News Releases

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

  • Ryan Named UB Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education
    12/16/04
    The appointment of Michael E. Ryan, associate dean in the University at Buffalo's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, as UB's vice provost and dean of undergraduate education was announced today by Satish K. Tripathi, the university's provost and executive vice president for academic affairs.
  • McCombe Named UB Vice Provost for Graduate Education, Dean of Graduate School
    12/16/04
    Bruce D. McCombe, Ph.D., SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Physics in the University at Buffalo's College of Arts and Sciences, today was named UB vice provost for graduate education and dean of the Graduate School by Satish K. Tripathi, the university's provost and executive vice president for academic affairs.
  • UB Publishes "Green" Design Guidelines, Influencing its Own Construction Projects and Others in New York State
    12/15/04
    The next generation of buildings at the University at Buffalo will be the "greenest" ones it has ever constructed, thanks to a new set of guidelines on constructing green, or environmentally sustainable, buildings, published recently by the university.
  • Gifted Math Program Seeks Nominees for Fall 2005 Class
    12/14/04
    The University at Buffalo Gifted Math Program is accepting nominations from parents and schools of outstanding sixth-grade mathematics students for its Fall 2005 class.
  • "Not By the Chair of My Hinny-Hin-Hin" -- Groundbreaking Research on Kids' Slips of the Tongue Documents Language Development
    12/13/04
    Freudian claims about the "meaning" of slips of the tongue not withstanding, when it comes to children, such errors reveal much more about what they know about the structure of language than they do about repressed thoughts, according to a University at Buffalo psycholinguist who is the author of a groundbreaking book on the topic.
  • Quick Gifts for the Odd or Academic -- Librarians Know Everything
    12/10/04
    Librarians in the Arts and Sciences Libraries at the University at Buffalo have constructed a Holiday Gift Web Site that is heavily academic and a little weird, but a lot of fun, and will satisfy the peculiar cravings of those cell biologists, mathematicians and other academics or students on your holiday shopping list.
  • When It Comes to Giving Children "Educational Toys," Education Expert Says Parents Should Leave No Child Behind
    12/10/04
    Parents considering purchase of "must-have" electronic educational toys for their children this holiday season are reminded to include an extra component that's much more important than batteries: themselves.
  • Nancy J. Smyth Named Dean of UB School of Social Work
    12/9/04
    The appointment of Nancy J. Smyth as dean of the University at Buffalo School of Social Work was announced today by UB President John B. Simpson.
  • UB Minority and Women Emerging Entrepreneurs Program Names "Protege of the Year"
    12/9/04
    Buffalo resident Laurice A. Vance of Vance Insurance Agency has been named "Protege of the Year" and received a $1,000 prize from the Minority and Women Emerging Entrepreneurs Mentoring Program, a joint venture by the University at Buffalo School of Management Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) and UB's Center for Urban Studies and Office of Urban Initiatives.
  • UB Faculty Members Receive Fulbright Awards
    12/9/04
    Five University at Buffalo faculty members have received prestigious Fulbright Scholar Awards for 2004-05.