News Releases

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

  • Fulbright New Century Scholars to Address Higher Education Access and Equity
    3/21/07
    Scholars from 25 countries will gather on March 29-31 at a meeting hosted by the University at Buffalo to discuss and debate ways to improve access and equity in higher education worldwide.
  • Late Registrants More Likely to Vote, Finds Study of Voter Participation
    3/19/07
    "Later is better" when it comes to voter registration in national elections, according a new study of voter participation in the 2000 presidential election.
  • UB President Signs National Accord on Climate Commitment
    3/15/07
    University at Buffalo President John B. Simpson has committed the university to taking a leadership role in fighting global warming by signing the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment.
  • North Carolina Company to Relocate to UB's Center Of Excellence
    3/15/07
    Medcotek, Inc., a North Carolina medical-technology company, is relocating to the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences as the result of a strategic partnership between local companies Buffalo BioSciences and E-Capital Financing.
  • UB Art Gallery to Host "Responsive Architecture"
    3/14/07
    The University at Buffalo Art Gallery will present "Responsive Architecture," an exhibition featuring architectural prototypes that explore how humans interact with their surroundings. The exhibition will open on April 5 with a public reception at 5 p.m.
  • Anderson Gallery to Host Exhibition of China's Sacred Sites
    3/14/07
    The University at Buffalo Anderson Gallery will present "China's Sacred Sites: Architecture of Heaven and Earth," an exhibition organized by the UB School of Architecture and Planning and the Asian Studies Program. This exhibition will present photographs taken by John Valentino while traveling with architect Beverly Foit-Albert and Chinese professor Nan Shunxun to research historical sites in the People's Republic of China.
  • 18% of Young Women Experience Sexual Victimization
    3/12/07
    Sexual victimization can mean several things -- verbal coercion to have sex with an intimate partner, rape by a stranger, a woman fondled in a bar or forced intercourse when a woman is too intoxicated to consent or object. Researchers at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions report that 18 percent of young women recruited into a study experienced sexual victimization in a two-year period.
  • Science Exploration Day to Bring 750 Students to UB
    3/9/07
    Flesh-eating insects, Bigfoot, missions to Mars and what working in forensics is really like: these are just a few of the topics that 750 high school students from across the region will learn about and participate in during the University at Buffalo's annual Science Exploration Day on March 14 on UB's North (Amherst) Campus.
  • UB Art Gallery to Present "Haunted Screens"
    3/9/07
    The University at Buffalo Art Gallery will present "Haunted Screens," a group exhibition featuring local, national and international artists who are working to deconstruct cinematic technologies.
  • Humanities Institute to Hold Open House
    3/8/07
    UB's Humanities Institute will hold its annual open house from 4-6 p.m. March 20 in the Special Collections Research Room, 420 Capen Hall, North Campus.