News Releases

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

  • Free Alcohol Screening to be Offered by RIA
    4/4/03
    The clinical research center at the UB's Research Institute on Addictions will offer Buffalo-area residents free alcohol screening on April 10 as part of the fifth annual National Alcohol Screening Day.
  • Particles from U.S. Dust Storms of the 1930s May Have Traveled as Far as Greenland, UB Research Shows
    4/3/03
    Specks of dust may have traveled from America's Great Plains all the way to Greenland in the Arctic Region during the Dust Bowl storms of the 1930s, according to new findings by atmospheric physicists at the University at Buffalo.
  • UB Students to 'Explore Mars' in Utah
    4/3/03
    University at Buffalo doctoral student Brent Garry has always wanted to go to Mars, but for now he'll settle for Utah. For the next 10 days, he and Abby Semple, another UB doctoral student, will be part of a small team that is simulating the living and working conditions on Mars by donning space suits, exploring the geology of the very "Mars-like" canyons of Utah.
  • Groundbreaking Held for New Student Center in UB School of Management
    4/3/03
    A groundbreaking ceremony was held today for the Alfiero Center, the new, three-story addition that will adjoin the Jacobs Management Center of the University at Buffalo School of Management on UB's North (Amherst) Campus.
  • 'Physics for (Future) CEOs' Will Provide UB Students with a More Pragmatic Approach to Newton's Science
    4/3/03
    OK, "Physics for Poets." Move over. In what is perhaps a sign of the times, University at Buffalo students will be able to fulfill their undergraduate science requirement by taking "Physics for CEOs and Other Decision Makers: the Energy Perspective," a new course focusing on energy issues that will debut in the fall.
  • UB 'Next Generation Scientists' Project Receives $50,000 Grant from Verizon
    4/2/03
    To help today's high school students become tomorrow's scientists and technologists, Verizon is supporting with a $50,000 grant a project offering students at three area high schools the opportunity to build small computer clusters.
  • UB Geologist Studies How to Manage Precious Water Amid Volatile Middle-East Politics
    4/2/03
    Middle East oil may have center stage right now, but because many scientists and policymakers fear that water will be at the center of future regional disputes, a University at Buffalo professor is studying the environmental impact of the region's hydrology resources and projects.
  • WBFO Announcer Wins Local "Muddy" Award
    4/1/03
    Blues host Jim Santella of WBFO 88.7 FM, the National Public Radio affiliate operated by the University at Buffalo, has received the 2003 Muddy Award for Special Achievement from the Blues Society of Western New York.
  • WBFO Breaks Fund-Raising Records with Spring Drive
    4/1/03
    WBFO 88.7 FM, the National Public Radio affiliate operated by the University at Buffalo, recently completed its most successful spring membership drive, raising more than $215,000.
  • UB Dental School to Offer Free Oral Cancer Screening
    3/28/03
    The University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine will offer its annual free oral cancer screening from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on June 14 in Squire Hall on the UB South (Main Street) Campus.