News Releases

Now more than ever, the Buffalo Niagara region needs reliable, timely information for sound decision making. To help meet this need, the Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth at the University at Buffalo has launched the Regional Knowledge Network (http://www.rkn.buffalo.edu), a state-of-the-art information resource for the bi-national region.

Two research teams at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions recently explored the scientific literature focusing on relapse to addictive behavior. The first team reviewed studies of relapse to driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and the second team, the differences between men and women who relapse to alcohol and drug abuse.

Robert D. Van Valin Jr., professor in the Department of Linguistics in the University at Buffalo's College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded a Humboldt Research Award by Germany's Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in recognition of his lifetime research achievements in the field of linguistics.

World-renowned violinist Midori will perform at the University at Buffalo on April 19 as part of her first U.S. tour completely devoted to a new music repertoire.

It's important to take care of your health, but scheduling check-ups, exercising and eating right, and simply taking the time to find the health and wellness resources that are available locally, are tasks busy professionals often struggle to fit into their daily routines. The seventh annual Wellness Awareness Day, sponsored by the Professional Staff Senate, sets out to address this issue.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso will receive a State University of New York honorary doctorate in humane letters during his three-day visit to UB in September.

Optimum treatment for vesico-ureteral reflux, in which urine flows from the bladder back up the ureter to the kidneys, is the focus of a clinical trial being conducted by pediatric urologists at the University at Buffalo with a five-year, $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

Uday P. Sukhatme, who has served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences since August 2002, has been named executive vice chancellor and dean of the faculties at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

Award-winning journalist Laurie Garrett will speak at 8 p.m. April 6 in the Center for the Arts on the University at Buffalo North (Amherst) Campus as part of the Univesity at Buffalo's Distinguished Speakers Series.

Jo L. Freudenheim, Ph.D., has been named chair of the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine in the School of Public Health and Health Professions at the University at Buffalo following a national search.