News Releases

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

  • Never Underestimate the Power of Narrative -- the Emerging Portrait of a Dastardly America Could Cost Us Dearly
    6/14/05
    History is replete with "black legends," conflations of truth, myth and bad press that have caused individuals, families, and whole nations to have what English poet and dramatist John Dryden called "a name to all succeeding ages curst." The term "Black Legend" originated as a reference to the world-wide loathing of Spain during its conquest of the New World, but an expert in the production of such cultural narratives says history, in one sense, may be repeating itself.
  • 10 UB Employees Buy Homes Through UCI Loan Program
    6/14/05
    After getting off the ground less than two years ago, the University at Buffalo's Home Loan Guaranty Program has helped 10 UB employees buy homes in the University Heights neighborhood.
  • Research to Focus on Role of Emotions in Alcohol Use, Abuse and Relapse
    6/13/05
    The role of negative emotions in alcohol use, abuse and relapse will be the focus of a study by Paul R. Stasiewicz, Ph.D., a researcher at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA), under a $1,937,729 grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA).
  • UB Professor Authors Page-Turner on Toronto Medical Scandal
    6/13/05
    A University at Buffalo physician has turned the inside story of a medical brouhaha in Canada, involving sick children, a controversial treatment for the blood disorder thalassemia and the pharmaceutical company that makes it, into a nonfiction best-seller.
  • Yvonne Dion-Buffalo, American Studies Faculty Member
    6/13/05
    Yvonne Dion-Buffalo, visiting assistant professor in the Department of American Studies in the University at Buffalo's College of Arts and Sciences, died Saturday (June 11, 2005) of cancer in Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital.
  • Students Recognized as Pillars of Leadership
    6/10/05
    Students at the University at Buffalo who received accolades for their leadership achievements during the 2004-05 academic year recently were recognized during the Pillars of Leadership Ceremony sponsored by the Leadership Development Center in the Division of Student Affairs.
  • From Literature to Linux, 'IT Fair 2005' to Showcase UB Technologies
    6/9/05
    IT Fair 2005, focusing on the myriad new technologies and innovations that UB faculty, staff and students have developed to meet challenges ranging from cyber security to online instruction, will be held June 28 and 29 in the Center for the Arts on the UB North Campus.
  • UB Helps SUNY Launch First Online B.S. in Electrical Engineering
    6/9/05
    The University at Buffalo's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the schools of engineering at the State University of New York (SUNY) university centers at Stony Brook and Binghamton together are creating the world's first fully online bachelor's-degree program in electrical engineering.
  • UB Students Inducted into Communication Honor Society
    6/9/05
    Twenty-five students in the Department of Communication in the School of Informatics at the University at Buffalo recently were inducted into the Nu Epsilon Chapter of Lambda Pi Eta, the national communication honor society.
  • College Students Think Favorably, but Act Timidly about Organ Donation
    6/6/05
    Only 11 percent of students surveyed at two universities in New York State have formally declared their intentions to become organ or tissue donors, a study conducted by researchers at the University at Buffalo has found.