News Releases

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

  • 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.
  • UB Department of Theatre and Dance to Present Zodiaque Studio Dance Ensemble: "Still Kicking" 10th Anniversary Celebration
    11/4/04
    The Department of Theatre and Dance at the University at Buffalo will present Zodiaque Studio Dance Ensemble: Still Kicking Dec. 2-5 in the Black Box Theater in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Canadian Physiologist Tapped to Chair Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
    11/4/04
    John Xavier Wilson, Ph.D., professor of physiology and pharmacology in the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, has been named chair of the Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences in the School of Public Health and Health Professions at the University at Buffalo, effective January 1, 2005.
  • Established Researchers to Head Two UB Dental School Departments
    11/4/04
    Two new chairs, both active researchers, have been appointed to head departments in the School of Dental Medicine at the University at Buffalo, effective this fall semester.
  • Peptide from Tarantula Venom Shows Promise as Treatment for Muscular Dystrophy, Incontinence, Atrial Fibrillation
    11/4/04
    Researchers in the Center for Single Molecule Biophysics in the University at Buffalo's School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences have isolated a peptide from tarantula venom that shows promise as a therapy for conditions as disparate as muscular dystrophy, cardiac arrhythmias and urinary incontinence.