News Releases

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

  • UB, Tapping into the Most Qualified High-School Seniors, Looking Forward to its Largest Freshman Class in History
    6/24/03
    More than 3,700 students -- 500 more than anticipated -- have sent in deposits to secure their place in this fall's incoming freshman class at the University at Buffalo.
  • UB Law School Dean Praises Supreme Court Ruling
    6/24/03
    The dean of the University at Buffalo Law School, the only law school in the State University of New York system, today praised the Supreme Court's affirmation of the University of Michigan Law School admissions policy, and said the ruling supports the "mission of inclusion," that is central to the ideals of a public law school.
  • Students Honored at UB Medical School Commencement
    6/23/03
    Fifty-eight graduates of the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences received awards at the school's recent commencement ceremony.
  • UB Engineers Develop Technology to Transmit Sensation of Touch Over the Internet
    6/23/03
    Engineers in the Virtual Reality Laboratory at the University at Buffalo have developed a new technology that transmits the sensation of touch over the Internet.
  • UB Medical School One of 10 Selected by AMA to Develop Curricula on Medical Professionalism
    6/23/03
    The University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is one of 10 medical schools nationwide selected by the American Medical Association (AMA) to participate in a new initiative aimed at integrating medical professionalism issues into the medical-school curriculum.
  • UB Not Restricting Student Enrollment, Study Abroad or Faculty and Staff Travel in Light of SARS
    6/20/03
    The University at Buffalo will continue to admit and enroll students from SARS-affected countries and will not restrict travel by faculty and staff to these countries by withholding university funding, according to new policies developed by the Task Force on SARS and approved on Monday by Provost Elizabeth D. Capaldi.
  • AT&T Foundation Gives $50,000 to UB School of Informatics to Support Development of Undergraduate Informatics Program
    6/19/03
    Demonstrating its ongoing support of the University at Buffalo School of Informatics, the AT&T Foundation has awarded a $50,000 grant to the school for the development of a new program supporting an undergraduate degree in informatics.
  • Steroids Trigger a 'Domino Effect' on Genes at Different Points in Time, UB Studies Find
    6/18/03
    Corticosteroids, drugs that simultaneously deliver powerful therapeutic effects and potentially severe adverse effects, cause a remarkably complex "domino effect" of genomic changes, according to a landmark paper by University at Buffalo pharmaceutical scientists.
  • Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Sets Free Concert
    6/18/03
    The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra will present a free concert open to the community at 7 p.m. on July 10 in the WJK Park and Gardens at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), Elm and Carlton streets.
  • Program to Look at Degrees, Careers in Bioinformatics
    6/18/03
    Education and training for careers in bioinformatics and related fields will be the focus of a free public program to be held from 5:30-9 p.m. June 26 in Capen Hall on the North (Amherst) Campus.