News Releases

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

  • UB's iSciWNY Will Help Grow a High-Tech, Life Sciences Workforce
    10/6/09
    The University at Buffalo introduced today iSciWNY, a comprehensive life-sciences workforce development program dedicated to preparing all Western New Yorkers, not just scientists, for new positions in Buffalo Niagara's growing life sciences industry.
  • The Charge of Abolitionist Music Will Fill the UB Art Gallery Oct. 16
    10/6/09
    The University at Buffalo Art Gallery will present "Get Off the Track," a performance by Buffalo's Hutchinson Family Revival that will mark the closing of "Stephen Marc: Passage on the Underground Railroad," an exhibition whose montages explore the network of secret routes and safe houses used by escaping enslaved African Americans.
  • "Carlos Estevez: Images of Thought" Opens at UB Nov. 5
    10/6/09
    The University at Buffalo Art Gallery will present "Carlos Estevez: Images of Thought," an exhibition that will run Nov. 5 to Feb. 13 in its first floor gallery and will feature 31 works by the esteemed Cuban-born artist.
  • Media Advisory: You don't have to be a scientist to get a life sciences job in WNY
    10/6/09
    The University at Buffalo will formally introduce a powerful new workforce development program at a news conference schedule for 10 a.m. today (Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009) in UB's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, 701 Ellicott Street (2nd floor), Buffalo.
  • Media Advisory: Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to Speak at UB
    10/6/09
    Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair will speak at the University at Buffalo at 8 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009) in Alumni Arena on the UB North (Amherst) Campus as part of the 2009-10 Distinguished Speakers Series.
  • Media Advisory: Live Satellite Feed, Webcast Available of President Obama Presenting UB Professor with National Medal
    10/6/09
    Media will be able to watch President Obama present University at Buffalo Greatbatch Professor in Power Sources Research Esther S. Takeuchi with the nation's highest honor for technological achievement at a White House ceremony beginning 1:30 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009).
  • UB Education Expert Says Longer School Hours Alone Will Not Solve Educational Crisis
    10/5/09
    President Barack Obama's plan to extend the school year to increase achievement among American students would only help bridge the gap between American students and those in other countries if the extra time was used wisely, says the University at Buffalo's Suzanne Miller, a national expert in learning and instruction and former secondary school English teacher.
  • Two robberies reported Sunday night on North Campus
    10/5/09
    University Police received a report at 10:10 p.m. on Oct. 4 from a student who stated he was robbed at gun point on Lee road near Jarvis B Parking Lot. A second student also reported being robbed between Ketter Hall and Putnam Way shortly after the first incident was reported.
  • Media Advisory: You don't have to be a scientist to get a life sciences job in WNY
    10/5/09
    The University at Buffalo will formally introduce a powerful new workforce development program at a news conference schedule for 10 a.m. tomorrow (Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009) at UB's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, 701 Ellicott Street (2nd floor), Buffalo.
  • New Legal Skills Program Will Produce Practice-ready Attorneys
    10/2/09
    The University at Buffalo Law School is reinventing the way it prepares students for Day One of practicing law. By integrating innovative and practical legal skills immediately into the curriculum, graduates will be better equipped immediately after they graduate to file a brief, cross-examine a witness or make a special pleading.