News Releases

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

  • Department of Defense Grants Totaling More than $1.35 Million Fund Breast-Cancer Research at UB
    11/10/04
    Chemists and epidemiologists at the University at Buffalo are delving into the effects of light on tumor development and tumor destruction through several new studies with grants totaling more than $1.3 million from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD).
  • NYSTAR Supports UB Research Developing Biometric Smart Cards with Ultra-Scan Corp.
    11/10/04
    Researchers in the Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors (CUBS) at the University at Buffalo are developing a versatile smart-card system that incorporates a powerful ultrasonic fingerprint-identification technology developed by Amherst-based Ultra-Scan Corp.
  • John R. Oishei Foundation Gives $1.2 Million to University at Buffalo's Ira G. Ross Eye Institute
    11/10/04
    In support of improved eye care in Western New York, the John R. Oishei Foundation has stepped forward with a $1.2 million gift to the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, helping it move closer to a challenge grant issued for the Ira G. Ross Eye Institute.
  • Eight Teams from UB School of Management Vie for $1,000 in PricewaterhouseCoopers Accounting Competition
    11/9/04
    Eight teams from the University at Buffalo School of Management will contend for $1,000 in the first round of the national xTREME Accounting Campus Competition (xACT) sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to be held at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 15 in the Jacobs Executive Development Center, 672 Delaware Ave.
  • 10 Named to UB Foundation Board of Trustees
    11/9/04
    Ten individuals have been named to serve three-year terms ending June 30, 2007, on the board of trustees of the University at Buffalo Foundation, Inc.
  • Film Theorist, Video Artist Toufic to Lecture at UB
    11/9/04
    Writer, film theorist and video artist Jalal Toufic will present talks on Nov. 17 and 18 as part of the fall semester "Wednesdays at 4 PLUS" literary series at the University at Buffalo.
  • Pritzker Prize Winner Glenn Murcutt Will Be 2004 Clarkson Chair in Architecture
    11/8/04
    Glenn Murcutt, the Australian architect known internationally for his inspiring designs that integrate architecture and environment, will be the 2004 Will and Nan Clarkson Visiting Chair in Architecture in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning.
  • Rehnquist's Legacy Shaped by Efforts to Limit Federal Powers, and His Dissent in Roe v. Wade, Says Supreme Court Expert
    11/5/04
    If Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist soon retires from the bench because of thyroid cancer -- as many speculate he will -- he will leave behind a legacy as "a strong chief justice, generally well-liked by his brethren," according to a Supreme Court expert at the University at Buffalo.
  • The Center for the Arts to Present Reimagining Tradition: Korean Traditional Dance by Cho Heung Dong
    11/4/04
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Reimagining Tradition: Korean Traditional Dance by Cho Heung Dong at 8 p.m. on Dec. 8 in the Drama Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • UB Architecture Students Take Top Honors Among 230 Design Teams in Major International Competition
    11/4/04
    A team of three graduate students in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning has been selected from among 230 international design teams as one of three first-place winners in an important international design competition.