News Releases

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

  • Leslie Weisman, Author of "The Sex of Architecture," and Australian Architect Sean Godsell to Speak at UB this Month
    9/17/04
    Leslie Weisman, a star in the field of architectural theory and education and the author of several books on gender and design, and Australian Sean Godsell, architect of several award-winning houses, will present slide lectures at the University at Buffalo this month as part of the annual series sponsored by the School of Architecture and Planning.
  • UB to Offer Western New York Students Free Tickets to Lecture By Nationally Regarded Astronomer
    9/17/04
    As part of the celebration of the inauguration of John B. Simpson, Ph.D., as its 14th president, the University at Buffalo is offering area students a unique opportunity to get involved with science education and research by attending for free a lecture by a nationally regarded astronomer.
  • Henderson Named "Niagara Frontier Executive of the Year" by University at Buffalo School of Management
    9/16/04
    Marsha S. Henderson, president of KeyBank-Western New York, has been named the 2004 Niagara Frontier Executive of the Year by the University at Buffalo School of Management.
  • Search for New Markers for Sudden Cardiac Death to Focus on Patients at Risk for Catastrophic Disruption in Heart Rhythm
    9/16/04
    Sudden cardiac death each year claims the lives of more than 350,000 seemingly healthy men and women in the U.S., yet physicians continue to be perplexed about its underlying causes. A new study by investigators in the University at Buffalo Center for Research in Cardiovascular Medicine, one of the largest undertaken on sudden cardiac death (SCD), may help provide some answers.
  • Department of Defense Awards Grant to UB-Ultra-Scan Team to Develop Optimal Biometric Systems
    9/16/04
    The U.S. Department of Defense, through the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, has awarded Ultra-Scan Corp. and the University at Buffalo's Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors (CUBS) a highly competitive Small Business Technology Transfer Research contract.
  • Philosophy Department Announces 2004 Hourani Lectures in Moral Philosophy
    9/16/04
    The University at Buffalo Department of Philosophy has announced that Kwame Anthony Appiah will deliver the department's annual George H. Hourani lectures in moral philosophy.
  • Researcher Says Americans Are "Deluded" Regarding What They Know About the Rest of the World
    9/14/04
    Whether uninterested, uninformed or simply ignorant, many millions of Americans cannot answer even basic questions about American politics, much less world affairs, and it has cost the United States dearly, says a communications researcher and professor in the School of Informatics at the University at Buffalo.
  • 2004 Lecture Series to Open With a Discussion of Urban Vitality in an Era of Urban Decline
    9/14/04
    Preoccupied as we are with the end of urbanism, Buffalonians ought to chuck the chicken wings and gobble up some Douglas Rae. With his arresting new book, "CITY: Urbanism and Its End" (Yale University Press, 2003), Rae has excited the moribund national discussion about whether or not fading urban centers can evolve again into lively and exciting places to live.
  • Watching and Being Watched
    9/10/04
    Concerns about privacy, surveillance and censorship are not new to the world stage. With the passage of the USA Patriot Act, however, members of the art and legal communities have begun to raise new questions about the chilling effect of government policy on artistic expression. The University at Buffalo Art Gallery and UB Law School collaborate today in a unique way to discuss the impact of government policies on cultural production and personal privacy, and the art community's response to censorship.
  • Special Holiday Concert by the Celebrated Singer Linda Eder to be Held Dec. 11
    9/10/04
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Linda Eder at 8 p.m. on Dec. 11 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. The concert is sponsored by Different Strokes -- Paint Your Own Pottery Studio.