News Releases

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

  • At UB Workshop for Girls, Aspiring Engineers Find Each Other
    7/16/08
    With females accounting for between 10 and 15 percent of all U.S. engineers, high school can sometimes get lonely for young women who are interested in engineering and technology. But that won't be the case this week when 16 tech-minded young women entering grades 10-12 attend the University at Buffalo's 2008 Fisher-Price Cyber Engineering Workshop for Young Women.
  • New Center for Protein Therapeutics Formed by UB Pharmaceutical Scientists
    7/15/08
    Pharmaceutical researchers at the University at Buffalo have joined forces with scientists from several of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies to tackle fundamental research questions that need to be answered to advance development of promising protein-based drugs.
  • Regional Institute Releases Policy Brief Based on Survey of Erie County's Age 50-Plus Population
    7/15/08
    The vast majority of Erie County's age 50-plus residents would prefer to "age in place" -- with most hoping to remain in their current residence for as long as possible, according to the University at Buffalo Regional Institute's latest Policy Brief, "When I'm 65."
  • Chronicle Recognizes UB as 'Great Place to Work'
    7/14/08
    The University at Buffalo is rated very highly as a "great place to work" by the Chronicle of Higher Education in a national survey of the quality of the academic workplace.
  • Buffalo Residents Named to Dean's List at UB
    7/11/08
    Buffalo residents 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.
  • President John B. Simpson Delivers Commencement Address to UB Students at Singapore Institute of Management
    7/11/08
    Delivering a commencement address and meeting with UB alumni top the travel itinerary for University at Buffalo President John B. Simpson, who along with 10 other members of the UB community, left Buffalo on July 7 for a 10-day trip to Singapore and Malaysia.
  • Insulin Suppresses Receptors that Cause Cascade of Inflammation, Study Shows
    7/11/08
    Researchers at the University at Buffalo -- the first to identify the anti-inflammatory and cardioprotective properties of insulin -- now have discovered one pathway through which the hormone produces this effect.
  • Rochester Area Residents Named to Dean's List at UB
    7/11/08
    Rochester area residents 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.
  • Takeuchi Wins American Chemical Society Award
    7/8/08
    Esther S. Takeuchi, Ph.D., Greatbatch Professor in Power Sources Research in the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been selected as a 2008 recipient of an Astellas USA Foundation Award, administered by the American Chemical Society (ACS).
  • A Mini-Golf Hole So Real It's Unreal
    7/8/08
    The work of a UB architecture professor is among those selected to be part of ""City of Dreams Mini-Golf," a nine-hole mini-golf course and participatory installation installed on Manhattan's Governors Island on June 27 as one of several projects of FIGMENT 2008, a free, non-profit, volunteer-planned public participatory art event that takes place on the island every year.