News Releases

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

  • Combining Clot-Buster Drug with Clot-Busting Device Can Open Blood Vessels in High-Risk Stroke Patients
    11/21/02
    A novel approach to treating high-risk stroke patients who were poor candidates for traditional clot-busting therapy enabled one-third of patients in a prospective trial, all of whom otherwise would be expected to suffer severe deficits, to return to functional independence, neurosurgeons at the University at Buffalo report.
  • Researchers in UB Graduate School of Education Awarded Grants Totaling More Than $4.5 Million
    11/21/02
    Education researchers in the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education (GSE) have received more than $4.5 million dollars in federal grants in recent months.
  • University at Buffalo Adds Second Dell Cluster to Track Great Lakes Pollution, Fuel General Research
    11/20/02
    The University at Buffalo, The State University of New York has added a 300-node Dell high-performance computing cluster (HPCC) to its Center for Computational Research (CCR). The increased computing capacity will assist with various scientific research projects, including groundwater modeling to help predict the flow of contaminants in large bodies of water such as the Great Lakes, computational chemistry and molecular structure determination.
  • Zodiaque Studio Dance Ensemble to Perform Dec. 5-8 in Center for the Arts
    11/18/02
    The University at Buffalo's Department of Theatre and Dance will present the Zodiaque Studio Dance Ensemble in a dance concert to be held Dec. 5-8 in the Black Box Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. Performance times will be 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday.
  • Basinski's Visual Poetry Incorporates Symbols and Sounds
    11/15/02
    Michael Basinski, the poet, zips around in his office chair on wheels, punctuating his lines with each slide of the chair forward, sideways, down and back again, the way a dancer box-steps across the floor. He is raw energy, pulsating to a four/four beat. Associate curator of UB's Poetry/Rare Books Collection and a graduate of the Department of English, Basinski has been an active and visible participant in Buffalo's literary community for more than 20 years.
  • McPherson Named Assistant Vice President in Office of Government Affairs
    11/15/02
    Ryan A. McPherson has been named assistant vice president for government affairs in the Office of Government Affairs, where he promotes the university's legislative agenda directly to the Western New York federal and state delegations, as well as monitors and assesses state and federal higher-education legislation.
  • For-Profit U.S. Dialysis Facilities Show Higher Patient Death Rates Than Non-Profits, JAMA Study Shows
    11/15/02
    The profit motive that drives U.S. for-profit kidney dialysis centers results in an average of 2,500 premature deaths annually, a study to be published tomorrow (Nov. 20, 2002) in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has found.
  • UB Launches New Articulation Web Site
    11/15/02
    The UB Office of Transfer and Articulation Services has launched a new transfer course articulation Web site, called TAURUS, that replicates and enhances the services that were available in ARIES, the university's award-winning articulation Web application.
  • Foster Named Chair of Planning Department
    11/15/02
    Kathryn A. Foster, associate professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning in the School of Architecture and Planning, has been named chair of the department, effective Jan. 2.
  • UB to Celebrate International Education Week
    11/13/02
    The University at Buffalo will join colleges and universities nationwide in commemorating International Education Week 2002, Nov. 18-22, with a variety of free lectures, films and other activities designed to recognize the important contributions of international education and exchange to the community and the nation.