News Releases

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

  • UB to Host Science Series for Local Teachers
    8/23/05
    The University at Buffalo will host the 2005-06 Western New York Science and Technology Forum, a weekly lecture series for local science teachers.
  • New Target Found to Fight, Treat Parkinson's
    8/23/05
    Neuroscientists from the University at Buffalo have described for the first time how rotenone, an environmental toxin linked specifically to Parkinson's disease, selectively destroys the neurons that produce dopamine, the neurotransmitter critical to body movement and muscle control.
  • Forbes Again Ranks SOM as a "Best Business School"
    8/22/05
    Forbes magazine has again included the University at Buffalo School of Management in its ranking of top business schools for providing MBA students with the best return on their investment.
  • Home Showcases High, Low-Tech Assistive Devices
    8/19/05
    Thanks to creative designers and engineers, as well as inventors with disabilities determined to live independently or simply to have fun, devices that make nearly any activity of daily living easier now are available on the market. Many of these devices, including those that were developed at the University at Buffalo's Center for Assistive Technology (CAT), are on display in a model home newly installed in the Western New York Independent Living Project, Inc.
  • Bright Eyes, Feist and Magic Numbers to perform
    8/18/05
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Bright Eyes in concert at 8 p.m. on Nov. 21 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Commercializing Discoveries Aim of New Collaboration
    8/18/05
    The University at Buffalo Office of Science, Technology and Economic Outreach (STOR) and First Wave Technologies, Inc., a technology-development company, have announced their proactive collaborative effort to expand the commercialization of early-stage university technologies utilizing private-sector resources.
  • Liz Phair to perform in CFA on Oct. 20
    8/18/05
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Liz Phair in concert at 8 p.m. on Oct. 20 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Grieving the Needle
    8/17/05
    Heroin addicts trying to kick the habit often profoundly grieve their lost "relationship" with the needles they use to inject the drug, according to a new study by a University at Buffalo doctoral student.
  • Slaughter Announces $3 Million to Launch UB Spin-Off
    8/16/05
    A $3 million Department of Defense appropriation to Buffalo BioBlower Technologies LLC, a spin-off of the University at Buffalo, announced today by Rep. Louise M. Slaughter, will allow the new company to begin commercializing its powerful air sterilization device.
  • Lessons from 2004 Point the Way in 2008 Election
    8/15/05
    In a scholarly assessment of the 2004 presidential election, University at Buffalo political science professor and election forecaster James E. Campbell, Ph.D., makes several observations about what trends may influence the 2008 contest.