News Releases

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

  • Toward Terahertz Detectors on a Single, Conventional Chip
    10/5/06
    University at Buffalo researchers and their collaborators at other institutions have been awarded a four-year, $1.2 million National Science Foundation grant, under the NSF Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Teams (NIRT) initiative, to develop semiconductor-based terahertz detectors that can be integrated seamlessly with conventional electronics. The grant is one of only 10 that the NSF has funded from more than 400 applications received.
  • Gender Week to Focus on "Human Rights: Advances Through Activism"
    10/5/06
    Judith Heumann, a leading activist in the disability-rights movement, will be the keynote speaker for the fifth annual "Gender Week: Gender Matters," to be held Oct. 9-13 on the University at Buffalo North and South campuses.
  • Harvard Expert to Lecture on Societal Costs of Mental Disorders
    10/3/06
    Ronald C. Kessler, Ph.D., Harvard University professor and a major figure in the field of mental health in the U.S. and abroad, will present the J. Warren Perry Lecture on Oct. 13 at 3:30 p.m. in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall on UB's North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Filling Fragments Can Identify Human Remains, Forensic Dentists Show
    10/3/06
    When an explosion, accidental cremation or a fire set deliberately to cover a crime destroys a body, precious little may remain to link it to a life once lived. Yet even among the ashes, a team of forensic dental researchers at the University at Buffalo has shown that evidence exists that can help identify human remains when all else -- flesh, bones, teeth, DNA -- is lost.
  • UB Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Historic Exchanges with China
    10/2/06
    At a time when many U.S. universities are just beginning to navigate China's complex political environment and establish new ventures there, the University at Buffalo is marking the 25th anniversary of its successful, and historic, partnerships in China that were the first such agreements with any U.S. university following the normalization of relations between the U.S. and the Peoples Republic of China.
  • UB Becomes Partner in Kids Voting Western New York
    10/2/06
    The University at Buffalo announced today that it is joining a strategic alliance to support and expand the Kids Voting Western New York program.
  • Master Planning Process to Start as UB Plans for Major Growth
    9/28/06
    President John B. Simpson today announced that the University at Buffalo is beginning a master planning process focusing on future campus and facilities needs in conjunction with plans to grow the university by 750 faculty members and 10,000 students over the next 15 years.
  • Al Gore, Nora Ephron, Anderson Cooper on UB Lecture Slate
    9/28/06
    Former vice president Al Gore will speak at the University at Buffalo next April to cap the 2006-07 Distinguished Speakers Series. The series, which opened on Sept. 19 with a special 20th-anniversary lecture by 1989 Nobel Peace Prize recipient His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, will host a second Nobel Peace Prize recipient later this season: Wangari Maathai, an activist and environmentalist.
  • UB Art Gallery to present "Kim Jones: A Retrospective"
    9/27/06
    "Kim Jones: A Retrospective" will open in the First Floor, Lightwell and Second Floor Galleries at UB Art Gallery in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) with a public reception on Oct. 19 from 5-7 p.m. The artist will be in attendance.
  • Bright Named Chair of UB Department Of Chemistry
    9/26/06
    Frank V. Bright, Ph.D., UB Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and A. Conger Goodyear Professor of Chemistry, has been named chair of the Department of Chemistry in the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences.