News Releases

When Buffalo Sabres center Tim Connolly took the ice for the start of the NHL playoffs after being sidelined for 11 months with post-concussion syndrome, his return in large part was due to a new treatment program developed by University at Buffalo researchers.

Contrary to the unhappy experience of the first little pig, straw bale is a strong, cost-effective, exceptionally insulating, fire-resistant, sustainable, natural building system. University at Buffalo architecture students and community members -- cold, covered in mud and stuck with hay -- recently raised 130 50-pound "two-string" straw bales that will constitute the load-bearing walls of a community greenhouse on Buffalo's West Side.

The University at Buffalo is looking for some new angles on its campuses -- literally. The university has launched "Framing UB," a year-long photo and video contest for students, faculty and staff. Participants will be invited to submit digital images and brief commentaries about their favorite -- and not-so-favorite -- places on UB's North (Amherst), South (Main Street) and downtown campus centers.

A formerly unknown action of the acetylcholine receptor channel, a protein that regulates the electrical activity of nerve and muscle cells, is described by biophysicists at the University at Buffalo in the April 19 issue of the journal Nature.

Novel, self-assembly techniques for fabricating inorganic nanomaterials that could pave the way for more efficient and powerful solar cells, chemical sensors and detectors currently are being developed by a University at Buffalo chemist.

The University at Buffalo community is responding to Monday's shootings at VirginaTech with a series of events and activities in memory of the victims. At the same time, UB Counseling Services is reaching out to students feeling affected by, or having strong emotional reactions to, the tragedy, offering one-on-one support, as well as Web-based self-help information.

University at Buffalo President John B. Simpson today issued a statement assuring students, parents, faculty and staff that UB places the highest priority on making our campus a safe place to study, live and work.

University at Buffalo President John B. Simpson today issued a statement noting that the thoughts and prayers of the UB community go out to the victims, their families, and the entire Virginia Tech community following a mass shooting at the Virginia university.

Nils Olsen announced today that he will step down in December as dean of the University at Buffalo Law School to attend to personal and family health issues.

Kathryn A. Foster, director of the University at Buffalo Regional Institute, will serve as co-investigator for the Network on Building Resilient Regions, a recently launched initiative funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.