News Releases

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

  • Political and Cultural Consequences of Incarceration to be Topic of Baldy Center Conference
    10/11/02
    One of the nation's most influential historians and political interpreters of the African-American experience will present the keynote address as part of a conference on the effects of incarceration on individual constitutional rights to be sponsored by the UB Law School's Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy.
  • Lerup to Deliver Clarkson Chair Lecture at UB
    10/11/02
    Lars Lerup, dean of the Rice School of Architecture and William Ward Watkin Professor at Rice University, will discuss "Suburbia mon amor" on Oct. 30 in Crosby Hall as the Fall 2002 Clarkson Visiting Chair in the School of Architecture and Planning.
  • William R. Greiner to Receive Jaeckle Award from UB Law School, UB Law Alumni Association
    10/11/02
    University at Buffalo President William R. Greiner, who began his 35-year career at UB as a member of its Law School faculty in 1967, has been selected to receive the 2002 Jaeckle Award, the highest honor bestowed by the UB Law School and its Alumni Association.
  • To Detect Cyberattacks, New Software System Developed at UB Profiles 'Normal' Computer Habits
    10/10/02
    An early version of a new software system developed by University at Buffalo researchers that detects cyberattacks while they are in progress by drawing highly personalized profiles of users has proven successful 94 percent of the time in simulated attacks.
  • UB Courtroom Named for Law School Alumnus Francis M. Letro in Recognition of $1 Million Gift
    10/10/02
    Demonstrating his generosity and a belief in the power of advocacy that was inspired in him as a child, Francis M. Letro, a 1979 graduate of the University at Buffalo Law School, has committed $1 million to the school in support of its programs and facilities.
  • UB to Sponsor Seminar for "Peace of Mind" in Estate Planning
    10/9/02
    The University at Buffalo's offices of Planned Giving and University Development will hold an estate-planning seminar on Oct. 22 in the Center for Tomorrow on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • The Derek Trucks Band to Perform Nov. 12 in the Center for the Arts
    10/9/02
    The UB Center for the Arts will present The Derek Trucks Band on at 8 p.m. on Nov. 12 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. The concert is sponsored by the UB Student Association and WBFO-FM.
  • UB Volcanologist to Fly Hyperspectral Mission over Erupting Volcano; to be Filmed by Discovery Channel
    10/9/02
    Flying over a volcano that's sending plumes of smoke and ash several miles into the sky might sound like a risky proposition, but University at Buffalo volcanologist Michael Sheridan and his colleagues are doing just that this week with Ecuador's towering 5,000-meter-high Tungurahua volcano as they study how and where it next will do its damage.
  • Peer-Review Team to Visit UB as Part of NCAA Certification Program
    10/8/02
    UB is in the home stretch of its year-long, campus-wide effort to study its athletics program as part of the NCAA certification program. The final self-study report has been sent to the NCAA and a peer-review team from the NCAA will visit UB Nov. 5-8.
  • Coral Reefs to be Topic of Lecture
    10/8/02
    The study of coral reefs will be the focus of a presentation by Mary Alice Coffroth on Oct. 16 that will be part of the College of Arts and Sciences Fall Lecture Series.