News Releases

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

  • Chinese Walls: Major Conference in Buffalo
    10/12/05
    From Oct. 20-23, more than 30 scholars from Taiwan, China and North America will converge on the University at Buffalo and Albright-Knox art galleries to examine, in their global contexts, the historical and aesthetic significance of the so-called "Great Wall," along with many other Chinese boundaries, both physical and metaphorical.
  • IEEE to Hold Biometrics Workshop at UB
    10/12/05
    Subtle differences in the ways that individuals look, walk, write and speak -- known as biometrics -- will be the subject of the Fourth IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Workshop on Automatic Identification Advanced Technologies to be held Oct. 17-18 at the University at Buffalo.
  • Spent Research Reactor Fuel Removed from UB
    10/10/05
    University at Buffalo officials announced today that the spent nuclear reactor fuel has been removed from the University at Buffalo's research reactor on UB's South (Main Street) Campus. The spent fuel has been deposited in a nuclear materials storage site in Idaho that is maintained by the United States Department of Energy.
  • Karwan Stepping Down as Dean of Engineering School
    10/10/05
    Mark H. Karwan, Ph.D., has announced that he is stepping down as dean of the UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and returning to the faculty of the school as a researcher and teacher. Karwan, who has been in the position for 12 years, has indicated he will continue as dean until a successor is in place.
  • College of Arts and Sciences Honors 14 Alumni
    10/7/05
    The University at Buffalo's College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Thursday evening honored 14 outstanding alumni and friends at its first alumni awards event, the Julian Park Society Dinner.
  • On the Road 10 Years, Dental Van Helps 7,000 Children
    10/7/05
    More than 20,000 treatment hours have been logged by 7,000 children in Chautauqua County who have received dental care that otherwise would not be available to them since the UB School of Dental Medicine's traveling dental van took to the Southern Tier's roads 10 years ago.
  • 7 to be Inducted into Athletic Hall of Fame
    10/6/05
    Six alumni and an administrator have been selected for induction into the University at Buffalo's Alumni Association Athletic Hall of Fame.
  • Pharmacy Students Heed Lessons from "The Apprentice"
    10/6/05
    A University at Buffalo pharmacy professor is using the hit TV reality show "The Apprentice" -- and its famous "You're fired" endings -- to help his students become more likely to hear the words "You're hired" upon graduation.
  • Treasured Map Lures Geologists to Buffalo
    10/4/05
    When University at Buffalo planetary volcanologist Tracy Gregg mentioned at a recent geology conference that the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library was this fall exhibiting an original edition of the world's first geologic map, audience members were captivated.
  • NSF Award Funds Studies of Magnetic Properties
    10/4/05
    Jochen Autschbach, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry at the University at Buffalo, has received a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER award to conduct theoretical studies of the magnetic properties of molecules and nanoscale systems.