News Releases

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

NIDCR deputy director, a UB alum, to speak at UB
3/1/23
Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque’s talk is part of dental medicine’s Student Research Day.
National study seeks patients with ATP1A3 mutations to better understand these disorders and discover potential treatments
2/27/23
Allison Brashear, MD, vice president for health sciences and dean of the Jacobs School, is recruiting patients for the NIH-funded study she is leading on people with ATP1A3 disorders.
UB health students hosting wellness fair, free sports physicals March 4
2/27/23
Health sciences students and faculty supervisors will be providing free health information and screenings for community members of all ages, as well as sports physicals for K-12 students, at event in South Buffalo.
‘Usual suspect’ lesions appear not to cause most severe disability in MS patients
2/24/23
An innovative new study strongly suggests that the volume of white matter lesions is neither proportional to, nor indicative of, the degree of severe disability in MS patients.
WNY Vaccine Hound to shut down Feb. 28 after two-year run of success
2/24/23
The UB developed portal served as a one-stop website listing and linking visitors to sites and facilities offering COVID-19 vaccines in five Western New York counties.
Statement from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
2/23/23
We are highly appreciative of the talents and work of our trainees and have worked diligently with them on recent salary increases, including fiercely advocating for them to receive the state’s health care worker bonus.
UB cancels evening classes, activities for Feb. 22
2/22/23
University officials will continue to monitor weather conditions Wednesday evening and Thursday morning.
Gene variations for immune and metabolic conditions have persisted in humans for more than 700,000 years
2/21/23
Genetic study of modern humans, Neanderthals, and Denisovans points to the importance of ‘balancing selection’ in evolution.
UB’s Center for Integrated Global Biomedical Sciences joins the Abbott Pandemic Defense Coalition
2/21/23
The partnership will help scientists better identify and monitor new pathogens, as well as analyze how known viruses are changing.
Andrea Manyon, MD, is new chair of the UB Department of Family Medicine
2/20/23
Andrea T. Manyon, MD, clinical professor and interim chair of the Department of Family Medicine in the Jacobs School, has been appointed chair of the department.