News Releases

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

  • UB Materials Engineer Invents New Thermal Paste to Help Minimize Overheating in Electronic Devices
    7/14/03
    A materials engineer at the University at Buffalo has invented a new thermal paste that will help solve the problem of overheating in high-performance personal computers and other electronics.
  • UB Graduate Students Test Internet Freeware Vital to Underfunded Libraries Here and Abroad
    7/14/03
    The University at Buffalo School of Informatics is testing a revolutionary freeware integrated library-automation system that can be used to automate all of the daily functions of libraries, from recording the purchase of materials and helping patrons to find them, to billing them for overdue books or rentals.
  • 40 Graduate from CEL Program in UB School of Management
    7/11/03
    Forty Western New York business owners, operators and high-level managers have graduated from the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Core Program in the UB School of Management.
  • Kuramitsu Elected Fellow in American Academy of Microbiology
    7/11/03
    Howard Kuramitsu, University at Buffalo Distinguished Professor in the Department of Oral Biology in the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine, has been elected a fellow in the American Academy of Microbiology.
  • Eight Receive Grants from Niagara County Environmental Fund
    7/11/03
    Eight Niagara County organizations have been awarded grants totaling $36,355 from the Niagara County Environment Fund, administered by the New York State Center for Hazardous Waste Management at UB.
  • Fischer Named Director of Educational Programs for UB Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics
    7/11/03
    Daniel Fischer, Ph.D., who coordinates the bioinformatics track at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer-Sheva, Israel, has been named director of educational programs for the University at Buffalo Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics.
  • Smart Growth Plan for Porter Wins Top Award for UB Students
    7/11/03
    Work done by UB planning students to help the Town of Porter develop the initial phase of a master plan for future development has earned the students and their instructor the 2003 Award for Outstanding Student Project from the American Planning Association, Western New York Section.
  • Pilot Trial Confirms Insulin's Role in Inhibiting Leading Cause of Blindness in Adults
    7/7/03
    Endocrinologists from the University at Buffalo have shown for the first time that insulin suppresses production of vascular endothelial growth factor, a compound known to play a role in the development of blindness in persons with diabetes, a condition called diabetic retinopathy.
  • Wozniak Elected President of UB Alumni Association
    7/3/03
    Jennifer B. Wozniak of Buffalo, who received an MBA degree in 1996 from the University at Buffalo School of Management, has been elected to serve a one-year term as president of the UB Alumni Association.
  • It May Be 'The Summer of T3,' but at UB Robotics Workshop, 'Tickle Me Elmo' and his Sidekicks Have Center Stage
    7/3/03
    What can Tickle Me Elmo, the interactive toy for toddlers, teach high school students about robotics? Quite a lot, according to the instructors for a University at Buffalo workshop for high school students that runs July 7-11.