News Releases

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

  • Physicist to Discuss "The Spin on Electronics" as Part of Rustgi Lecture
    3/30/07
    Stuart Parkin, an experimental physicist with the IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, Calif., will speak on "The Spin on Electronics" at the 13th annual Moti Lal Rustgi Memorial Lecture at 4 p.m. April 6 in 225 Natural Sciences Complex, North Campus.
  • Ives Quartet to be in Residence at UB in April
    3/30/07
    The critically acclaimed Ives Quartet will be in residence at the University at Buffalo April 20-22, performing two concerts -- including the sixth concert of the Slee/Beethoven String Quartet Cycle -- as well as conducting a master class.
  • 'Mr. Earth Day' to Speak on Energy, Economics and Climate Change
    3/30/07
    Denis Hayes, a leading environmental activist, solar-energy expert and organizer of the first Earth Day, is bringing to the University at Buffalo his message about how alternative energy, especially solar power, if aggressively harnessed, can combat some of the dangers of climate change.
  • SUNY Appoints Four UB Faculty Members as Distinguished Professors
    3/30/07
    Four University at Buffalo faculty members have been appointed SUNY Distinguished Professors by the SUNY Board of Trustees.
  • Columbia's Joan Ockman is UB's 2007 Clarkson Chair in Architecture
    3/28/07
    "Brilliant, incisive and unafraid" is how noted architect and urban designer Marilyn Jordan Taylor describes Joan Ockman, the 2007 Will and Nan Clarkson Chair in Architecture at the University at Buffalo.
  • When Lawyers Work Pro Bono It's More Than a Case of Good Will
    3/28/07
    The legal profession, its associations, firms and law schools have spent years and considerable money encouraging lawyers to do more pro bono work. A new study by University at Buffalo sociologist Robert Granfield, Ph.D., finds, however, that mandatory law school programs, bar association campaigns and good will are not the principle spurs provoking lawyers to work for the public good.
  • The Wow Factor -- School of Architecture and Planning 'Atelier' Opens
    3/28/07
    New and exciting ideas about our built surroundings will be on exhibition this week when the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning presents its annual Atelier, an extensive exhibition of work produced during year by the undergraduate and graduate students in architecture and planning studios.
  • McCombe Named Dean of UB College of Arts and Sciences
    3/27/07
    Bruce D. McCombe, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Physics and longtime UB administrator who most recently served as interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named dean of the college after a national search.
  • 'America Divided' To Be Subject of UB Symposium
    3/27/07
    It is clear that Congress and the major American political parties are more ideologically polarized than they were a generation ago, but are Americans themselves more deeply polarized? This and other questions about America's political identity will be discussed in "America Divided: The Polarization of American Politics," a symposium to be held April 17.
  • "On the Rocks?" RIA to hold National Alcohol Screening Day on April 5
    3/26/07
    Have you shown up late for work, disappointed family members or discovered you couldn't remember what happened the night before because you had too much to drink? Are you concerned that you might have a problem with alcohol? One in every 13 adults suffers from alcohol abuse or alcohol dependence. In an effort to help people recognize the signs of an alcohol problem and, in turn, seek help, the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) will offer free, anonymous screenings for alcohol use disorders on National Alcohol Screening Day (NASD) on April 5.