News Releases

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

  • Silicon Chip Created by University at Buffalo Engineer Mimics Function of Octopus Retina
    9/19/03
    A University at Buffalo optical engineer has created a silicon chip that mimics the structure and functionality of an octopus retina. Called the o-retina, the chip one day may give sight to autonomous robots used in space and undersea exploration or could be used in hazardous environments, like a nuclear reactor or underground pipe.
  • Wall Street Journal Again Ranks UB School of Management as One of the World's Top Business Schools
    9/17/03
    For the third 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 Computational and Life Scientists Working Side by Side to Tackle Cancer, Heart Disease, Multiple Sclerosis
    9/16/03
    Linking computer scientists with life scientists to develop computational tools that will help draw a far more complete picture of the causes behind complex diseases like cancer, multiple sclerosis and coronary artery disease is the goal of researchers at the University at Buffalo working under two major federal grants totaling $2.8 million.
  • Lackawanna Native Connie Porter, Novelist and Author of the "Addy Walker" Books, Will Read at UB
    9/16/03
    Connie Porter, a Lackawanna native, popular adult novelist, and author of 13 juvenile books in the wildly popular American Girls Collection series, will be a featured speaker in the University at Buffalo's "Gender Week" celebration presented by the UB Institute for Research and Education on Women and Gender.
  • After Devastation, Japanese Designers Re-Imagined the Visual-Cultural Landscape of Their Nation
    9/15/03
    How and how much does our aesthetic environment affect our thoughts, actions and worldview? Maggie Kinser Saiki attempted to answer this question in her recent book, "12 Japanese Masters," in which she describes how, after the devastation of World War II, Japanese designers forged a new aesthetic that joined themes of destruction and rebirth with an appreciation for life and an awareness of the world around them.
  • Chief Architect for Federal GSA to Speak at UB
    9/15/03
    Edward Feiner, chief architect for the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), will open the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning's fall lecture series with a talk at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in 301 Crosby Hall on the UB South (Main Street) Campus.
  • Safyer Named Interim Dean of School of Social Work
    9/12/03
    Andrew W. Safyer, associate professor of social work, has been named interim dean of the School of Social Work. He succeeds Lawrence Shulman, who stepped down as dean on Aug. 30 to return to the faculty.
  • UB Center for the Arts to Present Gov't Mule
    9/12/03
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Gov't Mule, with special guest Chris Robinson and New Earth Mud, at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 15 in the Mainstage theater, located at the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • $1 Million Grant to UB Nursing School Funds New Nursing Programs to Meet Chronic Nurse Shortages, Need for Nursing Faculty
    9/12/03
    Yvonne Scherer, Ed.D., associate professor in the School of Nursing at the University at Buffalo, has received a $1 million, three-year grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration to support new academic programs aimed at alleviating the chronic shortage of skilled nurses and nursing faculty.
  • Andre Filiatrault Named Deputy Director of Earthquake Engineering Research Center at UB
    9/12/03
    Andre Filiatrault, Ph.D. -- a leading expert on shake-table testing of structural and nonstructural building components, including electrical substation equipment -- has been named deputy director of the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) headquartered at the University at Buffalo. MCEER is a National Science Foundation "Center of Excellence" in earthquake engineering.