News Releases

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

  • New UB Degree Program in Evolution, Ecology And Behavior
    10/17/06
    A new multidisciplinary graduate program in evolution, ecology and behavior that focuses on the interactions between organisms and their environments over time is being offered by the University at Buffalo's College of Arts and Sciences.
  • Kofke New Chair of Chemical and Biological Engineering
    10/17/06
    David Kofke, Ph.D., University at Buffalo Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering in the UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been appointed chair of the department.
  • A "Spin-Voltaic" Effect May Enable Silicon Spintronics
    10/17/06
    Can conventional semiconductors learn new tricks? Igor Zutic is betting that they can. Zutic, a University at Buffalo theoretical physicist and the recipient of a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award, is finding ways to introduce spintronic properties and a phenomenon called spin injection into silicon.
  • Anonymous Donor Provides $1.2 Million for Accounting Students
    10/17/06
    Future undergraduate and graduate students in the University at Buffalo School of Management will receive more financial help in pursuing their degrees, thanks to a $1.2 million endowment bequest established for undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships.
  • The University at Buffalo Will Reopen on Tuesday, Oct. 17, Resuming all Classes, Operations and Activities
    10/16/06
    The University at Buffalo will resume classes, operations and activities on Tuesday, Oct. 17. The Town of Amherst driving restrictions have been modified and power has been restored to the campus.
  • Anesthesiology Chair to Head National Anesthesiology Society
    10/12/06
    Mark J. Lema, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Anesthesiology in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo, will be installed as president of the 40,000-member American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) during the organization's annual meeting in Chicago Oct. 14-18.
  • Two East German Films to be Screened
    10/12/06
    The Graduate Group for German and Austrian Studies at the University at Buffalo will screen two gems of East German cinema on Oct. 16 as part of the national tour titled "Rebels Without a Cause: The Cinema of East Germany."
  • The Derek Trucks Band to Perform at UB May 15
    10/12/06
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present The Derek Trucks Band at 8 p.m. on May 15 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • New Treatment for Post-Concussion Syndrome Pioneered at UB
    10/11/06
    Sports medicine specialists in the University at Buffalo's Sports Medicine Institute have developed a new method for treating athletes who sustain post-concussion syndrome that, unlike the conventional approach, allows athletes to maintain conditioning while recovering gradually from the injury.
  • UB's Uncrowned Queens Project to Hit the Airwaves in May
    10/11/06
    Since 1999, the Uncrowned Queens Institute for Research and Education on Women at the University at Buffalo has collected, preserved and presented the written and oral histories of hundreds of female African-American community builders across Western New York state and southern Ontario. Now, with a $280,000 grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the institute is preparing a series of 26 one-hour radio programs derived from its Uncrowned Queens archive that will begin broadcasting in May.