News Releases

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

  • Nancy Nielsen, AMA President, UB Medical Education Dean, to Inaugurate O.P. Jones Lecture
    9/4/08
    Nancy H. Nielsen, Ph.D., M.D., president of the American Medical Association and senior associate dean for medical education at the University at Buffalo's School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, will present the inaugural Oliver P. "O.P." Jones, M.D., '56, Endowed Lectureship in Medical Education Sept. 19.
  • UB's Incoming Law School Class Among the Best Ever
    9/4/08
    The University at Buffalo Law School this semester welcomes one of its most accomplished and selective classes in its 120-year history, a group of students Law School Dean Makau W. Mutua called a "breakthrough" for UB Law and the foundation on which to make UB one of the finest law schools in the country.
  • CFA to Host "The Most Trusted Stranger in America" on Oct. 9
    9/4/08
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Frank Warren -- PostSecret Founder at 8 p.m. on Oct. 9 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Palin's Speech Packs Power
    9/4/08
    UB political scientists are available to discuss the Republican National Convention, including last night's speech by vice presidential candadate Sarah Palin.
  • Uncertainty Analysis Is Key to Predicting Severity of Floods, Sedimentation
    9/3/08
    People who live in flood-prone areas naturally aren't thrilled about the uncertainty they must cope with each hurricane season, but research conducted by a University at Buffalo engineer is based on the idea that a better understanding of this uncertainty is key to helping mitigate damage from floods.
  • Davis Makes Historic Gift to UB Engineering
    9/2/08
    John R. "Jack" Davis, a well-known Western New York industrialist who graduated from the University at Buffalo with a degree in engineering, has given $1.5 million to the UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences in support of a new high-tech, flagship engineering building to be constructed on UB's North (Amherst) Campus.
  • UB Poetry Collection Will Help Illuminate International Literary Conference
    9/2/08
    Michael Basinski, Ph.D., curator of the Poetry Collection at the University at Buffalo, will discuss the university's significant Robert Graves holdings at the ninth annual international Robert Graves Conference to be held at St. John's College, Oxford University, Sept. 9-13.
  • Expert: Gustav Evacuations and Planning Going Well
    8/31/08
    So far, reports from the field suggest that the mandatory evacuation of New Orleans in advance of Hurricane Gustav is proceeding in a reasonable manner, says a University at Buffalo researcher who spent eight days in New Orleans in 2005 studying evacuation plans and decision making in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
  • UB and Riverrun Begin Salon Series at Albright-Knox
    8/29/08
    The Muse Restaurant at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery will serve as a scholarly salon on select Fridays at 4 p.m. beginning Sept. 5 when the University at Buffalo Humanities Institute and Riverrun present their lecture and discussion series "Scholars at Muse."
  • Premier Interpreter of American Popular Song Michael Feinstein to Perform Oct. 3
    8/28/08
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Michael Feinstein at 8 p.m. on Oct. 3 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.