News Releases

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

  • Placebo Effects in Caregivers May Change Behavior of Children with ADHD
    6/29/09
    Stimulant medications, such as Ritalin and Adderall, are the accepted treatment to stem hyperactivity in children with attention deficit-hyperactive disorder (ADHD) and improve their behavior. Now a recent review of research by University at Buffalo pediatric psychologists suggests that such medication, or the assumption of medication, may produce a placebo effect -- not in the children, but in their teachers, parents or other adults who evaluate them.
  • UB, Niagara University, Heart Center of Niagara Collaboration Makes Progress in Project Aimed at Tackling Heart Disease in WNY
    6/26/09
    A collaboration involving physicians, researchers, graduate students and undergraduate students from three prominent regional institutions is intent on improving heart health in Western New York, an area with a heart disease death rate that is twice the national average.
  • Media Advisory: UB to Embed Twitter Reporters at Roswell Ride
    6/26/09
    A University at Buffalo social-media expert will manage a social-media campaign around the Ride For Roswell 2009, beginning online at 5:30 a.m. tomorrow, Saturday, June 27. "Embedded" volunteer reporters from UB and the Ride's Web committee will update Twitter feeds and Web content throughout the morning from UB's Baird Point and along bike routes, offering a play-by-play review of the action taking place during the annual event.
  • Media Advisory: Genesee County Development Center to Break Ground for New MedTech Centre
    6/26/09
    The Genesee County Economic Development Center will hold a groundbreaking and dedication ceremony at 3:30 p.m. today (Friday, June 26, 2009) for the Dr. Bruce A. Holm Upstate MedTech Centre in the Upstate MedTech Park on Assemblyman R. Stephen Hawley Drive, near Genesee Community College, in Batavia.
  • Media Advisory: WNY Entrepreneurs Tell Why They're a Great Investment -- in 60 Seconds Flat
    6/25/09
    Nothing like a little pressure to bring out the best in an entrepreneur, and there will be plenty of it at the 2009 Explore Buffalo Niagara Investor High-Tech Forum being held today (Thursday, June 25, 2009).
  • UBC2C HOLLYWOOD's "Sunday Morning Mentoring Madness": Tricks of the Trade Will Be Shared with UB Scholarship Students, Young Professionals by Entertainment VIPs
    6/25/09
    The next generation of entertainment industry professionals will learn what it takes to make it in the "biz" at the University at Buffalo's UBC2C HOLLYWOOD Entertainment and Media Symposium's special "Sunday Morning Mentoring Madness" mentoring session on June 28 at the Writer's Boot Camp in Bergamot Station, Santa Monica.
  • Buffalo is First Site in U.S. to Initiate Clinical Trial of Promising CF Drug
    6/25/09
    The Cystic Fibrosis Center located in Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, a University at Buffalo-affiliated teaching hospital, is the first site to begin recruiting patients for a 48-week international clinical trial of a promising investigational treatment for cystic fibrosis (CF).
  • UB's TCIE Is Now Enrolling Students for Fall 2009 Green Belt Certification Course
    6/25/09
    Professionals looking to earn their Green Belt certification through an approach that combines online learning with classroom-based instruction may now register for the Green Belt Blended Learning course, offered by UB's Center for Industrial Effectiveness (TCIE) in Fall 2009.
  • Buffalo Dance Festival to Feature LehrerDance and Configuration Dance Theatre
    6/24/09
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present the Buffalo Dance Festival at 8 p.m. on Aug. 1 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. The inaugural festival will feature LehrerDance and Configuration Dance Theatre.
  • UB Center of Excellence Fuels the High-Tech Funding Pipeline
    6/23/09
    The 2006 grand opening of the University at Buffalo's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences was hailed by local and university officials as a milestone in Buffalo's transformation from rust-belt city to a hub for groundbreaking life sciences research and industry.