News Releases

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

  • Surprisingly, Chemists Find, Some Solvents Can Alter Chemical Bonds
    7/24/07
    New University at Buffalo research demonstrates that some solvents can significantly enhance certain acid-base interactions and strengthen the bonding interaction between two molecules when one is electron-deficient and one is electron-rich.
  • UB Team in Finals of National Pharmacy Schools Student Competition
    7/24/07
    A team from the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has again reached the finals of a major student competition.
  • Albany Area, Hudson Valley Residents Named to Dean's List at UB
    7/24/07
    Residents of the Albany area and the Hudson Valley attending the University at Buffalo have been named to the Dean's List for the spring 2007 semester for achieving a grade-point average of 3.6 or higher.
  • UB Scientist Discovers Novel Iron-Copper Alliance
    7/23/07
    Iron is the workhorse of trace minerals. An essential component of red blood cells, disruption of iron levels in the body will result in a myriad of serious conditions, and life cannot be sustained without it. In novel research, investigators at the University at Buffalo's School of Public Health and Health Professions, have learned that iron is only one half of an all-important duo of trace minerals -- the other being copper -- that work in tandem to maintain proper iron balance, or homeostasis.
  • Flavonoids in Orange Juice Make It a Healthy Drink, Despite the Sugar
    7/17/07
    Orange juice, despite its high caloric load of sugars, appears to be a healthy food for diabetics due to its mother lode of flavonoids, a study by endocrinologists at the University at Buffalo has shown.
  • Adler Elected President of UB Alumni Association
    7/17/07
    Marc A. Adler of Williamsville, who earned three degrees from the University at Buffalo, has been elected to serve a two-year term as president of the UB Alumni Association
  • Twenty-Six Named to UB CEL Advisory Board
    7/17/07
    Twenty-six individuals have been named to the 2007-08 advisory board of the University at Buffalo School of Management's Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL).
  • For Primates, Tourism Can Be Less Fun Than a Barrel of Monkeys
    7/13/07
    Primate tourism, an economic benefit and conservation tool in many habitat countries, has exploded in popularity over the past two decades in places like China, Borneo, Uganda, Rwanda, Northern Sumatra, Madagascar, Gabon and Central America. New research by scientists in the United States, China and Japan, however, has found that some primate tourism practices are inappropriate because they provoke an unprecedented level of adult aggression that is proving deadly for infant monkeys.
  • Selenium Supplements May Increase the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
    7/13/07
    Selenium, an antioxidant included in multivitamin tablets thought to have a possible protective effect against the development of type 2 diabetes, may actually increase the risk of developing the disease, an analysis by researchers at the University at Buffalo has shown.
  • Buffalo Residents Named to Dean's List at UB
    7/11/07
    Buffalo residents attending the University at Buffalo have been named to the Dean's List for the spring 2007 semester for achieving a grade-point average of 3.6 or higher.