News Releases

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

  • Oishei Foundation Gives $125,000 to Health-Care Coalition
    12/4/02
    The Community Health Network of Western New York (CHN), a health-care coalition that will promote wellness and health education and in which the University at Buffalo Department of Family Medicine is a key player, has received a $125,000 grant from the John R. Oishei Foundation.
  • Researcher Debunks "Myth" that Asians Are, by Nature, More Academically Successful than Other Minorities
    12/4/02
    Guofang Li, Ph.D., is a Chinese native, academic researcher and assistant professor in the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education. She seems the very model of the stereotypical Asian immigrant -- whom she describes as "intelligent, industrious, enduring, obedient, highly successful and joyfully initiated into North American life and English literacy." In reality, Li is out to dispel that stereotype and in study after study she has debunked the popular idea that Asian students are, by nature, better equipped to succeed academically than other minority groups.
  • How Children Perceive Urban Environments Is Focus of First Children's Geography Project
    11/27/02
    University at Buffalo geographers are embarking on a new project designed to find out how school-aged children relate to urban spaces, to create the first "children's geography of the inner city."
  • Grant from Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Assists UB in Study of Prostate Cancer
    11/27/02
    The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo has awarded a $7,500 grant for a study of prostate cancer to the Department of Medicine in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
  • AMBP Tech Corp. Receives $1.1 Million Grant
    11/27/02
    AMBP Tech Corp., a UB spin-off company, has received a $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense Missile Defense Agency.
  • Too Fat to Fight? Obesity Becomes National Security Issue, Weight Would Disqualify Many Potential Military Recruits
    11/27/02
    If the U.S. military needed to recruit substantial numbers of young men and women into their forces quickly, they would face a vexing obstacle: the chubby American. Moreover, military weight limits for women are stricter than for men in all of the forces, making it harder for women to get into the military and if they get in, to stay within weight limits without jeopardizing their health, according to a study co-authored by a University at Buffalo researcher.
  • Hicks Named Associate Vice President in University Advancement
    11/26/02
    Kenneth M. Hicks, associate vice president for development for The University of Connecticut Foundation, has been appointed associate vice president for constituent development in the Division of University Advancement, effective Dec. 19.
  • Holiday Sales Forecast Bleak for Most Retailers
    11/26/02
    With the exception of supermarkets and well-known "e-tailers," most retailers can expect another dismal season of holiday sales, according to a University at Buffalo expert on retailing and consumer behavior.
  • Esthetic Dentistry Education Center Helps Students, Dentists Keep Up with Public's Demand for Perfect Smile
    11/22/02
    The University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine is providing some of the most comprehensive training in esthetic, or cosmetic, dentistry in the country to dental students and practicing dentists.
  • UB Engineer Develops Novel Method for Assembly of Nanoparticles
    11/21/02
    A University at Buffalo engineer has developed a novel method for assembling nanoparticles into three-dimensional structures that one day may be used to produce new nanoscale tools and machines.