News Releases

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

  • For ADHD, It's Better to Teach Skills Than Prescribe Pills, Meta-Analysis Shows
    4/7/09
    Behavior treatment works as well as drugs for children with ADHD and bypasses the risk of medication's side effects, a meta-analysis of 174 studies on ADHD treatment conducted at the University at Buffalo, has shown.
  • Psychologist to Discuss Developmental Pathways that Lead to Addiction
    4/7/09
    Most research on developmental pathways leading to substance use and related disorders focuses on factors related to aggressive, acting-out behaviors in children as early risk factors for alcohol and drug use.
  • Community Computer Lab Launched By UB, Council Member Russell and Neighborhood Church
    4/6/09
    The University at Buffalo and Buffalo Common Council Member Bonnie E. Russell powered up 10 computer terminals at New Testament Revival Cathedral on Buffalo's East Side today as part of a joint effort to provide much-needed computing resources for families in the neighborhood.
  • Media Advisory: Star of PBS Specials Will Visit UB
    4/3/09
    S. James Gates Jr., Ph.D., a leading African-American physicist, PBS star and fervent popularizer of science will give a lecture on "The DNA of Reality and its Genome" at 4:30 p.m. today (Friday, April 3, 2009) in 112 Norton Hall on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. The lecture will be free and open to the public.
  • Media Advisory: Physics for Pre-Schoolers (and Teenagers, too) During UB's Astronomy Celebration
    4/3/09
    Preschoolers from University at Buffalo Child Care Centers and high school students from the Buffalo Public Schools will watch streaming Webcasts of planetary activities going on as far as a billion light years away from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today (Friday, April 3, 2009) on the second-floor landing of Fronczak Hall on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Media Advisory: UB Students Design Real Cliff-Hangers -- Dwellings that Cling to Edge of Cliff
    4/3/09
    Intriguing "Wall Buildings," architectural models constructed by first-year undergraduate students in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning under the direction of Adjunct Professor Christopher Romano, will be showcased at an exhibition of students' work.
  • Baruch Blumberg, Nobel Prize Winner and Hepatitis B Virus Discoverer, to Lecture at UB
    4/2/09
    Baruch S. Blumberg, M.D., Ph.D., winner of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovery of the hepatitis B virus (HBV), will present a talk on "The Adventure of Science and Discovery," April 16 at 5 p.m. in Butler Auditorium in Farber Hall on the University at Buffalo's South (Main Street) Campus.
  • The More Oral Bacteria, the Higher the Risk of Heart Attack, UB study shows.
    4/1/09
    Several studies have suggested there is a connection between organisms that cause gum disease and the development of heart disease, but few studies have tested this theory. A study conducted at the University at Buffalo, where the gum disease/heart disease connection was uncovered, now has shown that two oral pathogens in the mouth were associated with an increased risk of having a heart attack, but that the total number of germs, regardless of type, was more important to heart health.
  • Media Advisory: UB's CSTEP Program to hold Day of Service at Grover Cleveland High School
    4/1/09
    The Collegiate Science & Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) at the University at Buffalo will hold its third annual Day of Service from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today (Wednesday, April 1, 2009) at Grover Cleveland High School, 110 14th Street, Buffalo.
  • Poor Nutrition in Haitian Children May Contribute to Gum Disease, Study Shows
    4/1/09
    Haiti's children, already burdened with poverty and malnutrition, may have a health problem related to these chronic conditions -- gum disease.