News Releases

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

  • Oral Biologists to Test if Better Oral Hygiene in the ICU Can Prevent or Reduce Incidence of Potentially Lethal Pneumonia
    8/19/04
    An intervention that may reduce the incidence of hospital-acquired pneumonia in ventilated patients in intensive-care units by up to 50 percent is being tested by researchers from the University at Buffalo, supported by a $1.69 million grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research.
  • Applications More Than Double at UB's School of Pharmacy
    8/19/04
    Applications for the professional pharmacy degree program in the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences for the upcoming academic year more than doubled over last year, reflecting a strong nationwide demand for pharmacists and the school's reputation as one of the country's top pharmacy schools.
  • Oral Biologists Aim to Develop Quick Saliva Test to Determine Risk of Periodontal Bone Loss
    8/17/04
    Going to the dentist could be considerably more pleasant for patients, less time-consuming for dentists and less costly to the health-care system in the future if a new study being undertaken by oral biologists at the University at Buffalo goes as predicted.
  • Freshman Class Reflects Significant Improvement in Quality and Diversity
    8/13/04
    The University at Buffalo is set to enroll what may be the brightest freshman class in its history, and it has made significant strides to improve the diversity of incoming freshmen.
  • Physicist Uses Award to Study Magnetic Oxide
    8/13/04
    John Cerne, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics in the College of Arts, has received a $75,000 Cottrell Scholar Award from the Research Corporation to study the fundamental physics of materials that are revolutionizing the understanding of metals.
  • Grant Will Fund Graduate Training To Make Library Web Sites Accessible To Users with Disabilities
    8/13/04
    Graduate students in the University at Buffalo School of Informatics will work to make library Web sites in remote communities accessible to users with disabilities under a federal grant to a statewide consortium that includes the school's Department of Library and Information Studies.
  • Annual "Sex on the Reef" Ritual Attracts UB Biologists Seeking Genomic Clues to Coral Bleaching
    8/12/04
    A University at Buffalo biological sciences professor will be among the scientists on hand in early September to study the once-a-year spawning of massive star corals off of the Florida coast that generates millions of infant corals.
  • NMDA Receptors Function as 'Frequency Discriminators,' Possibly Initiating Long-Term Potentiation or Depression of Synapses, Biophysicists Find
    8/11/04
    The NMDA receptor, a brain protein crucial for learning and memory, can function as a "frequency discriminator," translating stimulation frequency into current amplitude and possibly deciding whether the neuron will learn to become more or less receptive to future experiences, University of Buffalo biophysicists have revealed.
  • Undergraduate Is First UB Recipient of UUP's Eugene Link Scholarship
    8/9/04
    Paul Zarembka, Ph.D., professor of economics at the University at Buffalo, says his former student, Daniel Cross of Hamburg, "is an outstanding student and a human being committed to economic justice, and this award is richly deserved." Cross is the first UB recipient of the annual Eugene P. Link Scholarship presented by United University Professions (UUP), the SUNY-wide faculty/staff labor union.
  • In Buffalo, a "Children's Geography" Reveals How Significantly Kids Impact Their Inner-City Neighborhoods
    8/9/04
    For many school-age kids, geography consists mostly of maps of faraway places and the capitals of the 50 states. But some inner-city Buffalo children have been studying geography much closer to home and University at Buffalo researchers are paying attention.