News Releases

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

  • Morin Named Interim Vice President, Dean of Medical School
    3/24/05
    Frederick C. Morin III, M.D., has been named interim vice president for health affairs at the University at Buffalo and interim dean of the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, it was announced today by Satish K. Tripathi, Ph.D., UB provost and executive vice president for academic affairs.
  • Architects Receive Regional, National, International Recognition
    3/21/05
    Edward Steinfeld, Kenneth MacKay, Lynda Schneekloth and Robert Shibley, all faculty members in the Department of Architecture in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning, have been recognized for the quality of their work.
  • O'Brian Hall to Re-open on Wednesday
    3/21/05
    O'Brian Hall on the University at Buffalo North (Amherst) Campus will be reopened to students, faculty and staff on Wednesday, March 23. All undergraduate, graduate and law classes scheduled for O'Brian will resume on Wednesday. However, because of the need to repair/and or clean several classrooms in O'Brian, some classes scheduled for classrooms on the second floor of O'Brian are being relocated to classrooms in other buildings. New room assignments for those classes are available on the UB Student Response Center web site at http://www.src.buffalo.edu/
  • Brazeau Named Associate Editor of Pharmaceutical Journal
    3/21/05
    Gayle A. Brazeau, associate dean for academic affairs in the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, has been appointed to a three-year term as an associate editor for the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education.
  • "The Woman in the Shaman's Body" Provides Myth-Shattering Exploration of the Female Roots of Shamanism
    3/18/05
    Shamanism, humankind's oldest spiritual and healing tradition, is in many cultures dominated by men, and Western skeptics often debunk its effectiveness. In a groundbreaking new book published this month by Random House, however, Barbara Tedlock of the University at Buffalo challenges the historical hegemony of the male shamanic tradition, restores women to their essential place in the history of spirituality and celebrates their continuing role in the worldwide resurgence of shamanism.
  • UB Alumni Association to Introduce New Award at Celebration of Excellence
    3/18/05
    "Excellence Must Be Celebrated" will be the theme of the University at Buffalo Alumni Association's 2005 Celebration of Excellence award ceremony to be held at 6 p.m. April 15 in the Four Points Sheraton, 2040 Walden Ave., Cheektowaga.
  • Gift Will Bring Distinguished Architects to Campus
    3/18/05
    A $30,000 gift from Christopher Michael Martell and his wife, Sally, will support a program that will bring architects of international significance to the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning to work with graduate students and give a school-wide public lecture.
  • Four Students Win J. Scott Fleming Scholarship Awards
    3/18/05
    Four students have been selected to receive the J. Scott Fleming Scholarship Awards for leadership and volunteer efforts that promote student involvement and enhance the student experience at the University at Buffalo.
  • UB Anderson Gallery exhibition will include drawings, sculpture and documentation of the public projects of Howard Ben Tre
    3/18/05
    BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Private Visions, Utopian Ideals: The Art of Howard Ben Tre will open in the UB Anderson Gallery with a public reception to honor the artist on from 6-8:30 p.m. April 1. A lecture by the artist entitled, "Taking the Personal Vision from the Privacy of the Studio into the Public Space," will occur at 2 p.m. on April 17 in the Albright-Knox Art Gallery. The lecture will be free with gallery admission and free to UB staff and students with valid ID.
  • March Madness -- Where Squirrels Go to Learn About Maple Sugaring
    3/17/05
    Maple syrup is delicious on Cream of Wheat and its gathering is the stuff of cozy legends of northern springtimes and boiling tubs of sap. Consider that it takes 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup and you will come to a new respect of the maple and the sugar makers. If you didn't know this already, perhaps it's time you tuned in to librarian David Bertuca in the University at Buffalo Arts and Sciences Libraries.