News Releases

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

  • 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.
  • Genes May Determine Who Developed Gulf War Syndrome, UB Researchers Find
    8/9/04
    Veterans of the first Persian Gulf War suffering from medically unexplained fatigue associated with Gulf War Syndrome may have a genetic predisposition for developing the condition, geneticists at the University at Buffalo have found.
  • Center Focusing on Indoor Air Quality Earns National Science Foundation Renewal
    8/6/04
    The Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Biosurfaces at the University at Buffalo has been renewed as a "national center" by the National Science Foundation for a five-year term.
  • UB Blazes Academic Trail with Imaginative New Program in Digital Architecture
    8/6/04
    An exciting, new dual master's-degree program offered by the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning exemplifies the interdisciplinary exchange provoked by the effect of the digital technology revolution on the field of architecture.
  • Researchers Invent Novel Way to Synthesize Quantum Dots
    8/3/04
    A University at Buffalo research team has invented a new way to synthesize quantum dots -- luminescent nanocrystals made from semiconductor material that have the potential to be used to build exciting new devices for biological and environmental sensing, quantum computing, lasers and telecommunications.
  • 12 Faculty Members, Librarian and 2 professional staff members receive 2004 SUNY Chancellor Awards for Excellence
    7/30/04
    Fifteen employees of the University at Buffalo have received 2004 SUNY Chancellor's Awards for Excellence from State University of New York Chancellor Robert L. King.
  • Smyth Named Interim Dean of School of Social Work
    7/29/04
    Nancy J. Smyth has been named interim dean of the School of Social Work effective Aug. 1 by UB Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Satish K. Tripathi.