News Releases

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

  • UB School of Public Health and Health Professions Honors Graduates
    7/3/03
    Thirty-two new graduates of School of Public Health and Health Professions at the University at Buffalo were honored with scholarships and awards during the school's recent commencement ceremony.
  • Common Diabetes Drug Lowers Heart-Disease Risk by Inhibiting Proinflammatory Factor, UB Study Show
    7/2/03
    University at Buffalo endocrinologists have shown for the first time that the concentration of a proinflammatory compound known as MIF is increased in the blood plasma of the obese, and that metformin, a standard medicine prescribed for diabetes, suppresses its formation.
  • Capen Garden Walk to be Held July 12
    7/2/03
    The second annual Samuel P. Capen Garden Walk will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on July 12 in the Eggertsville and University Heights areas near the South (Main Street) Campus.
  • UB Dental Students Receive Awards
    7/2/03
    Twenty-six graduating seniors in the UBSchool of Dental Medicine recently received awards at the school's annual senior awards banquet.
  • Center for Computational Research Receives Donation of 3-D Virtual-Reality Equipment from SGI, Inc.
    7/2/03
    The high-end visualization capabilities of the Center for Computational Research (CCR) at the University at Buffalo have been expanded through the donation of a virtual-reality wall system and an Onyx300 system valued at $190,325 by SGI, Inc., and Rochester-based Clarix Technologies, Inc.
  • 12 at UB Receive SUNY Chancellor's Awards
    7/1/03
    Eight faculty members, one librarian and three professional staff members at the University at Buffalo have received 2003 SUNY Chancellor's Awards for Excellence from Chancellor Robert L. King.
  • Otto Appointed Director of ELI Program at UB
    6/30/03
    Keith E. Otto of Holland has been appointed program director for English as a Second Language (ESL) Programs at the University at Buffalo English Language Institute (ELI).
  • WBFO 88.7 FM Completes Conversion to State-of-the-Art Digital System, Renovation of Studios
    6/30/03
    WBFO 88.7 FM, a major public service of the University at Buffalo, has announced the completion of a project to convert its analog broadcast facilities to a state-of-the-art digital system, and to renovate its studios in Allen Hall on the UB South (Main Street) Campus.
  • At UB Summer Workshop on Bioinformatics, High School Students Get Taste of Life Sciences of the Future
    6/30/03
    A decade ago, high school students who aspired to life sciences careers foresaw a future full of pipettes and beakers; today, high school students with similar aspirations are honing their skills at the computer as much as at the lab bench. Toward that end, nine high school students will learn the basics of bioinformatics -- the interface where life science meets computational science -- at the University at Buffalo's Summer High School Workshop in Computational Science.
  • UB Scientists Develop Non-Release Nanoparticle to Deliver Photodynamic Cancer Therapy
    6/30/03
    Scientists at the University at Buffalo's Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics, working with colleagues at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), have developed a non-release, nanoparticle drug delivery system for photodynamic cancer therapy.