News Releases

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

  • Applicants Sought for Panasci Competition
    10/23/08
    Aspiring entrepreneurs are invited to learn more about the Henry A. Panasci Jr. Technology Entrepreneurship Competition at an information session 4:30 to 6 p.m. Nov. 5 in 230 Jacobs Management Center on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • History of Madness the Focus of UB Humanities Conference
    10/23/08
    The various histories of "madness" and what the term means today will be the subject of extensive discussion at the University at Buffalo's 2008 Humanities Institute Conference October 31-November 1.
  • University at Buffalo Statement In Response to the State Comptroller's Clery Compliance Audit
    10/22/08
    The University at Buffalo is fully committed to the goals of the Clery Act. UB's full participation in the Clery Act is one of many ways we are working to create a very safe campus environment.
  • Leading Expert on Contemporary Islam to Hold Public Discussion at UB
    10/22/08
    The Western New York community will have an opportunity to discuss issues related to contemporary Islam this week when renowned Islamic scholar and author Akbar Ahmed, Ph.D., considered the world's leading authority on contemporary Islam, will speak at the University at Buffalo.
  • Angelo M. Fatta Assumes Chairmanship of UB Foundation Board
    10/22/08
    Angelo M. Fatta, Ph.D., president of Fatta Enterprises and vice president of the Fatta Foundation, Inc., a charitable foundation supporting child welfare and development in Western New York, is the new chairman of the University at Buffalo Foundation board, on which he has served since 2004.
  • RWJF Senior Vice President and UB Grad to Present 2008 Perry Lecture
    10/21/08
    James S. Marks, M.D., M.P.H., senior vice president at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and a 1973 graduate of the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, will be in Buffalo on Oct. 31 to present the 20th Annual J. Warren Perry Lecture.
  • Couples with Children with ADHD at Risk of Higher Divorce Rates, Shorter Marriages
    10/21/08
    Parents of a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are nearly twice as likely to divorce by the time the child is 8 years old than parents of children without ADHD, the first study to look at this issue in depth has shown.
  • An Obama Victory Would Mean Significant Changes for Cuba and Latinos Living in the U.S., Says UB Caribbean Studies Chairman
    10/21/08
    Electing Barack Obama president could significantly change the balance of power in Cuba and among Latinos in the U.S. because Cuba would be forced to deal with the first American administration in decades poised to strengthen ties with the country's military government, according to the director of the University at Buffalo's Caribbean Studies Program.
  • Urban Planner Michael Teitz, 2008 UB Clarkson Chair, to Speak Oct. 29
    10/20/08
    Michael Teitz, professor emeritus of city and regional planning at the University of California, Berkeley, and 2008-09 Nan and Will Clarkson Visiting Chair in the University at Buffalo Department of Urban and Regional Planning, will deliver the annual Clarkson lecture on Oct. 29.
  • Architecture, Planning Lecture Series Continues at UB
    10/20/08
    The University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning will continue its fall 2008 lecture series with international speakers whose reputations are among the most outstanding in their fields.