News Releases

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

  • Bruce Adams to Conduct Workshop, "Artist as Educator: Blank Canvas to Finished Product"
    3/8/07
    In conjunction with the exhibition "Bruce Adams, Half Life, 1980-2006" currently on view in the UB Anderson Gallery, the artist will conduct a workshop titled "Artist as Educator: Blank Canvas to Finished Product" from 6-9 p.m. on March 21. The event will take place at the UB Anderson Gallery, 2nd Floor Museum Studies Room.
  • Quite a Story to Tell: The Remarkable World of Women Athletes
    3/7/07
    There has been a spectacular transformation in women's athletics in the United States over the past century, particularly in the 33 years since the passage of Title IX. When it comes to self-congratulation, however, Susan K. Cahn, Ph.D., associate professor of history at the University at Buffalo and one of the country's top scholars of women's sports history, says, "Not so fast."
  • No Carrier Necessary: This Drug Delivers Itself
    3/7/07
    The problem of efficiently delivering drugs, especially those that are hydrophobic or water-repellant, to tumors or other disease sites has long challenged scientists to develop innovative delivery systems that keep these drugs intact until reaching their targets.
  • Expert Criticizes "Tyranny of the Majority" In Community Development
    3/5/07
    Urban planner and researcher Robert Mark Silverman, Ph.D., of the University at Buffalo, is critical of community development projects and processes that serve vested interests while discouraging or denying input to others, including the indigent, poor and working classes who have to live with results.
  • Foundation Grant to Fund Core Curriculum
    3/5/07
    Students in the five departments and multiple degree programs in the University at Buffalo's School of Public Health and Health Professions will benefit from a common core curriculum to be developed under a two-year, $257,000 grant from the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation. The new curriculum, being developed around the common theme of prevention, population health and wellness, is expected to serve as a model for other colleges and universities.
  • Amgen Supports Pharmacy School Fellowships
    3/5/07
    Amgen, a Fortune 500 company that has pioneered new treatments based on advances in recombinant DNA and molecular biology, has awarded three grants totaling $145,000 to the University at Buffalo Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences for fellowships in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics research.
  • UB Medical Students to Hold Health Fair
    3/5/07
    The UB chapter of the Student National Medical Association will sponsor a health fair to increase community awareness about a wide range of health issues from noon to 4 p.m. March 18 in the Buffalo Museum of Sciences. It will be free an dopen to the public.
  • To Boost Health of Great Lakes, Study Focuses on Circulation Patterns
    3/5/07
    A researcher with the University at Buffalo's Great Lakes Program is leading a study focusing on how flow patterns impact the health of lakes Erie and Ontario with the goal of better understanding the relationship between physical forces in the lakes and their biological resources.
  • UB's Role in WNY Health Care to be Topic of Presentation
    3/2/07
    The role of the University at Buffalo in the future of health care in Western New York will be the topic of the next "UB at Noon -- Downtown" presentation at 11:30 a.m. March 29 in Chef's restaurant, 291 Seneca St., Buffalo.
  • Seminar to Explore Business Health Care Costs
    3/2/07
    The University at Buffalo School of Management Alumni Association (SOMAA) will hold a breakfast seminar exploring health care costs for businesses and nonprofit organizations from 7:30-10 a.m. on March 21 in the Center for Tomorrow on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.