News Releases

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

  • Demolition of Engineering Trailers at UB Signals Start of A New Era
    6/27/08
    Twenty years after it was constructed to serve the needs of the University at Buffalo's growing engineering programs, the Engineering Trailer Complex on UB's North (Amherst) Campus was demolished to make way for a new School of Engineering and Applied Sciences building.
  • Study to Test Effectiveness of Primary-Care-Based Weight Loss Program
    6/27/08
    It's well documented that children of obese parents are at risk of becoming obese early in life, and that obese children are at risk of becoming obese adults. Now, in the first study of its kind in the U.S., University at Buffalo researchers, who have been at the forefront of the fight against childhood obesity for nearly three decades, will test a family-based weight-control intervention in three large pediatric practices in Western New York, funded by a $2.58 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
  • Free Summer Math and Science Camp Seeking Middle-School Scholars
    6/26/08
    The University at Buffalo is looking for high-achieving middle school students to fill remaining slots in its two-week summer mathematics and science camp at the Buffalo Museum of Science.
  • Amherst Residents Named to Dean's List at UB
    6/26/08
    Amherst residents attending the University at Buffalo were named to the Dean's List for the spring 2008 semester for achieving a grade-point average of 3.6 or higher.
  • Donald F. and Barbara L. Newman Foundation Gifts $25,000 Toward Increasing WBFO's Audience Reach
    6/25/08
    WBFO 88.7 FM, a major public service of the University at Buffalo, has recently received a gift from the Donald F. and Barbara L. Newman Foundation in the amount of $25,000. The donation will be used toward funding of the new tower and antenna that will improve service to WBFO's audience in Western New York, the Southern Tier and Southern Ontario, and will extend service to approximately 50,000 people to the northeast, east and southeast of the station's current broadcast reach.
  • UB Law School to Dedicate Gordon and Gretchen Gross Classroom
    6/25/08
    In recognition of a $250,000 gift to the University at Buffalo Law School, one of the school's most-used lecture halls will become known as the Gordon and Gretchen Gross Classroom following dedication ceremonies on July 1.
  • Home-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Relieves IBS Symptoms
    6/25/08
    Persons with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) can relieve their symptoms as effectively by following a self-administered, at-home cognitive behavioral program as they can by undergoing a 10-week in-office program administered by a trained therapist, a new pilot study has shown.
  • Source of Power Outage Identified
    6/24/08
    UB Facilities has identified a fault in an underground power cable as the source of a Monday morning power outage on UB's South Campus.
  • 3 Buffalo Public Schools Seniors Awarded UB Tuition Scholarships
    6/24/08
    The Buffalo Partnership Scholars Program has chosen three outstanding Buffalo Public Schools graduating seniors to receive full four-year tuition scholarships at the University at Buffalo.
  • Election Forecasters Preparing For Historic Election
    6/20/08
    Anticipating what is likely to be one of the most interesting elections in modern history, University at Buffalo professor of political science James E. Campbell and Michael S. Lewis-Beck, professor of political science at the University of Iowa, have assembled the insights of prominent election forecasters in a special issue of the International Journal of Forecasting published this month.