News Releases

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

  • 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.
  • "This American Life" Humorist and Best-Selling Author David Sedaris to Speak at UB on Oct. 16
    6/4/04
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present David Sedaris at 8 p.m. on Oct. 16 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. This event is sponsored by WBFO 88.7 FM, and Barnes & Noble Booksellers.
  • Winner of NBC's "The Apprentice" to speak at UB on Sept. 17
    6/4/04
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Bill Rancic at 8 p.m. on Sept. 17 in the Mainstage theater located at the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • UB Baldy Center to Present Workshop on Police Power
    6/3/04
    A workshop that will bring together an interdisciplinary group of international scholars to explore various aspects of the police power as a modern technology of governance will be presented June 12-13 by the Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy at the University at Buffalo Law School.