News Releases

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

  • Quinan Opens UB's Fall 2008 Architecture and Planning Lecture Series
    9/25/08
    The Fall 2008 Lecture Series sponsored by the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning will open on Sept. 26 with a talk by architectural historian Jack Quinan, Ph.D., SUNY Distinguished Service Professor of art history at UB.
  • Researchers Investigate Impact of Stress on Police Officers' Physical and Mental Health
    9/25/08
    Policing is dangerous work, and the danger lurks not on the streets alone. The pressures of law enforcement put officers at risk for high blood pressure, insomnia, increased levels of destructive stress hormones, heart problems, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and suicide, University at Buffalo researchers have found through a decade of studies of police officers.
  • Center for the Arts to Present Bowfire, the Total String Experience
    9/24/08
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Bowfire at 8 p.m. on Oct. 21 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. The performance is sponsored in part by Monaco's Violin Shop and Music Center.
  • Simpson Calls for Reform of State Regulations Hampering UB 2020 and Higher Ed
    9/24/08
    University at Buffalo President John B. Simpson today described the potential impact of state budget cuts on UB and called upon community members to help bring about state regulatory reforms that would empower UB to achieve UB 2020, the university's ambitious plan for expansion, academic excellence and economic development.
  • 'City Voices, City Visions' Digital Video Project Again Takes Center Stage
    9/24/08
    More than 100 educators will celebrate the success of and take cues from the University at Buffalo's pioneer "City Voices, City Visions" student digital video project during a regional conference to be held Sept. 26 in the WNED Studios, 140 Lower Terrace, Buffalo.
  • Compania Flamenco Jose Porcel to Perform as Part of M&T Bank Dance Series
    9/24/08
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Compania Flamenco Jose Porcel at 8 p.m. on Oct. 17 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. The performance is sponsored by M&T Bank.
  • Late Registrants Could Swing Presidential Election in Some States
    9/23/08
    University at Buffalo political scientist Joshua J. Dyck, Ph.D., says that Democrats and Republicans would be wise to concentrate on registering new voters right now because late registrants are more likely to vote in national elections than those who register early.
  • Emergency Evacuation Plans in Upstate New York Inadequate, Says Expert
    9/22/08
    In the case of an extreme event or disaster, many areas in upstate New York are ill prepared for a large-scale evacuation of people who don't own personal vehicles, says a University at Buffalo transportation and evacuation expert.
  • Wendt Foundation Gives WBFO Its Largest-Ever Gift of $300,000
    9/19/08
    WBFO 88.7 FM, a major public service of the University at Buffalo and the region's most-listened-to NPR station, has received its largest single grant in the station's 50-year history: $300,000 from the Margaret L. Wendt Foundation to support installation of the station's new tower and antenna from which it already has begun broadcasting.
  • Two UB Professors Participate in National Conference of "Rising Star Engineers"
    9/18/08
    Two University at Buffalo professors in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences are participating in the 14th annual National Academy of Engineering 2008 "U.S. Frontiers of Engineering" symposium to be hosted Sept. 18-20 by Sandia National Laboratories at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.