News Releases

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

  • First-of-its-kind Podcast Series Gives Social Work Profession a New Voice
    10/28/08
    Provocative conversations with prominent social work professionals. Interviews with cutting-edge researchers. The latest on emerging trends in the social work field. And all available on demand, an iPod or MP3 download away. That's what's playing on "Living Proof," the University at Buffalo's School of Social Work's freshly launched podcast series.
  • Researchers Apply Systems Biology and Glycomics to Study Human Inflammatory Diseases
    10/28/08
    An innovative systems biology approach to understanding the carbohydrate structures in cells is leading to new ways to understand how inflammatory illnesses and cardiovascular disease develop in humans. The work was described in two recent publications by University at Buffalo chemical engineers.
  • Alumnus Creates New Theatre and Dance Scholarship at UB
    10/27/08
    Robert O. Swados,'38, of counsel with the law offices of Phillips Lytle LLP, has given $25,000 to the University at Buffalo to establish the Elizabeth Swados Award in Theatre and Dance at UB, in honor of his Obie Award-winning daughter. The Swados Award will provide merit-based scholarship support to an undergraduate student in the Department of Theatre and Dance in the UB College of Arts and Sciences.
  • Internet Expert to Speak at UB School of Management
    10/24/08
    Internet expert Hsinchun Chen, McClelland Professor of Management Information Systems at the University of Arizona, will speak at 12:30 p.m. on Nov. 13 in 104 Alfiero Center on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • 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.