News Releases

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

  • Greener Affordable Housing: Fighting Poverty and Pollution
    9/11/07
    Is it possible to fight poverty and pollution at the same time? A report released today by UB Law School instructor Sam Magavern and his students suggests that Buffalo, the state and the non-profit community can do just that by "greening" their affordable housing programs.
  • Marie Curie Medallion Returns to UB Polish Collection By Way of eBay
    9/11/07
    A stained-glass hanging medallion celebrating Marie Sklodowska Curie that disappeared from the Polish Collection of the University at Buffalo decades ago has been returned, thanks to the eagle eye of a former UB student and the generosity of the medallion's current owner.
  • Method Safely Deposits Novel Metal Oxide Thin Films on Substrates
    9/11/07
    University at Buffalo chemists have developed a novel way to grow chemically pure, zinc oxide thin films characterized by dense, bristle-like nanostructures and a new method for depositing them on temperature-sensitive substrates, including polymers, plastics and tapes.
  • 'Affordable Housing Month' To Be Celebrated By UB Law School
    9/7/07
    The University at Buffalo Law School's Affordable Housing Clinic this month is celebrating 20 years of creating high-quality, low-income housing to meet the needs of residents of Western New York with a series of roundtables and conferences investigating new opportunities in housing development, urban renewal and economic development.
  • $1 Million Grant To Fund Protein Therapeutics Research, Facilities
    9/7/07
    The University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SOPPS) has received a major investment that will allow it to enlarge its research program in protein therapeutics, the most rapidly expanding class of treatments for diabetes, cancer and other diseases.
  • Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Set for Oct. 5
    9/7/07
    Seven alumni will be inducted into the Dr. and Mrs. Edmond J. Gicewicz Family UB Athletics Hall of Fame during the 35th induction ceremony to be held on Oct. 5 in Alumni Arena on the University at Buffalo North (Amherst) Campus. Two others will be honored for their ongoing support to the university's athletics program.
  • Performance by Eager Artists Theater Company Cancelled
    9/6/07
    The Center for the Arts has announced that the performance by Eager Artists Theater Company ("Ka-Masa") originally scheduled for Sept. 21 at 8 p.m. has been cancelled.
  • Annual Safety Fair Targets Student Awareness
    9/6/07
    The University at Buffalo, in conjunction with the Office of Environment, Health and Safety Services and the Office of Student Life, will present its annual Safety Fair from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sept. 11 in the Student Union on the North Campus.
  • Gender Week Events to Feature Sarah Schulman, Sue Rosser
    9/4/07
    The University at Buffalo Institute for Research and Education on Women and Gender will celebrate Gender Week 2007 and the 10th anniversary of the institute's founding, with the presentation of a number of multidisciplinary events and speakers Sept. 24-28.
  • UB Strategic Strength Sets Genetics and Genomics Seminar
    9/4/07
    More than 100 scientists from across the country will gather for a symposium on "Genetics and Genomics in Development and Disease" on Sept. 7 on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.