News Releases

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

  • Free Tickets Offered to Schools for Ishmael Beah Lecture
    9/14/07
    The University at Buffalo is offering Western New York schools free tickets for students to attend a lecture by human rights activist and best-selling author Ishmael Beah to be held at 8 p.m. on Oct. 24 in Alumni Arena on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • NSF Expert to Discuss "New Frontiers in Nanotechnology" at UB Sept. 20
    9/13/07
    A major contributor to the development of nanotechnology in the United States will discuss its evolution and future initiatives in a lecture at the University at Buffalo.
  • 18th Annual Linda Yalem Run to Be Held Sept. 30 at UB
    9/13/07
    For 17 years, the University at Buffalo has honored the memory of slain student Linda Yalem and promoted personal safety by holding a 5K race on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. But this year's event, the 18th-annual Linda Yalem Safety Run, has special significance for members of the UB community.
  • 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.