News Releases

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

  • Wood-Frame House Ready for 6.7 Magnitude Quake
    11/9/06
    The seismic tests that are conducted regularly inside the cavernous state-of-the-art Structural Engineering and Earthquake Simulation Laboratory (SEESL) in Ketter Hall on the University at Buffalo North (Amherst) Campus generally are viewed by a select few: the structural engineers, technicians and students who are integral to UB's world-renowned program in earthquake engineering. But on Nov. 14, it will be standing room only throughout the viewing areas in the vast, 25,000-square-foot space.
  • Former Poet Laureate to Deliver Silverman Reading
    11/9/06
    Former U.S. poet laureate Billy Collins will deliver the 30th annual Oscar Silverman Poetry Reading at 8 p.m. Nov. 17 in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall on the University at Buffalo's North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Research Will Target Ebola and Other Deadly Viruses
    11/9/06
    Researchers at CUBRC and the University at Buffalo's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences are developing radically new drugs designed to cure viruses ranging from the deadly Ebola virus to the common cold, thanks to a major $8.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense.
  • Chris Thile and The How to Grow a Band to Perform Feb. 9
    11/8/06
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Chris Thile and The How to Grow a Band at 8 p.m. on Feb. 9 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. Tickets for the performance will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Nov. 17.
  • Simpson to Participate in U.S. Department of Education Trip to Asia
    11/8/06
    University at Buffalo President John B. Simpson has been selected to accompany Margaret Spellings, U.S. secretary of education, and other federal officials on a nine-day trip to Asia to meet with academic, government and business leaders in China, Japan and Korea.
  • UB Center for Virtual Architecture Receives Major Grant
    11/6/06
    A team of faculty members in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning have been awarded a $553,045 research grant from the U.S. Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) to develop educational materials that use advanced media to teach important building principles to architecture students.
  • Despite Significant Gains, Women Still Victims of Sexism
    11/6/06
    A University at Buffalo researcher says that regardless of claims that feminism is passe and unnecessary, women still are being victimized by a self-generating, patriarchal social system. We just don't recognize it. She will discuss her current work at 4 p.m. Nov. 16 in a talk sponsored by the UB Institute for Research and Education on Women and Gender as part of its new speaker series, "Theorizing Gender."
  • $1 Million in State Funding Concludes Successful UB Campaign
    11/4/06
    A $1 million major legislative initiative from New York State Senator Dale M. Volker has allowed the University at Buffalo's School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences to successfully complete its $9 million campaign for the Ira G. Ross Eye Institute.
  • Legal Preparedness for Emergencies to be Symposium Topic
    11/2/06
    The Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy in the University at Buffalo Law School will hold a day-long public symposium Nov. 17 on "Public Health Emergencies and Legal Preparedness: A Cross-Border Challenge."
  • UB Unveils Its First Solar Electric System
    11/2/06
    Starting this month, a portion of the electrical power that illuminates classrooms, hallways and computer screens in the University at Buffalo's Norton Hall will be generated by a dramatically different source: the sun.