News Releases

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

  • UB Expert Available to Discuss April 6 Earthquake in Italy
    4/9/09
    On April 6, a powerful earthquake struck central Italy, near the medieval town of L'Aquila, about 75 miles northeast of Rome. Gian Paolo Cimellaro, a graduate of the University at Buffalo's doctoral program in earthquake engineering and a visiting professor at UB. Cimellaro arrived in Buffalo on April 8; he was in Rome when the Paganica earthquake struck on Monday morning.
  • Media Advisory: French Ambassador Visits UB on Wednesday, April 8
    4/7/09
    Excellency Pierre Vimont (Vee-mon), Ambassador of France to the United States will present a public lecture at UB on April 8.
  • Media Advisory: Research by Outstanding Undergrads to be Highlighted at UB Celebration of Academic Excellence
    4/7/09
    The University at Buffalo will celebrate the research and academic achievements of its outstanding undergraduates, as well as its faculty and staff, at the fifth annual Celebration of Academic Excellence, to be held today (Tuesday, April 7, 2009) in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • 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.