News Releases

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

  • UB Effort to Address Chronic Nursing Shortage
    7/14/06
    An innovative accelerated bachelor's-degree program in the University at Buffalo School of Nursing designed to address the chronic nursing shortage will expand and focus on meeting the needs of underserved urban and rural areas under a three-year, $1.36 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
  • In a Vehicle Rollover, Beware the "Outside Arc"
    7/14/06
    The direction in which a vehicle rolls over when it careens out of control determines whether the driver or front-seat passenger is at greater risk for serious injuries or death, according to a study conducted by researchers at the Center for Transportation Injury Research at the University at Buffalo.
  • Center for 21st Century Music Plans Inaugural Concert Featuring Philip Glass
    7/13/06
    The Center for 21st Century Music in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University at Buffalo will present its Inaugural Concert featuring Philip Glass at 7 p.m. Sept. 18 in the Mainstage Theatre, located at the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Schoenle Named Chief of University Police
    7/10/06
    Gerald Schoenle has been named chief of University Police at the University at Buffalo. He replaces John Grela who served as chief for 15 years. Grela will retire in October after 33 years of university service.
  • UB Workshop to Examine Changes in School Leadership
    7/6/06
    Doesn't anyone want to be a school superintendent anymore? Not according to several experts who will speak on July 14 at a program on "The Changing Face of School Leadership: Implications for Preparation and Practice" sponsored by the Graduate School of Education at the University at Buffalo.
  • UB Anderson Gallery to Present John Hultberg: Vanishing Point
    7/6/06
    John Hultberg: Vanishing Point, an exhibition at UB Anderson Gallery highlighting 21 paintings and 14 graphic works from the university's permanent collection, will open to the public in the first floor gallery at 11 a.m. on July 14.
  • Pendergast Receives Top Award from Undersea and Hyperbaric Society
    7/6/06
    David R. Pendergast of Hamburg, professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has received the Albert R. Behnke Award, the most prominent honor awarded by the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS).
  • UB Diabetes Researchers Participate in International Study
    7/5/06
    Researchers at the University at Buffalo are beginning two new studies as part of an international effort to prevent type 1 diabetes. The project, called Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet, involves researchers at 22 clinical centers in the U.S. and in centers in Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
  • Reversing "Hibernating" Heart Muscle Focus of UB Researchers
    7/5/06
    Heart researchers at the University at Buffalo have received a $2.5 million five-year grant to develop new strategies to reverse a heart dysfunction called "hibernating myocardium" that can cause disabling heart failure and sudden death.
  • Earthquake Engineering Center Changes Name, Expands Focus
    7/5/06
    To better reflect its mission of developing solutions to improve resilience against extreme events of all sorts, the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research headquartered at the University at Buffalo is shortening its name to MCEER.