News Releases

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

  • UB Art Gallery to Host Exhibition of First-Year MFA Students
    2/21/07
    "OCTET," an exhibition of artwork by first-year MFA students from the Department of Visual Studies at the University at Buffalo, will open on March 1 with a reception from 5-7 p.m. in the UB Art Gallery in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Compounds Target RNA Linked to Type of Muscular Dystrophy
    2/21/07
    A University at Buffalo medicinal chemist has identified compounds to target a ribonucleic acid (RNA) that causes a form of muscular dystrophy called myotonic dystrophy, or DM.
  • Evidence, A Dance Company to perform March 23 in CFA
    2/21/07
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Evidence, A Dance Company at 8 p.m. on March 23 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. The company will also be in residence March 5-23.
  • Seminars to Focus on Addictions-Related Topics
    2/20/07
    The University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions is presenting a spring seminar series on addictions-related topics featuring national experts beginning on March 9.
  • "Poetics Plus" Sets Lineup
    2/19/07
    "Poetics Plus," the poetry series presented by the Poetics Program in the Department of English in the University at Buffalo's College of Arts and Sciences, is back this semester with another lineup of notable poets.
  • Winter to Present Inaugural Critical Studies Seminar
    2/19/07
    Kari Winter, associate professor in the Department of American Studies, will discuss "From Vermont Abolitionist to Virginia Slaveholder: Benjamin Franklin Prentiss and the Familial Politics of Antebellum America" on Feb. 28 in the inaugural Critical Studies Seminar presented by the University at Buffalo Humanities Institute.
  • Dandes, Lippes Reappointed to UB Council
    2/19/07
    Jonathan A. Dandes and Gerald S. Lippes have been reappointed to the 10-member University at Buffalo Council, the university's local governing council.
  • Diabetes Risk Factors Develop Earlier in Women than Men
    2/19/07
    The "diabetes clock" may start ticking in women years in advance of a medical diagnosis of the disease, new research has shown.
  • Book Examines Reinventing the Ideal of the Black Man
    2/15/07
    A just-published collection of essays, "Progressive Black Masculinities," edited by Athena D. Mutua, associate professor in the University at Buffalo Law School, focuses on reinventing the ideal of the black man, suggesting new models that transcend the cultural racism and violence of the old ideal.
  • New Center Addresses Students' Disruptive Behaviors
    2/15/07
    The School of Social Work at the University at Buffalo has entered into an agreement with the Buffalo Public Schools to provide specialized group treatment and violence-prevention programs to help students who have been suspended return to their regular classrooms.