News Releases

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

  • Provost Announces Reorganization of School of Informatics
    6/16/06
    The University at Buffalo's Department of Communication and Department of Library and Information Studies, the two departments that constitute the UB School of Informatics, will have new administrative homes beginning this fall. The Department of Communication will return to the College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Library and Information Studies will become part of the Graduate School of Education.
  • Oren Lyons Named SUNY Distinguished Service Professor
    6/15/06
    Oren R. Lyons, professor in the Department of American Studies in the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a SUNY Distinguished Service Professor by the SUNY Board of Trustees.
  • UB Social Work Students Receive Awards at Commencement
    6/15/06
    Fourteen students attending the University at Buffalo School of Social Work received awards during the school's recent commencement ceremony.
  • UB Dental Students Receive Awards
    6/14/06
    Graduating seniors in the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine recently received awards at the school's Senior Recognition Banquet.
  • UB Nursing Students Receive Awards at Commencement
    6/14/06
    Eleven students in the University at Buffalo School of Nursing received awards and scholarships at the school's recent commencement ceremony.
  • UB Establishes "Mega" Department of Visual Studies
    6/13/06
    The University at Buffalo has merged its Department of Art History and Department of Art into a new "mega" Department of Visual Studies in the UB College of Arts and Sciences.
  • Exhibition Says, "Happy Birthday, Morton Feldman!"
    6/13/06
    The late Morton Feldman once said that composers make plans and music laughs. Feldman should know. He was an extraordinary, pioneering composer who made an impressive and unique contribution to 20th-century American music. He also was Edgar Varese Professor of Composition at the University at Buffalo from 1972 until his death in 1987. This year marks his 80th birthday and in celebration, the UB Music Library has opened an exhibition of material from its Morton Feldman Collection that will run through Sept. 11.
  • Symposium on Intellectual Property Rights to be Held
    6/12/06
    To better examine issues that include continually increasing cyber threats, intellectual property rights violations and trademark infringement and signal theft the Center of Excellence in Information Systems Assurance Research and Education (CEISARE) at the University at Buffalo will host an Intellectual Property Rights Symposium on June 21.
  • Adult Stem Cell Research at UB Targets Damaged Hearts
    6/12/06
    A specialist in stem cell biology at the University at Buffalo has received a $1.98 million grant from National Institutes of Health to investigate the potential of bone marrow-derived adult stem cells to treat the serious heart malfunction known as hibernating myocardium.
  • Five Honored by UB Students for Their Teaching
    6/9/06
    Five faculty members and lecturers at the University at Buffalo have received Milton Plesur Excellence in Teaching Awards from the undergraduate Student Association for their commitment to students and the quality of their teaching.