News Releases

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

  • Four UB Chancellor's Award Winners Form Marathon Relay Team
    8/1/03
    Long-distance running has always captivated the imagination -- just visit a few running sites on the Web and note how often the word "mythic" is used to describe either a particular marathon or runner. The University at Buffalo has its own mythic messengers -- "Two Daves and Two Joes" -- four State University of New York Chancellor's Award winners who are long-distance runners.
  • UB's Academic Menu to Include Advanced Certification in New Field of Medical/Health Informatics
    7/31/03
    The University at Buffalo School of Informatics this fall will offer a new post-graduate program that will award an advanced certificate in medical/health informatics.
  • Two UB Vision Researchers Receive Federal Grants
    7/31/03
    Two researchers in the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences have received federal grants totaling more than $640,000 to conduct research into the function and development of the human vision system.
  • Althea Luehrsen Named Director of UB Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership
    7/30/03
    Althea E. Luehrsen of Williamsville has been named director of the Center Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) in the University at Buffalo School of Management, effective July 1.
  • Donated Electric Cars to Help UB Reduce Pollution, Cut Costs
    7/30/03
    The University at Buffalo has received a donation of 10 zero-emission electric cars that are expected to reduce pollution on campus, as well as cut operating costs. The Global Electric Motorcars (GEM) are among 130 donated to the State University of New York as a joint effort of the New York Power Authority (NYPA) and Global Electric Motorcars LLC, a division of DaimlerChrysler.
  • Social Anxiety Disorder Affects Up to 15 Percent of Children, Yet Often Goes Undiagnosed and Untreated
    7/29/03
    Five to 15 percent of children and adolescents in the United States suffer from a dangerous and disabling emotional disorder that poses a serious impediment to their social, educational and emotional development. It is social anxiety disorder (SAD), a condition that, according to a researcher at the University at Buffalo, is seldom researched, recognized or treated although it is one of the most prevalent and disabling mental disorders of childhood and adolescence.
  • Post-Graduate Certificates in Clinical Supervision, Clinical Practice with Children to be Offered by UB
    7/29/03
    The University at Buffalo School of Social Work will offer two new, intensive training programs for mental-health and human-services professionals during the 2003-04 academic year.
  • UB Undergoing Survey to Assess ADA Compliance
    7/24/03
    A survey is under way to determine the University at Buffalo's overall compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
  • Michel Bruneau Named Director of Earthquake Engineering Research Center at UB
    7/24/03
    Michel Bruneau, Ph.D., a leading expert on earthquake-resistant design and retrofit of buildings and infrastructure, has been named 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.
  • Antwone Fisher to Kick Off UB Distinguished Speakers Series
    7/24/03
    The 2003-04 Distinguished Speakers Series at the University at Buffalo will feature Antwone Fisher, author and Hollywood producer and screenwriter; UB alumnus, Kenmore native and CNN news anchor Wolf Blitzer; comedian and author Bill Cosby; Lockport native and acclaimed author Joyce Carol Oates, and Buffalo-born journalist Tim Russert.