News Releases

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

  • Student Loses 15 Family Members in Haitian Earthquake, Heads Home to Help
    1/20/10
    She lost 15 family members in the Haitian earthquake, but Samarth Joseph, a Haitian-born PhD student in the University at Buffalo Department of Geography, plans to be back on the island by the end of the week to help her homeless family members and to distribute solar cookers to residents.
  • UB Reaches Out to Haiti through Work of Earthquake Engineering Lab and University Relief Effort
    1/19/10
    The University at Buffalo's world-renowned earthquake engineering faculty, and the internationally diverse students who come here to train in this critical field, are always intensely interested in any earthquake that occurs. But for Pierre Fouche, who is working on his doctorate in earthquake engineering, the earthquake in Haiti had enormous personal significance. Fouche is Haitian and his family lives there.
  • UB Specialized Exercise Regimen Shown to Relieve Prolonged Concussion Symptoms
    1/19/10
    University at Buffalo researchers are the first to show that a controlled individualized exercise training program can bring athletes and others suffering with post-concussion syndrome (PCS) back to the playing field or to their daily activities.
  • As Haitian Tragedy Unfolds, UB Experts Are Available to Discuss Why We Give, Dangers to Health, Haitian Spirit
    1/19/10
    As details continue to unfold, medical, cultural and communication experts at the University at Buffalo are available to discuss the catastrophic earthquake that devastated Haiti last week.
  • Zodiaque Dance Company Opens Its 36th Season
    1/15/10
    The Department of Theatre and Dance at the University at Buffalo will present Zodiaque Dance Company on Feb 18-21 and Feb. 26-28 in the Drama Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North Campus. Performances will be held Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.
  • Gov. Paterson's 'Public Higher Education Empowerment and Innovation Act' Will Benefit UB, SUNY and Western New York
    1/15/10
    Gov. David A. Paterson announced today that he will include in his 2010 Executive Budget significant reforms that would give SUNY -- and the University at Buffalo -- the financial flexibility to position the system and university to play a major role in the state's economic resurgence and support UB 2020 as a basis for economic transformation in Western New York.
  • Haitian Tragedy: Faculty Experts Available for Commentary
    1/14/10
    University at Buffalo faculty -- including earthquake engineering, disaster, trauma and communication experts -- are available to discuss the tragic earthquake in Haiti. A listing of the experts and their commentary is available at http://newstips.buffalo.edu.
  • Gifted Math Program at UB Seeks Nominations for Fall 2010 Class
    1/13/10
    The Gifted Math Program at the University at Buffalo is accepting nominations submitted by schools and parents of outstanding sixth-grade mathematics students for its Fall 2010 entering class.
  • Media Advisory: Looking for Census Information?
    1/12/10
    Editors, reporters and researchers looking for accurate census data, past and present, can find help in the University at Buffalo Arts and Sciences Libraries' online Government Documents Center.
  • Expert to Speak on International Financial Reporting Standards
    1/12/10
    Lisa D. Filomia, on-call practice leader at Ernst & Young, will speak at the University at Buffalo School of Management on "International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS): The U.S. Landscape."