News Releases

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

  • Canada's Ambassador to the U.S. to Speak at UB
    10/19/06
    The Hon. Michael H. Wilson, O.C., ambassador of Canada to the United States, will deliver a major address, "Canada's Commitment to a Continental and Global Agenda," on Oct. 25 at the University at Buffalo
  • Gobbetti-Hoffman Has New CD of Music for Flute and Organ
    10/18/06
    Flutist Cheryl Gobbetti-Hoffman, of Buffalo, adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Music, College of Arts and Sciences, has a new CD on the Raven label with award-winning organist Bruce Neswick.
  • 'Flock of Dodos' Events to Focus on Intelligent Design Controversy
    10/17/06
    To celebrate the launching of the University at Buffalo's new graduate program in evolution, ecology and behavior, the founding departments in the College of Arts and Sciences are screening the film, "Flock of Dodos," and holding a roundtable discussion about intelligent design and science communication.
  • 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."