News Releases

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

  • Gottdiener to Present Endowed Lecture at Yale University
    3/22/07
    Mark D. Gottdiener of Buffalo, professor in the Department of Sociology in the University at Buffalo's College of Arts and Sciences, will present the 2007 Roth and Symonds Endowed Lecture at the Yale School of Architecture on March 30.
  • Students Fight Global Warming One Light Bulb at a Time
    3/22/07
    A light bulb exchange program that encourages students to trade in their old incandescent bulbs for energy-efficient compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) is reaping economic and environmental benefits for the University at Buffalo only months after the initial launch.
  • Works By Architecture Undergraduates Featured in "Buffalo Scaled"
    3/21/07
    The UB Anderson Gallery is proud to present "Buffalo Scaled," an exhibition featuring projects created by undergraduate students from the School of Architecture and Planning at the University at Buffalo. The exhibition opens with a public reception on March 31 at 6 p.m.
  • 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.