News Releases

You know Christmas and Kwanzaa, Hanukkah and Ramadan. But do you recall those other holidays not-so-famous at all? The UB community is invited to celebrate all winter holidays -- including Boxing Day, Rosa Parks Day, Diwali and Junkanoo -- at the first annual UB Holiday Carnival on Dec. 4.

The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo welcomes The Legends of Motown starring The Temptations and The Marvelettes at 8 p.m. on Feb. 14 -- Valentine's Day -- in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.

Jean K. Brown., Ph.D., professor and associate dean of the University at Buffalo School of Nursing, was named interim dean of the nursing school Nov. 14 following the resignation due to illness of Mecca S. Cranley, Ph.D.

The University at Buffalo has moved up to No. 10 among 2,700 accredited U.S. universities in international enrollment, according to an annual report released by the Institute of International Education.

Mecca S. Cranley, Ph.D., dean of the University at Buffalo School of Nursing since 1991, died Nov. 20 in the hospice unit at Sister's Hospital in Buffalo, surrounded by her family. The cause was multiple myeloma, cancer of the bone marrow. She was 67.

The University at Buffalo team that developed the world's first transgenic butterfly now has developed an innovative tool that will allow scientists studying "non-model" organisms to test directly the function of certain genes, even in the absence of genome sequencing information.

In their continuing search for promising targets for treating mental disorders, a group of neuroscientists at the University at Buffalo has identified a pathway critical to the functioning of antidepressants, antipsychotic drugs and drugs for anxiety disorders.

Prenatal exposure to cigarette smoke and exposure to cigarette smoke over the first two years of life have been associated with emotional, behavioral and learning problems later in childhood. A new study in the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) will enhance understanding of why children exposed to cigarette smoke might have difficulty with self-regulation of behavior that contributes to such problems.

A little more than a year after breaking ground, the UB Libraries will celebrate the completion of a new storage facility with a grand opening reception this afternoon at the cavernous building on Rensch Road across Sweet Home Road from the North Campus.

Two University at Buffalo faculty members have received prestigious Fulbright Scholar awards for 2006-07.