News Releases

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

  • Bessette Named AVP for Health Sciences at UB
    10/9/09
    Russell W. Bessette, MD, a former executive director of the New York State Agency for Science Technology & Academic Research (NYSTAR), has been named associate vice president for health sciences and director of health information technology at the University at Buffalo.
  • President of NAACP Legal Defense Fund to Give UB Law School's Mitchell Lecture
    10/9/09
    John A. Payton, a renowned civil rights attorney and one of the nation's most passionate and determined voices for justice, will give this year's University at Buffalo Law School's Mitchell Lecture at 2 p.m. on Oct. 22 in John Lord O'Brian Hall on UB's North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Media Advisory: Actress, Comedian Whoopi Goldberg to Perform at UB Friday Night
    10/9/09
    Actress, comedian, singer-songwriter and media personality Whoopi Goldberg will present "An Evening with Whoopi Goldberg" at the University at Buffalo at 8 p.m. today (Friday, Oct. 9, 2009) in Alumni Arena on the North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Spain Rodriguez and the Road Vultures Will Rumble at UB Oct. 23
    10/9/09
    Yes, comics are the stuff of scholarly interest at the University at Buffalo, and this month UB will honor Buffalo native Spain Rodriguez, an pioneering indie comix giant, for his intriguing and politically explosive work.
  • Struggling Readers and Soon-To-Be Teachers Find Success in UB's Reading Center
    10/8/09
    The University at Buffalo's Center for Literacy and Reading Instruction (CLaRI) is the place where struggling readers and aspiring teachers come to find resources for success. Each semester, at CLaRI's reading clinic, graduate students working toward their master's degrees in education as literacy specialists get hands-on experience learning about what it takes to be effective teachers for local students who have trouble with reading.
  • Experts to Discuss U. S. Health Care Reform
    10/8/09
    A panel of experts will discuss U.S. health care reform at 7 p.m. on Oct. 29 in the Drama Theatre at the University in Buffalo's Center for the Arts on the North (Amherst) Campus.
  • UB Psychologist Jack C. Anchin Named Fellow of American Psychological Association
    10/8/09
    The American Psychological Association (APA), the 150,000-member professional association of psychologists in the United States, recently named Jack C. Anchin, PhD, of Amherst, clinical associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the University at Buffalo, an APA Fellow.
  • Adam J. Korus to Receive Willie R. Evans UB Alumni Association Scholarship
    10/8/09
    Adam J. Korus, a University at Buffalo sophomore, has been selected to receive the Willie R. Evans UB Alumni Association Legacy scholarship for the 2009-10 academic year.
  • $7 Million Grant to UBMD Will Develop Health Care Informatics System Targeting Kidney Disease in WNY
    10/7/09
    UBMD, the University at Buffalo's 450-member physician practice plan, has received a $7 million grant from the New York State Department of Health HEAL NY initiative to implement a novel electronic records system to track and manage treatment of chronic kidney disease in real time, with the goal of reducing the number of patients in Western New York who develop end stage kidney disease (ESRD).
  • Media Advisory: Multi-Million Dollar Investment in Life Sciences Industry in Buffalo
    10/7/09
    The University at Buffalo will announce a major investment in Buffalo's life sciences industry at a news conference today (Oct. 7) at 3:30 p.m. in UB's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, 701 Ellicott Street in Buffalo, second floor.