News Releases

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

  • Lights, Cameras, Quake: Wood Townhouse to Undergo Seismic Testing
    5/4/06
    University at Buffalo researchers are launching a series of unprecedented seismic tests on a full-scale, three-bedroom, wood-frame townhouse being built in an earthquake-simulation laboratory in the university's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. In November, the structure will be put to a final test in a simulation of California's 1994 Northridge earthquake that is expected to create massive damage.
  • Newman, Sample to be Honored at UB's 160th Commencement
    5/1/06
    Reginald B. Newman II, chairman and former president of NOCO Energy Corp., a family-owned petroleum company, and longtime friend and supporter of UB, will receive the Chancellor Charles P. Norton Medal, UB's highest award, during the university's 160th general commencement ceremony, to be held at 10 a.m. May 14 in Alumni Arena, North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Client Violence Focus of Workshop for Social Workers
    5/1/06
    The risk of violence is a reality for most social workers in practice today, says a nationally regarded social work educator who will present a workshop sponsored by the University at Buffalo School of Social Work titled "Risk Assessment, Violent Clients and Practitioner Safety" on May 12 in the Holiday Inn Amherst.
  • High School Students Recognized in UB Poetry Contest
    5/1/06
    Christopher Johnson-Robertson of Buffalo, a student at City Honors High School, has been awarded first-prize in the annual poetry contest for high school students sponsored by the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences (CAS).
  • Team Developing R&D Software Wins Panasci TEC Competition
    4/28/06
    Providing products and services to biotechnology firms was the common denominator for the two teams that won more than $60,000 in cash and services in the University at Buffalo's annual Henry A. Panasci Jr. Technology Entrepreneurship Competition (Panasci TEC).
  • Scientist E.O. Wilson to Present UB's Harrington Lecture
    4/28/06
    Edward O. Wilson, Ph.D., preeminent scientist, winner of two Pulitzer Prizes and considered by many to be the father of the modern environmental movement, will present the University at Buffalo's D. W. Harrington Lecture at 10:30 a.m. May 6 in the Adam's Mark Hotel.
  • UB Aerospace Professor Wins Prestigious ONR Award
    4/28/06
    David Forliti, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering in the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, is the recipient of a Prestigious Department of Defense Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Program Award.
  • Gill to speak at "UB at Noon...Downtown" Event
    4/28/06
    University at Buffalo head football coach Turner Gill will be the speaker at the UB at Noon...Downtown luncheon series, to be held May 18 in Chef's Restaurant, 291 Seneca St., Buffalo.
  • Szyperski Shares Major NMR Prize
    4/28/06
    Thomas Szyperski, Ph.D., University at Buffalo professor of chemistry, biochemistry and structural biology, is a co-recipient of one of the most prestigious prizes awarded in the field of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, the Gunther Laukien Prize.
  • Oishei Foundation Grant Funds Regional Knowledge Network
    4/27/06
    To help ensure that Buffalo Niagara has ready access to reliable information on critical regional issues, the John R. Oishei Foundation has awarded the University at Buffalo's Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth $336,371 to develop phase two of the recently launched Regional Knowledge Network.