News Releases

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

  • 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.
  • The UB Department of Theatre and Dance and the Center for the Arts to present "Steel Pier"
    11/3/04
    The Center for the Arts and the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University at Buffalo will present "Steel Pier," Nov. 18-21 and Dec. 2-5 in the Drama Theatre, located at in the Center for the Arts on the UB, North (Amherst) Campus. Media sponsor is WBFO 88.7 FM.
  • Garrison Keillor, Author, Humorist and Host of "A Prairie Home Companion" radio show to perform at UB on Jan. 24
    11/3/04
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Garrison Keillor at 8 p.m. on Jan. 24 in the Mainstage Theatre, located at the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. This event is sponsored by Geico Insurance.
  • John R. Oishei Foundation Grant to Fund UB Center for Augmented Communication
    11/2/04
    Funding clinical services for clients who cannot communicate through speech is the ultimate goal of a $220,000 grant awarded to the Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences in the University at Buffalo's College of Arts and Sciences.
  • In "Volcanic Worlds," Female Volcanologists Exude Passion for Their Science and Hope It's Infectious
    10/29/04
    The unabashedly dramatic nature of volcanoes that permeates the pages and pictures of "Volcanic Worlds: Exploring the Solar System's Volcanoes" (Springer-Praxis, 2004), edited by Rosaly M.C. Lopes and Tracy K.P. Gregg, is matched by the equally passionate voices of the 11 women who contributed to the book.
  • Partnership Turning Former 4-H Camp into Field Campus for UB's Environmental Studies Program
    10/29/04
    An abandoned former 4-H camp in the woods of Sardinia in southern Erie County is well on its way to becoming a year-round, residential, environmental education center, thanks to a unique partnership between the University at Buffalo, Erie County and the not-for-profit environmental group Earth Spirit Educational Services Inc.
  • Voter Discrimination Primed to be Explosive Issue in This Year's Election Aftermath
    10/28/04
    Although both political parties are marshalling significant legal resources to challenge election results on the basis of voter fraud and eligibility, voter discrimination may be the most explosive issue to emerge after Election Day in November, according to an election-law expert at the University at Buffalo School of Law.
  • Participants Sought for Second Annual Technology Entrepreneur Competition
    10/27/04
    The University at Buffalo School of Management, the Henry A. Panasci Jr. Endowment and the UB Office of Science, Technology Transfer and Economic Outreach are seeking students and recent alumni to participate in the second annual Technology Entrepreneur Competition.
  • Problems with Voting Systems Still Require an Engineering Solution, Says UB Professor
    10/26/04
    Just days before the presidential election, problems with voting systems that were identified in the 2000 election persist because engineering solutions have not been applied, says a University at Buffalo industrial engineer.