News Releases

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

  • 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.
  • Preventionfocus to Honor UB's Suzanne Tomkins for Work in Domestic Violence Prevention
    6/10/03
    Suzanne E. Tomkins, clinical associate professor in the University at Buffalo Law School, will be recognized for her tireless work in the area of domestic violence at a dinner to be held Preventionfocus at 6 p.m. June 19 in Salvatore's Italian Gardens, 6461 Transit Rd., Depew.
  • UB to Hold Summer Print-Making Workshops
    6/9/03
    The experimental Print Imaging Center (ePIC) in the Department of Art in the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences is offering single-session and multi-session workshops this summer on a variety of topics.
  • UB School of Nursing Honors Graduates at Commencement
    6/6/03
    Eleven students in the University at Buffalo School of Nursing received awards at the school's recent commencement ceremony.
  • UB Study Shows How and When You Drink, Not Only How Much, Is Important to Liver Health, Especially in Women
    6/5/03
    In the first study of drinking patterns and their relationship to potential liver damage, University at Buffalo epidemiologists have found that how and when drinkers consume alcohol may be as important to a healthy liver as the amount consumed.
  • Students Win Poetry Prizes at UB
    6/5/03
    The University at Buffalo Libraries and the Department of English in the UB College of Arts and Sciences have announced the winners of student poetry competitions.
  • UB's Jacobson Named Director of the Year by National Campus Child Care Coalition
    6/4/03
    Tamar Jacobson, Ph.D., of North Buffalo, director of the University at Buffalo Child Care Center Inc., which operates child-care centers on the UB North and South campuses, was selected "director of the year" by the National Coalition for Campus Children's Centers (NCCCC) at the group's annual meeting this spring in Washington, D.C.
  • UB Officials Warn Area Residents about Fund-Raising Scams
    6/4/03
    Officials at the University at Buffalo are warning the public about college-age students selling magazines on a door-to-door basis who are misrepresenting themselves as UB students raising funds for a class project.
  • UB Pharmacy Graduates Recognized at Commencement
    6/4/03
    Eighteen graduates of the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences received 34 awards during the school's recent commencement ceremony.