News Releases

The University at Buffalo will hold a remembrance ceremony at 11 a.m. today (Tuesday, February 17, 2009) in the Student Union Theatre on the UB North (Amherst) Campus in honor of the victims of the crash of Continental Flight 3407, several of whom were alumni of UB or were connected to UB in other ways.

A University at Buffalo model for educational collaboration will take center stage at a national conference in April designed to share the ongoing success of UB's partnership with the Buffalo Public Schools.

Mary M. Sjoquist of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) will speak at the University at Buffalo School of Management on "PCAOB Regulation in a Challenging Global Environment."

After a collective trauma, such as Thursday's crash of Continental Flight 3407, an entire community (or even the nation) can be exposed to the tragedy through media coverage and second-hand accounts, according to Mark Seery, Ph.D., University at Buffalo assistant professor of psychology.

UB experts are available to speak with the media on aspects of the crash of Continental Flight 3407, including ice build-up, traumatic grief counseling, the effectiveness of emergency efforts and coverage of the crash in the social media.

UB's leadership offers its condolences and support to members of the university community affected by last night's tragic plane crash in Buffalo.

The University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences has received a steel and slate sculpture from alumni Sharon Bob Young, B.A. '71, and her brother Richard Bob, B.S. '67, to honor their parents, Isadore and Ruth Bob.

The University at Buffalo will host the sixth annual Safe Schools Initiative Seminar from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 12 in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. The seminar will focus on the importance of developing a school safety plan that involves all school personnel and the benefits of developing the plans in collaboration with law enforcement agencies and emergency services.

William E. Pelham, Jr., Ph.D, an internationally known expert in ADHD treatment, will discuss the range of approaches to treat this disorder in the inaugural University at Buffalo Presidential Award for Faculty Excellence lecture, scheduled for March 2 at 5 p.m. in Diefendorf Hall on UB's South (Main Street) Campus.

Japanese artist Yuichiro Yamada, says it took a law degree, a cinema degree, working on a film with his favorite director and months on a Toyota automobile assembly line to inspire him to come back to the U.S. to focus on his preferred medium, documentary video.