News Releases

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

  • Baldy Center Sets Spring Semester Events
    2/17/05
    The Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy in the UB Law School has announced a full schedule of events for the spring semester, including a visiting scholars series, a faculty seminar series and numerous workshops and conferences on a variety of topics.
  • UB Student Receives First Prize in International Essay Competition
    2/17/05
    Meghan Fadel of Amherst, an undergraduate in the University at Buffalo Department of English, has received first prize in the 2004 international essay competition sponsored by Early English Books Online (EEBO), a major digital research collection published by Chadwick-Healey and ProQuest Information.
  • Reitan Elected AAAS Fellow
    2/17/05
    Paul H. Reitan, professor emeritus in the Department of Geology in the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences, had been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world's largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science.
  • Facilitated Book Discussions Planned Around Appearance at UB by Author, Media Commentator Michael Eric Dyson
    2/16/05
    Public group discussions of three books authored by Michael Eric Dyson are being planned in conjunction with his appearance as keynote speaker at the University at Buffalo's upcoming Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration event.
  • UB Opens Online Exhibit of Perry Music Memorabilia Collection
    2/16/05
    The University at Buffalo Music Library has mounted an online exhibition of its J. Warren Perry Music Memorabilia Collection, a collection of 2,500 photographs and items of memorabilia spanning more than 60 years that is international in scope and a striking visual record of many of the most significant musicians of the 20th century.
  • UB Students on 2005 Fulbright Grants Are Teaching, Conducting Research in Canada, Europe, Asia
    2/16/05
    Two graduate students and a graduating senior at the University at Buffalo received teaching assistantships for 2005 from the J. William Fulbright Foundation Student Program and are teaching English and American culture in universities, high schools and junior high schools in Europe and Asia.
  • Computer Modeling Applied to Mattress Design
    2/16/05
    A team of engineers from the University at Buffalo's New York State Center for Engineering Design and Industrial Innovation (NYSCEDII) and the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in the UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences is applying its expertise in virtual prototyping and simulation to mattresses.
  • UB Art Gallery to Present the Work of Nine MFA Students
    2/15/05
    "Indications," an exhibition of work by nine first-year master of fine arts students from the Department of Art at the University at Buffalo will open on Feb. 24 with a reception from 5-7 pm in the UB Art Gallery, Center for the Arts, North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Coppens to Receive Prestigious International Ewald Prize
    2/15/05
    Philip Coppens, Ph.D., SUNY Distinguished Professor and Henry M. Woodburn Chair of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry in the University at Buffalo's College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded the prestigious Ewald Prize by the International Union of Crystallography.
  • First and Second Row Orchestra Seats for "Rent" Available for $20 on Day of Performance Only
    2/14/05
    Seats in the front two rows of the orchestra (center section) will be made available for $20 on a first-come, first-served basis both performances of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical "Rent" to be performed Feb. 22 and 23 in the University at Buffalo Center for the Arts.