News Releases

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

  • John Sheffer to Step Down as Executive Director of UB Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth
    6/16/04
    John B. Sheffer, II, founder and executive director of the University at Buffalo's Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth, announced today that he will retire from the leadership role at the institute on Sept. 1.
  • Pattern of Alcohol Consumption as Important as Quantity Consumed in Development of Liver Disease, UB Study Finds
    6/15/04
    Women who habitually consume alcohol without food, and men who drink daily rather than less frequently, are at increased risk of liver damage even after adjusting for amount of alcohol consumed, the first study of the effects of drinking patterns on biochemical indicators of alcohol-related liver damage has shown.
  • Factors Predicting Successful Vaginal Delivery After Cesarean in Low-Risk Women Identified in UB Study
    6/15/04
    Physicians dispensed with the "Once a cesarean, always a cesarean" approach to childbirth in low-risk women more than 20 years ago, in an effort to curb the rising cesarean rate. However, rates of vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) began to decline in the mid 1990s. To shed light on this development, epidemiologists at the University at Buffalo assessed specific characteristics that were associated with both attempt and success of VBAC in women who were low-risk candidates for this type of delivery.
  • Association Between Gum Disease, Heart Attack Strong in Those Under 55, Regardless of Smoking Status, UB Study Finds
    6/15/04
    Smoking is known to increase the risk and severity of gum disease and gum disease appears to increase the risk of heart attack, so being a non-smoker would seem to lower the heart-attack risk in those with gum disease. Not so, researchers at the University at Buffalo have found. A study reported at the Society for Epidemiological Research showed that in those younger than 55, the association between gum disease and heart-attack risk was strong in both smokers and non-smokers.
  • Women Who Gain Significant Weight in Adulthood Increase Risk of Postmenopausal Breast Cancer, UB Study Finds
    6/15/04
    If new mothers need a reason to shed pounds gained during pregnancy other than to fit into their pre-pregnancy clothes, a new study from the University at Buffalo provides it. UB epidemiologists have found a strong association between weight gain and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer for women who put on the most pounds between their first pregnancy and menopause, compared to those who gained the least.
  • State Offices, Including UB, to be Closed on June 11 in Memory of Reagan
    6/9/04
    New York State Governor George E. Pataki has declared June 11, 2004, as a statewide day of prayer and remembrance in honor of President Ronald Wilson Reagan, and has directed that all state offices, including the University at Buffalo, be closed for the day.
  • UB School of Management to Host Biotech Symposium
    6/9/04
    Current efforts to develop a biotechnology industry presence in Western New York will be the focus of a full-day symposium to be hosted by the University at Buffalo School of Management on July 21.
  • State Offices, Including UB, to be Closed on June 11 in Memory of Reagan
    6/9/04
    New York State Governor George E. Pataki has declared June 11, 2004, as a statewide day of prayer and remembrance in honor of President Ronald Wilson Reagan, and has directed that all state offices, including the University at Buffalo, be closed for the day.
  • A Stellar Year for UB Classicist Stephen Dyson -- A Major NEH Grant and the Publication of Two Critically Acclaimed Books
    6/8/04
    Classical archaeologist and author Stephen L. Dyson, Park Professor of Classics at the University at Buffalo, has had quite a year, professionally speaking. It has seen the publication of his two important new books and the receipt of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to fund a five-week seminar for college teachers this summer at the American Academy in Rome.
  • Adventures of the Mind -- UB Weekend Seminars This Summer to Look at Frank Lloyd Wright, UB and Its History
    6/8/04
    The University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) will offer a series of discrete weekend seminars this summer featuring lectures and informal discussions on the Western New York works of Frank Lloyd Wright, the history of UB and highlights of the academic history of the CAS.