News Releases

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

  • UB Nursing School Adding Doctoral Program in Nursing To Address New York State's, Nation's Shortage of Nurses
    6/23/04
    The School of Nursing at the University at Buffalo is adding a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in nursing degree program to its curricula in response to the critical shortage of nursing faculty in New York State and the nation.
  • UB Law School Students Receive Awards at Commencement
    6/23/04
    Fifty students received awards and honors during the UB Law School's recent commencement ceremony, with eight students receiving multiple awards.
  • Study to Consider College Sports, Gender and Substance Use
    6/22/04
    The relationships between participation in high school and college athletics, gender, substance use, and other health-risk behaviors in college-age young adults will be the focus of a study conducted under a $471,000 grant awarded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse to researchers at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions.
  • Third Annual Capen Garden Walk Set for July 10
    6/22/04
    The third annual Samuel P. Capen Garden Walk will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on July 10 in the Eggertsville and University Heights areas near the UB South (Main Street) Campus.
  • UB Will Offer Video Graduate Classes in Library Science at Fredonia Site
    6/18/04
    The University at Buffalo has a new option for Fredonia-area residents who want to pursue a master's degree in library science (MLS) through the UB School of Informatics' Department of Library and Information Studies (DLIS).
  • Greece Central School District Will Pay Tuition for Employees Who Study for Master's Degree in Library Studies at UB
    6/18/04
    The Greece Central School District (GCSD) in Monroe County, the seventh-largest school district in New York State, has a critical need for school librarians. To alleviate the shortage, the district has partnered with the Department of Library and Information Studies in the University at Buffalo School of Informatics and will reimburse part of the costs of educating school library media specialists.
  • Center for the Arts to Present Bela Fleck and the Flecktones on Oct. 6
    6/17/04
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present the Grammy Award-winning musical group, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones at 8 p.m. on Oct. 6 in the Mainstage theater, located at the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • 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.