News Releases

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

  • Technology Would Help Detect Terrorists Before They Strike
    10/5/07
    Are you a terrorist? Airport screeners, customs agents, police officers and members of the military who silently pose that question to people every day, may soon have much more than intuition to depend on to determine the answer, thanks to computer and behavioral scientists at the University at Buffalo.
  • Scientists Search for Brain Center Responsible for Tinnitus
    10/5/07
    Researchers at the University at Buffalo who study tinnitus have received a $2.9 million five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the brain signals responsible for creating the phantom sounds, using the animal models, and to test potential therapies to quiet the noise.
  • 'Accidental Investment Banker' to Speak at UB
    10/5/07
    Jonathan Knee, author of "The Accidental Investment Banker: Inside the Decade that Transformed Wall Street," will speak at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25 in the Screening Room in the Center for the Arts on the University at Buffalo North (Amherst) Campus.
  • UB Department of Theatre and Dance to present "The Shape of Things"
    10/3/07
    The Department of Theatre and Dance at the University at Buffalo will present Neil Labute's scathing romantic satire, "The Shape of Things," directed by chair and producing artistic director Robert Knopf.
  • Report Calls for Additional Investment, Indoor Practice and Competition Facility for UB Athletics
    10/3/07
    While acknowledging that the University at Buffalo has increased support for its intercollegiate athletics program to a level comparable to other schools competing in the Mid-American Conference, a committee following up on the recommendations of a report by consultant Gene Corrigan released two years ago has identified additional financial support as key to the program's future success.
  • Amnesty International Leader to Speak at UB Law School
    10/3/07
    Irene Zubaida Khan, secretary general of Amnesty International, will deliver the University at Buffalo Law School's Mitchell Lecture at 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 25 in 106 O'Brian Hall on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • UB Founds Honors College for Exceptional Students
    10/2/07
    The University at Buffalo announced today the founding of The University Honors College, marking a major milestone in UB's long tradition of providing honors programming for exceptional undergraduate students.
  • Buffalo's Uncrowned Kings Finally Receive Their Digital Due
    10/2/07
    They include judges, doctors, businessmen and "respectable gentlemen;" one of the famous Tuskegee airman; the proprietor of the 19th century's Hughson House hairdressing saloon, and Vernell Melson, "grandpa" to the neighborhood children on Buffalo's East Side. These are among Western New York's "uncrowned kings," hundreds of men living and dead, who built, led and sustained the local African-American community for the past 150 years
  • World-Famous Contemporary String Ensemble Barrage to perform Nov. 2
    10/2/07
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Barrage at 8 p.m. on Nov. 2 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • KeyBank Dance Series to Feature Georgian State Dance Company
    10/1/07
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present the Georgian State Dance Company at 8 p.m. on Oct. 26 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.