News Releases

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

  • Student Mobility, Globalization to be Topics of International Forum on Oct. 16
    9/24/04
    Higher-education leaders from more than 15 countries -- including presidents from 10 overseas universities -- will gather at UB next month to discuss how globalization and government policies are creating opportunities and barriers for international students who wish to study in the United States or elsewhere in the world.
  • Carotid Artery Thickening, Stiffness Found in Obese Children as Young as 7
    9/24/04
    Obese children as young as 7 show signs of thickening and stiffness of the carotid arteries, a signal that they are headed for premature heart disease, a study conducted in Southern Italy has shown.
  • Exhibition to Celebrate Lifelong Career of UB Art Professor Harvey Breverman
    9/24/04
    In celebration of the lifelong career of Harvey Breverman, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the University at Buffalo Department of Art and internationally renowned artist and educator, the UB Art Galleries will present "Harvey Breverman: Humanist Impulses, Selected Paintings, Drawings, Prints."
  • Ready to Shake: UB to Open New Earthquake-Engineering Simulation Facility
    9/23/04
    A grand opening ceremony for the new National Science Foundation George E. Brown Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) Facility at the University at Buffalo will be held 2 p.m. tomorrow (Friday, September 24, 2004) in Ketter Hall on the University at Buffalo's North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Landmark American Musical "Rent" to be Performed at UB Feb. 22-23; Tickets Go on Sale Sept. 24
    9/22/04
    The Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning landmark American musical Rent, written by Jonathan Larson and directed by Michael Greif, is coming to the Mainstage Theatre at the Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo for two performances, to be held Feb. 22-23 at 8 p.m. Tickets for all performances will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Sept. 24.
  • Wall Street Journal Again Ranks UB School of Management as One of the World's Top Business Schools
    9/22/04
    For the fourth consecutive year, the University at Buffalo School of Management has been ranked as one of the world's "top business schools" by The Wall Street Journal.
  • UB at Sunrise Downtown Speakers Series to Begin with Presentation by "The Car Coach"
    9/22/04
    Lauren Fix, B.S. '86, one of the leading automotive experts in the nation and a frequent guest on national television and cable network shows, will open the University at Buffalo's "UB at Sunrise Downtown" speaker series with a presentation titled "Driving Ambition," to be held Oct. 12 in the Hyatt Regency, 2 Fountain Plaza.
  • Witches, Identity Theft to Be Topics of UB at Noon Distinguished Luncheon Series
    9/22/04
    The public's fascination with evil witches and the issue of identity theft will be the topics of two lectures to be held this fall as part of the UB at Noon for Distinguished Alumni Luncheon Series.
  • Monkeys and Humans Form Categories in Strikingly Different Ways, New Research Shows
    9/21/04
    The ability to form categories is a crucial cognitive ability shared by humans and animals. It plays an important role in the way in which humans and animals behave toward objects in their worlds.
  • Circulating Mononuclear Cells in the Obese Found to be in Proinflammatory State, Contributing to Diabetes and Heart Disease
    9/20/04
    Endocrinologists from the University at Buffalo are providing one more link in the growing chain of evidence pointing to chronic cellular inflammation as the precursor of heart disease and diabetes.