News Releases

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

  • UB Anderson Gallery to present "Ode to Michael Goldberg: Selective Thievery and the Practice of Looking"
    8/28/08
    The University at Buffalo Anderson Gallery will present the memorial exhibition, "Ode to Michael Goldberg: Selective Thievery and the Practice of Looking" Sept. 13 to Jan. 18. The exhibition, which is free and open to the public, will open with a public reception to be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Sept. 13.
  • M&T Bank Dance Series to Present The Song and Dance Ensemble of West Africa
    8/28/08
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present The Song and Dance Ensemble of West Africa at 8 p.m. on Oct. 2 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. The performance is sponsored by M&T Bank.
  • Alcohol, Drugs and Gambling Are Featured in RIA Seminar Series
    8/28/08
    The University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) will present a fall seminar series on addictions-related topics featuring national experts beginning in September.
  • Young Type-2 Diabetic Men Suffer Low Testosterone Levels, Study Shows
    8/27/08
    Young men with type 2 diabetes have significantly low levels of testosterone, endocrinologists at the University at Buffalo have found -- a condition that could have a critical effect on their quality of life and on their ability to father children.
  • UB Again Enrolls Most Academically Accomplished Freshman Class in Its History
    8/26/08
    The University at Buffalo has enrolled the most academically talented freshman class in its history, based on the average SAT scores of the 3,150 new students who begin classes this week.
  • UB's Large International Student Population an Economic, Cultural, Educational Boon
    8/26/08
    More than 15 percent of University at Buffalo students come from outside the United States -- 4,300-plus last year and about the same number expected for the new academic year, which began yesterday. It is a population UB is working hard to increase.
  • Georgian Professors Now Safely Back at UB After Escaping Conflict
    8/22/08
    Ia Iashvili, Ph.D., and her husband, Avto Kharchilava, Ph.D., both assistant professors of physics at the University at Buffalo, and their five-year-old son have now returned to their Amherst home after escaping the conflict in their native Georgia, where they were spending summer vacation with their families.
  • Info Site Juiced Up for UB's International Students
    8/21/08
    The 4,000-plus international students who begin classes this semester at the University at Buffalo will find enhanced resources on the UB Libraries' Web site suggested by their peers and developed by the libraries especially for them.
  • UB Alert: Sign up for Emergency Text Messages/Emails
    8/20/08
    To subscribe to receive text messages and/or emails about campus emergencies, weather-related closings, or any other urgent campus information that you'll need to know about, visit emergency.buffalo.edu.
  • Maverick Teachers and New Teachers in Urban Schools Often Thrive in Challenging Settings, Says Researcher
    8/20/08
    American pop culture holds a special place for Hollywood depictions of eccentric or inexperienced teachers who use unconventional methods to achieve classroom breakthroughs and transform the lives of their students. While these big-screen portrayals often border on the fantastical, some of the qualities exhibited by movie teachers do lead to classroom successes, according to a University at Buffalo professor who studies real-life "maverick" teachers and new teachers who succeed in urban classrooms.