News Releases

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

  • Quality of Life Study Finds PCI Has Slight Advantage Over Medication for CVD
    8/13/08
    The latest findings on the comparison of medication versus percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), the term currently used for angioplasty and stenting, for stable coronary artery disease -- this time assessing quality of life -- have shown that while both groups' health status and quality of life improved, PCI had a slight advantage over medical treatment alone during the first two years.
  • UB to Hold Emergency Drill on South Campus
    8/13/08
    The University at Buffalo will hold a drill to practice and evaluate its emergency-response preparedness starting from 8 a.m. to noon on August 14 in the Biomedical Research Building on the UB South (Main Street) Campus.
  • At UB, Teens Create Art to Explain Particle Physics
    8/12/08
    If you have always wanted to know something about particle physics (but were afraid to ask), eight Western New York high school students have it covered, thanks to the University at Buffalo Physics and Arts Summer Institute.
  • Long Island Residents Named to Dean's List at UB
    8/11/08
    Residents of Long Island attending the University at Buffalo have been named to the Dean's List for the spring 2008 semester for achieving a grade-point average of 3.6 or higher.
  • Albany Area, Hudson Valley Residents Named to Dean's List at UB
    8/11/08
    Residents of the Albany area and the Hudson Valley attending the University at Buffalo have been named to the Dean's List for the spring 2008 semester for achieving a grade-point average of 3.6 or higher.
  • Northern New York Residents Named to Dean's List at UB
    8/11/08
    Residents of Northern New York attending the University at Buffalo have been named to the Dean's List for the spring 2008 semester for achieving a grade-point average of 3.6 or higher.
  • Dean Mutua Returns to Africa to Advocate Human Rights
    8/7/08
    University at Buffalo Law School Dean Makau W. Mutua returns to Nairobi, Kenya, this month to deliver two keynote speeches on human rights and justice in African nations. Mutua's two latest policy speeches follow a similar appearance July 21 in Nairobi during which he addressed an international conference on bringing justice to those responsible for sexual and gender-based violence in countries going through conflict and civil unrest.
  • Odds of Experiencing Sexual Aggression 19 Times Greater on Days of Binge Drinking for College Women
    8/6/08
    According to researchers at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA), the odds of 18- and 19-year-old college women experiencing sexual aggression are 19 times greater when they binge drink than when they don't drink.
  • On Love Canal Anniversary, Regional Institute Looks at WNY's Environmental Burden
    8/6/08
    Thirty years after a federal emergency was declared at Love Canal in Niagara Falls, Western New York still grapples with an environmental burden from inherited and ongoing pollution, according to the Regional Institute's latest policy brief, "Thirty Years from Love Canal."
  • Intelligent Transparency Is a Hit at the Olympics
    8/6/08
    University at Buffalo architect Annette LeCuyer's recent research is on a remarkable material that is changing the way architects and engineers think about building performance. The material, ETFE, is being showcased at the Beijing Olympics as the material used to construct the National Aquatics Center.