A reduction by health insurance carriers in the number of treatment days covered in medical rehabilitation hospitals by nearly 40 percent during the past decade didn't diminish treatment effectiveness, a new study has found. However, the analysis revealed a disturbing trend: Patients were not living as long after discharge from the hospitals.
A granite donor wall honoring individuals, corporations and foundations that made leadership commitments to "The Campaign for UB: Generation to Generation" as well as the campaign volunteer leaders, will be dedicated on UB's North Campus on Oct. 14 on the eve of the investiture of John B. Simpson as UB's 14th president.
African Americans appear to be genetically more susceptible to the toxic effects of alcohol on the liver than whites, a finding that may help explain their higher rates of death from cirrhosis of the liver despite similar levels of alcohol consumption, research shows.
University at Buffalo scientists have reported the first experimental measurements of structures of high-energy states of molecules that exist for just millionths of a second.
Representatives of universities from around the world, University at Buffalo alumni from graduating classes more than 50 years ago and current UB students will be among those participating on Oct. 15 in the ceremony in which John B. Simpson will be invested as the 14th president of the University at Buffalo.
Presentations by faculty in schools and academic departments, as well as information sessions focusing on scholarships, financial aid and student services, will be featured at the University at Buffalo's annual fall open house for prospective students and their families to be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Oct. 16.
Three faculty members of the faculty in the School of Architecture and Planning have been honored with major awards from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning and the Upstate New York Chapter of the American Planning Association.
Kinex Pharmaceuticals, a pharmaceutical company located in Buffalo, has signed an exclusive license with the University at Buffalo to develop drugs for the treatment of cancer, osteoporosis, and ischemic disorders.
The Friends of the Center for the Arts will present "The Roaring 20s," the center's sixth annual Masquerade Ball, to be held from 6 p.m. to midnight on Oct. 30 in the atrium of the Center for the Arts on the University at Buffalo's North (Amherst) Campus.
A new study of Latino religion and politics has found that Latinos are much more diverse religiously and politically than previously thought, a fact that has important implications for the future of American politics.
