News Releases

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

  • Toronto Company Locates In Buffalo Niagara to Partner with Region's Biotech Industry
    1/22/07
    In what can be described as a "win" for Buffalo Niagara's emerging biotechnology industry, an international pharmaceutical consulting company has relocated an office to the region to establish partnerships with the University at Buffalo and benefit from the region's biotech assets.
  • Policy Brief Focuses on Public Employment in WNY
    1/22/07
    The Buffalo metro economy is slightly more reliant on public sector employment than that of the United States, but less dependent than New York State as a whole and surrounding rural counties, according to the latest Regional Institute Policy Brief focusing on "The Public Sector in WNY."
  • "Joyce with Gusto" to Feature Dance, Theater, Film and Discussions
    1/22/07
    The University at Buffalo Humanities Institute, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and riverrun, Inc., will team up to present an elegant program in February about lesser-known aspects of Buffalo's most celebrated adopted son, James Joyce.
  • Dental Researchers Test No-Needle Anesthesia, No-Drilling Cavity Care
    1/22/07
    Imagine having a decayed tooth repaired, painlessly, without drilling or shots of anesthesia to numb the area. Wishful thinking? Not if two studies being conducted at the University at Buffalo's School of Dental Medicine show positive results.
  • SUNY Linux Learning Collaborative Offers Training
    1/22/07
    The SUNY Linux Learning Collaborative, a partnership between Millard Fillmore College (MFC) at the University at Buffalo and Just-in-Time Resources of Calgary, Alberta, is offering online Linux training leading to the Linux Professional Institute first level (LPIC-1) certification.
  • Deep in Arctic Mud, Geologists Find Strong Evidence of Climate Change
    1/18/07
    How severe will global warming get? Jason P. Briner is looking for an answer buried deep in mud dozens of feet below the surface of lakes in the frigid Canadian Arctic. His group is gathering the first quantitative temperature data over the last millennium from areas in extreme northeastern sections of the Canadian Arctic, such as Baffin Island.
  • Lois Weis Named SUNY Distinguished Professor
    1/17/07
    The State University Board of Trustees has awarded the distinction of SUNY Distinguished Professor to Lois M. Weis, professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy in the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education.
  • Management Professor Uncovers Fast-Food Business Lessons
    1/17/07
    What really happens after you place an order for a Big Mac or a Whopper with Cheese? Jerry M. Newman, Ph.D., SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor in the University at Buffalo School of Management, knows because he worked undercover in seven fast food restaurants across the country, observing operations from the top down -- from the biggest management whoppers to the smallest fries at the fry station.
  • Poetry Contest Open to High School Students
    1/17/07
    High school poets will have the opportunity to have their work judged by a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet by participating in the fourth annual UB Poetry Contest, sponsored by the University at Buffalo's College of Arts and Sciences.
  • UB Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth Changes Name to 'Regional Institute'
    1/17/07
    In a move designed to highlight its regions-focused mission, the University at Buffalo's Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth has changed its name to the University at Buffalo Regional Institute.