News Releases

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

  • Music Legend Ray Charles to Perform at UB on July 17
    5/1/03
    The University at Buffalo Center for the Arts will present an evening with Ray Charles at 8 p.m. on July 17 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • UB Seeks Input from Campus Community on Reaccreditation Self-Study
    4/29/03
    The University at Buffalo has finished a draft of its self-study report for reaccreditation by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, and is seeking input from the campus community.
  • Study Shows Taste is Key Factor in Low-Fat Snacks
    4/29/03
    Health-oriented consumers are more likely to purchase a snack if they think it tastes good, even if they perceive it to be high in fat, according to a study c-authored by Kalpesh Desai, assistant professor of marketing in the University at Buffalo School of Management.
  • SARS Could 'Collapse in Two Months' or Continue into Winter as a Flu-Like Illness, Says UB Virologist
    4/28/03
    Though there is much still to learn about the cause and spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), a University at Buffalo virologist says the behavior of other respiratory viruses suggests that SARS could either "collapse" within the next two months or continue into the winter as a flu-like illness of moderate severity.
  • UB Doctoral Student Wins Leadership Award
    4/25/03
    Tunde Szecsi of Cheektowaga, a doctoral candidate in early childhood education in the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education, has been named recipient of an Elizabeth Breathwaite Student Leadership Award from the Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI).
  • UB Social Work Student Named "Student of the Year" By NYSSWEA
    4/25/03
    Claudine Sikorski, a master of social work candidate at the University at Buffalo, has been selected as one of two recipients of the Student of the Year award presented by the New York State Social Work Education Association.
  • 24 UB Faculty Members Named on Patents in 2002
    4/25/03
    Twenty-four University at Buffalo faculty members were named on 19 patents awarded to the Research Foundation of the State University of New York (SUNY) in 2002.
  • 8 UB Students Win SUNY Chancellor Awards
    4/24/03
    Eight University at Buffalo students recently were recognized as among the most outstanding students in the State University of New York system when they received the Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence.
  • College Art Association Presents Distinguished Teaching Award to UB's Harvey Breverman
    4/24/03
    Harvey Breverman, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Art in the University at Buffalo's College of Arts and Sciences, has received the College Art Association's 2003 Distinguished Teaching of Art Award, presented at the association's annual meeting.
  • Medtronic Gives University at Buffalo Five Defibrillators for Cardiovascular Research
    4/22/03
    Medtronic has made a gift-in-kind of five ICB dual-chamber implantable defibrillator systems, with a total value of $150,000, to the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences for the groundbreaking cardiovascular research of John M. Canty, Jr.