News Releases

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

  • Panasci Entrepreneurial Competition Offers $25,000 in Start-Up Funding to UB Students, Recent Alumni
    10/20/03
    The University at Buffalo School of Management is accepting applications for UB's annual Panasci Entrepreneurial Competition, which awards $25,000 in seed capital to UB students and recent alumni who want to start their own business in Western New York.
  • SUNY Chancellor King Recommends John Simpson to be 14th President of the University at Buffalo
    10/17/03
    State University of New York Chancellor Robert L. King today announced he will recommend to the State University of New York Board of Trustees that John Barclay Simpson be the next president of the State University of New York at Buffalo.
  • UB Launches Its Own High-Speed Data Line to Link Campuses, Affiliated Research Institutions, Boosting Speed by a Factor of 1,000
    10/14/03
    The University at Buffalo this fall will lay approximately 14 miles of fiber-optic cable to enhance critical, high-speed data links between its two campuses and with affiliated research institutions, providing critical connectivity to support its research activity, particularly for the UB Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics.
  • Sperm from Marijuana Smokers Move Too Fast Too Early, Impairing Fertility, UB Research Shows
    10/13/03
    Men who smoke marijuana frequently have significantly less seminal fluid, a lower total sperm count and their sperm behave abnormally, all of which may affect fertility adversely, a new study in reproductive physiology at the University at Buffalo has shown.
  • Friends of the Center for the Arts to Hold Annual Masquerade Ball on Nov. 1
    10/9/03
    The Friends of the Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present the fifth annual Masquerade Ball on Nov. 1 in the atrium of the center, located on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. It will be sponsored by Gibraltar, Commercial Print & Imaging, and Ivoclar Vivadent Inc.
  • Musical Troupe Barrage to Perform "Vagabond Tales" in CFA
    10/8/03
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo and WNED will present Barrage at 8 p.m. on Nov. 5 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Grammy Award-Winner Pat Metheny to Perform at UB on Nov. 8
    10/8/03
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Pat Metheny Solo & Trio at 8 p.m. on Nov. 8 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. The event is sponsored by WBFO.
  • Eric Idle's "Greedy Bastard Tour" to Come to Mainstage on Nov. 9
    10/8/03
    Jam Theatricals will present Eric Idle in "The Greedy Bastard Tour" at 8 p.m. on Nov. 9 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the University at Buffalo North (Amherst) Campus.
  • UB to Host New York State Asian Studies Conference Oct. 17-18
    10/7/03
    The Asian Studies Program at the University at Buffalo will host this year's New York State Asian Studies Conference on Oct. 17-18 at the University Inn and Conference Center in Getzville.
  • UB Program Receives $2.5 Million Federal Grant to Provide Continuing Education in Rehabilitation Counseling
    10/7/03
    The Region II Rehabilitation Continuing Education Program (RRCEP) in the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education has received a $2.5 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education (DOE).