News Releases

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

  • Law School class heading to Thailand
    12/23/09
    For the second time, a University at Buffalo Law School class will travel to Thailand to study its unique legal culture.
  • Memorial service for former President Greiner is Feb. 2
    12/23/09
    The University at Buffalo will hold a public memorial service for former President William R. Greiner at 3 p.m. Feb. 2 in the Center for the Arts on UB's North Campus. A reception will follow.
  • Tarantula-Venom-based MD Therapy to be Advanced by UB Scientists' Biotech Company
    12/22/09
    University at Buffalo biophysicists have found a protein in tarantula venom that shows promise as a potential therapy for muscular dystrophy (MD). They have formed a start-up biotech company in Buffalo -- Rose Pharmaceuticals -- to advance the drug to clinical trials.
  • The New York Times Features UB's Work and Research with Buffalo Public Schools
    12/21/09
    In a front-page New York Times story, "Studying Young Minds, and How to Teach Them," the work of UB researchers Doug Clements and Julie Sarama is featured prominently.
  • William R. Greiner Dies
    12/21/09
    William R. Greiner, who spent 42 years at the University at Buffalo as president, provost and longtime Law School faculty member, died surrounded by family members in the Cleveland Clinic on Saturday (Dec. 19) due to complications from heart surgery. He was 75.
  • Quinn to be announced as head football coach
    12/20/09
    University of Cincinnati offensive coordinator Jeff Quinn will be announced as the 24th head football coach in University at Buffalo history on Tuesday afternoon.
  • UB's TCIE Kicks Off Semester of Business Improvement Courses
    12/18/09
    Western New York business professionals striving to save money and boost efficiency in their organizations may attend a variety of business improvement workshops and training sessions being offered this spring by the University at Buffalo's Center for Industrial Effectiveness (TCIE).
  • Faculty experts available to discuss Tiger, marriage, loud commercials, holiday gifts, health care
    12/18/09
    University at Buffalo faculty experts are available to discuss the image of marriage in the wake of the Tiger Woods scandal, the proposed ban on loud TV commercials, holiday gift ideas for people with disabilities and health-care reform, among other topics.
  • Carlene Hatcher Polite, A Leading Light of the 1960s Black Arts Movement
    12/18/09
    Carlene Hatcher Polite of Amherst, N.Y., associate professor emerita of English at the University at Buffalo, and one of the most important artists to emerge from the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s, died Dec. 7 at the age of 77 in Hospice Buffalo, Cheektowaga, N.Y.
  • UB Planners Make Recommendations to Get Williamsville Students to Walk to School
    12/18/09
    Kid Corridor zones, student safety education and detailed maps of safe walking and bicycling routes are among the recommendations made by University at Buffalo graduate students in the Department of Urban and Regional planning to encourage students in the Williamsville Central School District (WCSD) to get out of cars and off buses and ride and walk to school instead.