News Releases

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

  • Montante is 2005 Niagara Frontier Executive of the Year
    9/16/05
    Carl J. Montante, president and managing director of Uniland Development Co., has been named the 2005 Niagara Frontier Executive of the Year by the University at Buffalo School of Management.
  • Katrina Spurs Geology Professor to Shift Course Focus
    9/15/05
    Aug. 29., the day that Hurricane Katrina barreled ashore on the Gulf Coast, also was the first day of class for Geology 428/528, "Preventing Geologic Disasters," at the University at Buffalo. Even though he had already prepared a semester's worth of historical examples, Michael F. Sheridan, Ph.D., UB professor of geology, decided that day to ditch much of it and to focus, instead, on Katrina as the harshest of case studies.
  • UB to Celebrate "Gender Matters/Gender Week"
    9/15/05
    A keynote speech by Winona LaDuke, a former U.S. vice presidential candidate, will kick off the fourth-annual UB "Gender Matters/Gender Week," to be held Sept. 19-23 at the University at Buffalo.
  • Hearing Loss, Tinnitus Focus of 3-Day Symposium
    9/15/05
    An international symposium focusing on major developments in research, treatment and prevention of acquired hearing loss and tinnitus co-hosted by the Center for Hearing and Deafness at the University at Buffalo and the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command will be held in Niagara Falls, Ontario, on Oct. 9-12.
  • UB to Hold 16th Annual Linda Yalem Run on Sept. 25
    9/15/05
    More than 1,000 racers are expected to participate in the 16th annual Linda Yalem Safety Run, to begin at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 25 on the University at Buffalo North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Chemistry 101 Meets Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
    9/15/05
    Along with laptops and cell phones, more than 4,000 University at Buffalo students this fall will be packing a piece of gear into their backpacks that may make them feel like they're on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"
  • Nursing Journal Editor to Present Bullough Lecture
    9/15/05
    Diana J. Mason, editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Nursing, will deliver the Ninth Annual Bonnie Bullough Lecture at 4:30 p.m. Sept. 22 in the Center for Tomorrow on the University at Buffalo North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Community Outreach Focus of School of Management Event
    9/14/05
    John M. Thomas, dean of the University at Buffalo School of Management, recognized the public-service and community-engagement activities of the school's faculty, staff and students at a luncheon held today in 106 Jacobs Management Center on UB's North Campus.
  • Home from Gulf, Engineers Post Data, Model Forces
    9/13/05
    After spending five hectic, sleep-deprived days on the Gulf Coast assessing structural damage to buildings in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, engineers from the University at Buffalo's Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) have returned home to start doing the scientific work that they hope one day will help curb structural damage from future severe events.
  • Music is Art Live @ The Center to begin Sept. 18
    9/13/05
    The Center for the Arts has announced that the spring 2005 series Music is Art Live @ The Center, a television series celebrating Western New York's best contemporary musicians and visual artists, will begin airing on Sundays on UPN 23 WNLO starting Sept. 18 at 10:30 p.m.