News Releases

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

  • UB Scientists Patent Novel Inhibitor of Poxvirus Replication; Work Could Result in Treatment for Smallpox
    6/17/03
    Molecular biologists at the University at Buffalo have discovered a novel way to inhibit the replication of poxviruses, the group that includes smallpox virus, by interfering with messenger RNA synthesis necessary for the viruses to reproduce in a host organism.
  • Researchers Call Digital Videos "Super Tool" that Infuses even Disaffected Students with Enthusiasm for Learning
    6/17/03
    An education researcher in the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education working with disaffected urban students says a project involving students in the Buffalo Public Schools shows that digital video technology is a teaching and learning "super tool" that can transform urban teaching and have enormous positive effects for poor and minority children in urban schools.
  • Perry Continues Support of UB School of Public Health and Health Professions with $100,000 Gift
    6/17/03
    J. Warren Perry, founding dean of the University at Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Professions, has given $100,000 to the school.
  • Erie-Niagara Regional Partnership Improves Bi-County Communication, Forges New Initiatives in Several Areas
    6/13/03
    Founded five years ago to improve communication between Erie and Niagara counties, the Erie-Niagara Regional Partnership (ENRP), an ad hoc subcommittee of the Erie and Niagara Legislatures, has evolved into a vital conduit for cross-county cooperation and collaboration.
  • Conference to Address Latest Evidence-Based Treatments for Mental Illness in Children and Adolescents
    6/13/03
    The University at Buffalo and McMaster University of Ontario will present the third biennial Niagara Conference on Evidence-Based Treatments for Childhood and Adolescent Mental Health Problems from July 24-26 at the Queen's Landing Inn and Conference Resort, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.
  • Prevalence of Problem Gambling Among Youths Focus of Study
    6/13/03
    Researchers in the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions will be gauging the prevalence of problem gambling among adolescents and young adults in a study funded by a new four-year, $1,827,000 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health.
  • You Can "Star" in Virtual-Reality Dramas by UB Professor
    6/13/03
    If you've harbored dreams of starring in productions on stage or in the movies, Josephine R. Anstey has an offer that you can't refuse. In fact, she has two offers in the form of virtual, interactive dramas in which you would play the main protagonist.
  • Summer Institute for Advanced Social Work Practice and Addiction Studies to be Held at UB June 23 To July 28
    6/12/03
    The School of Social Work at the University at Buffalo will sponsor the 18th annual Summer Institute for Advanced Social Work Practice and Addiction Studies from June 23 through July 28.
  • Having More than Two Alcoholic Drinks at a Time Increases Younger Women's Breast Cancer Risk by 80 Percent
    6/12/03
    Results from a case-control study on alcohol consumption and breast cancer risk conducted by epidemiologists at the University at Buffalo indicate that premenopausal women who usually have more than two drinks per occasion have an 80 percent greater risk of developing breast cancer than women who drink less on each occasion.
  • GIS Technology Helps Link Premenopausal Breast Cancer with Place of Birth, Residence at Time of Menarche
    6/10/03
    Geographers and epidemiologists from the University at Buffalo, using life-course data from a cohort of breast cancer patients and controls in Western New York and geographic information systems (GIS) technology, have shown that women who developed breast cancer before menopause tend to cluster based on where they were born and where they lived when they began menstruating.