News Releases

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

  • Research Funding at UB Hits Record $239.7 Million
    4/17/03
    Research funding at the University at Buffalo increased by more than 28 percent during the 2002 fiscal year, increasing to $239.7 million, representing a growth of $52.9 million over the previous year.
  • So, What About Bellevue?
    4/16/03
    Cheektowaga's Bellevue community -- which includes a nature preserve, a quarry and several landfills -- is the subject of an unusual public art project that has been two years in the making.
  • Gifts from Widow of Medical Ethicist Patrick Romanell Establish Named Professorship, Support Lecture Series at UB
    4/16/03
    Edna Romanell has made two gifts with a combined value of nearly $1.5 million to the University at Buffalo. With the two gifts,she has continued the legacy begun by her late husband, Patrick Romanell, a philosopher and author of several books on critical naturalism.
  • UB Energy Officer Outlines What Needs to be Done to Make College Campuses More Sustainable
    4/16/03
    Thirty-three years after the first Earth Day was celebrated in April 1970, the energy officer at a university that has led the move toward sustainable campuses has issued a "to-do list" for institutions of higher education in order to make further progress toward the "green campus."
  • Effect of Strenuous Physical Activity on Teen's Sexual Risk-Taking Differs Based on Gender, Race and Type of Activity
    4/15/03
    Gender, race and type of strenuous physical activity -- whether on an organized sports team or informal physical exercise -- play a role in the relationship between physical activity and sexual risk-taking by teen-agers, according to a study led by a researcher at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions
  • MFA Thesis Exhibition to Feature Work of Photographer Jason Flack
    4/15/03
    Jason Flack, a master of fine art candidate at the University at Buffalo, will present his master's thesis exhibition, "Imminent," in the UB Anderson Gallery on Martha Jackson Place in Buffalo.
  • Body Temperature May Be Regulated by Neural Connection between the Retina and the "Body Clock," UB Scientists Find
    4/13/03
    Scientists from the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences are helping to reveal the mysteries of the mammalian biological clock, the grouping of cells in the brain that regulates the basic physiological functions known as circadian rhythms.
  • Female Runners Eating a Low-Fat Diet may Increase Risk of Injury, Limit Energy Supplies, UB Study Suggests
    4/12/03
    Competitive female runners who eat a low-fat diet place themselves at increased risk of suffering injuries, a team of researchers from the University at Buffalo has found.
  • Young Choreographers Showcase to be Presented April 25-27 at UB
    4/11/03
    The University at Buffalo's Department of Theatre and Dance will present the Young Choreographers Showcase at 8 p.m. April 25, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. April 26 and 2 p.m. April 27 in the Black Box Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Gift to Law School to Fund Scholarships for Students with Public-Service Dreams
    4/11/03
    Irene Ebert and her family, to honor their son and family member, Frederick C. Ebert, who dedicated his legal career to public service, have established an endowment at the University at Buffalo Law School to fund scholarships for law students committed to doing the same.