News Releases

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

  • IBS Patients to Test Novel Treatment Program Aimed At Changing Thoughts and Responses to Symptoms
    1/19/05
    Specialists in treating irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences are are conducting a clinical trial of an innovative treatment program that centers on reducing symptoms by changing the way patients think about and respond to potential IBS episodes.
  • Online Exhibition has Einstein Covered Every Which Way but Loose
    1/12/05
    The University at Buffalo's Arts and Sciences Libraries have constructed an online exhibit celebrating Albert Einstein's life and achievements with links to manuscripts and papers, scientific articles, related news and events, biographic data, photographs and audio-visual materials, games and thought experiments, as well as to a site designed to help kids think like physicists.
  • New Program Supports Startups at UB Technology Incubator
    1/11/05
    Paul McAfee, CEO of eXubrio, LLC, has been appointed entrepreneur-in-residence at the University at Buffalo Technology Incubator, part of the UB Office of Science, Technology Transfer and Economic Outreach (STOR). McAfee will help UB-affiliated startups and faculty entrepreneurs in developing their emerging businesses.
  • Information Fusion Research Simulates Disasters to Manage Emergency Response
    1/11/05
    Improving how decision-makers respond in the minutes and hours that follow the first reports of a natural disaster like the recent tsunami or a manmade incident, such as a chemical accident or a terrorist attack, is the focus of a research project at the University at Buffalo's Center for Multisource Information Fusion.
  • Multiple Biometrics Are Focus of UB Center Developing Systems for Homeland Security, Public Health
    1/10/05
    Biometrics, the science of identifying individuals based on their physical, chemical or behavioral characteristics, is a key piece in homeland security strategies, but no single biometric -- such as face, signature or fingerprint -- fits all applications, says the director of the University at Buffalo's Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors (CUBS).
  • Digital Tools for Arabic Handwriting Being Developed by Biometrics Researchers at UB
    1/10/05
    Following Sept. 11, 2001, political analysts observed that more American scholars and students should study Arabic. But the lack of digital tools to access Arabic documents on the Web puts those who pursue that field of study at a distinct disadvantage. Computer scientists at the University at Buffalo's Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors (CUBS) are remedying that by developing optical character recognition (OCR) software for handwritten and machine-printed Arabic documents.
  • Legendary Guitarist Steve Vai to Perform with All-Star Billy Sheehan on April 4
    1/7/05
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Steve Vai at 8 p.m. on April 4 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Innovative Courses Examine Technology's Influence on Culture
    1/6/05
    The Internet, mobile technologies and new-media technologies may be the most influential drivers of cultural change in American society today, according to University at Buffalo faculty members offering courses this semester exploring the social and cultural consequences of information and communication technologies.
  • Om Bahl, 77, Research Led to Home Pregnancy Tests
    1/5/05
    Om Parkash Bahl, professor in the UB Department of Biological Sciences who conducted the fundamental research that led to the development of the home pregnancy test, died on Dec. 10 in Millard Fillmore Hospital following a stroke. He was 77.
  • Basinski Named Curator of UB's Poetry Collection
    1/5/05
    Michael Basinski, Ph.D., has been named curator of the Poetry Collection in the University at Buffalo Libraries.