News Releases

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

  • Regional Institute Releases Policy Brief on Regional Identity
    8/8/07
    The region some of us call "Western New York" is called "Buffalo Niagara" by many, the "Niagara Frontier" by some and "Greater Buffalo" by others. Still different terms are used to describe areas within the region, such as the "Southern Tier" to the south and "Genesee" for parts between Buffalo and Rochester.
  • "UB Believers" Announce Effort to Better WNY's Future
    8/7/07
    A coalition of business and community leaders has formed a new initiative -- UB Believers -- dedicated to strengthening the Western New York economy today and for future generations through growing the University at Buffalo by 40 percent between now and the year 2020.
  • Bridge Collapse Will Raise Fears and Phobias, Says Expert
    8/3/07
    The bridge collapse in Minneapolis this week raises fears about personal safety in most of us, especially those who have suffered past traumas or from personal safety phobias, according to a University at Buffalo expert on post-traumatic stress disorder.
  • Cartwright Named UB Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives
    8/2/07
    Alexander N. Cartwright, professor of electrical engineering in the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been appointed UB's vice provost for strategic initiatives, a new position in which he will serve as the point person in the Provost's Office for the UB 2020 strategic strengths initiatives.
  • HIV Scholars Program Trains Pharmacists in Antiviral Treatments
    7/31/07
    The University at Buffalo HIV Scholars Program has its first graduate: Wen-Liang Lin, a clinical pharmacist at the National Cheng-Kung University Hospital in Taiwan, has completed an extensive period of clinical training in UB's School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and will complete the certificate segment of the program in Taiwan.
  • WBFO Receives 3 National First-Place Public Radio Awards
    7/31/07
    WBFO-FM 88.7, the National Public Radio affiliate operated by the University at Buffalo, won three first place awards for its 2006 news coverage from Public Radio News Directors Inc. at its awards banquet held July 21 in New Orleans.
  • Virtual Rollercoasters are Goal in Engineering Workshop for Girls
    7/30/07
    Instead of visiting an amusement park this summer and riding on rollercoasters, 16 high school girls attending a University at Buffalo engineering workshop will develop their own virtual rollercoasters -- and they will get to "ride" them, too.
  • Top Scientist and Prolific Inventor is Strategic Hire for UB
    7/30/07
    Esther S. Takeuchi, Ph.D., renowned inventor of the tiny batteries that have helped make implantable cardiac pacemakers, defibrillators and other medical devices a life-saving reality for millions of patients, is joining the faculty in the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
  • Singing Alumni Relations Head Introduces Students to UB Traditions
    7/27/07
    Incoming students at the University at Buffalo this summer are getting a lesson in UB pride and spirit -- as well as an introduction to the university's alumni association -- before they even step into a classroom.
  • Malt Liquor Linked to Marijuana Use Among Young Adults
    7/26/07
    Drinking malt liquor -- the cheap, high-alcohol beverage often marketed to teens -- may put young adults at increased risk for alcohol problems and use of illicit drugs, particularly marijuana, according to a new study of malt liquor drinkers and marijuana use by scientists at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA).