emissions/desautels/2009-2010/; scroll down and click on "L/Entrevue avec Pierre fouche." The CBC TV interview is not available online.
  • UB Medical Students Raise Funds, Sponsor "Trivia for Haiti" Contest to Support Haitians
    1/25/10
    University at Buffalo medical students are "passing the hat" and organizing events to raise funds for Haiti in the aftermath of the massive earthquake on Jan. 11 and the 5.9 magnitude aftershock that followed on Jan. 20.
  • UB Engineer Leads AIDG-MCEER Mission to Meet "Dire" Need for French-Speaking Engineers in Haiti
    1/21/10
    The powerful aftershock that hit the already devastated city of Port au Prince on Jan. 20 has only intensified Haiti's need for French-speaking structural engineers who can immediately determine which of the structures left standing may still pose a threat to human safety.
  • University in Riyadh Gives $300,000 to UB to Begin UB-Saudi Research Collaboration
    1/21/10
    A University at Buffalo cancer researcher has received a $300,000 grant from King Saud University (KSU) to continue her work with a Saudi researcher on a vaccine for breast cancer.
  • WBFO to Launch New Program Lineup Feb. 1
    1/20/10
    WBFO 88.7 FM, the University at Buffalo's National Public Radio member station, will launch new programming weekdays and weekends beginning Feb. 1, expanding its array of award-winning NPR news, analysis and entertainment.