News Releases

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

  • Severe Obesity Treatments Focus of $5 Million Study
    3/7/06
    BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York and the University at Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Professions today announced a five-year research and treatment program for the severely obese that will study the effects of weight-loss alternatives to gastric bypass surgery.
  • DynaVox Supports Speech-Language, Hearing Clinic
    3/6/06
    Giving so that others can communicate, DynaVox Technologies has donated equipment and systems valued at nearly $116,000 to the Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences in the University at Buffalo's College of Arts and Sciences.
  • Vesuvius' Next Eruption May Put Metro Naples at Risk
    3/6/06
    Recently discovered geological and archaeological evidence is shedding light on a catastrophic eruption at Mt. Vesuvius during the Bronze Age that wrought broader destruction to surrounding areas than the famous Pompeii eruption of AD 79, according to a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
  • Program Leads to Certification in Trauma Treatment
    3/6/06
    The University at Buffalo School of Social Work Office in collaboration with the Child Trauma Institute will offer a year-long certification program for mental-health professionals who work with children and adolescents who have been exposed to significant trauma or loss.
  • Project Looks at History of Social Work at UB
    3/6/06
    Over the past year, in preparation for its 75th anniversary, the School of Social Work at the University at Buffalohas been taking a look at its past, from its unexpected start, through the Great Depression and World War II, to the unrest of the 1970s and the present day. Toward that end, it has kicked off the School of Social Work History Project, an effort to document the school's history of educating social work professionals and its impact on countless lives.
  • Henderson to Speak at UB Alumni Luncheon
    3/3/06
    Marsha S. Henderson, vice president for external affairs at the University at Buffalo, will be the next speaker in the "UB at Noon Downtown" luncheon series, to be held at noon on March 8 in Chef's Restaurant, 291 Seneca St.
  • Surgery for Child Apnea Leads to Weight Gain
    2/28/06
    A study by a University at Buffalo pediatric researcher investigating the causes of weight gain in children after they have their tonsils and adenoids removed to treat sleep-disordered breathing has shown that removing these tissues results in less fidgeting and other non-exercise motor activity.
  • Architects Help Solve Dental-Education Challenge
    2/27/06
    In an unusual collaboration, a professor in the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine has joined forces with faculty members in UB's School of Architecture and Planning to develop a high-tech teaching tool to assist in the education of dental students and patients.
  • The 20 Most Psychologically Intriguing Legal Cases
    2/27/06
    From investigations into Lee Harvey Oswald's troubled adolescence to courtroom debates over Mike Tyson's violent tantrums, the 20 most psychologically intriguing legal cases of the past 50 years are chronicled in a new book coauthored by a University at Buffalo law professor and a clinical psychologist who is a graduate of the UB Law School.
  • Exhibition to highlight work of Francisco Toledo
    2/23/06
    Francisco Toledo: Contemporary Graphic Art, an exhibition which highlights prints from the University at Buffalo's permanent collection, opens at UB Anderson Gallery with a public reception from 6-8 p.m. on, March 3.