News Releases

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

  • Versatile New Nanotechnology Could One Day be Used to Track and Kill Cancer Cells, Customize Drug Delivery
    10/2/02
    A new, patented nanotechnology that one day may allow cancer patients to receive treatments through an MRI procedure in a doctor's office is being developed by scientists at the University at Buffalo's Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics and a French nanotechnology firm, Nanobiotix, Inc.
  • Performances by Endellion String Quartet, Cheryl Gobbetti Hoffman Highlight October Concert Schedule
    10/1/02
    The Endellion String Quartet, winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Best Chamber Ensemble, will perform the second concert of the 47th Annual Slee/Beethoven String Quartet Cycle at 8 p.m. Oct. 12 in Slee Concert Hall on the UB North Campus.
  • Nurse Researcher to Deliver Annual Bullough Lecture
    10/1/02
    Mary A. Blegen, professor and interim associate dean for research in the School of Nursing at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, will present the sixth annual Bonnie Bullough Lecture at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 3 in the Center for Tomorrow on the North Campus.
  • UB is First SUNY Campus to Purchase 'Clean' Wind Power
    10/1/02
    The University at Buffalo announced today an agreement with Community Energy, Inc., that makes UB the first campus in the State University of New York system to buy a portion of its electrical power from a commercial supplier of wind-generated power.
  • Documentary Films on Southeast Asia to be Screened
    10/1/02
    Janet Gardner and Pham Thai, award-winning documentary film producers known for their work on Southeast Asia, will screen and discuss their most recent film at 7 p.m. Oct. 9 in the Screening Room in the Center for the Arts on the North Campus. The film, "Da
  • Zodiaque Dance Company to Present Fall Dance Concert Oct. 17-20 and Oct. 24-27
    9/30/02
    The UB Department of Theatre and Dance will present "1, 2, 3, 4…Countdown to Celebration 30," the fall dance concert of Zodiaque Dance Company, Oct. 17-20 and Oct. 24-27 in the Drama Theatre in Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Sen Lecture to Kick Off CAS Series
    9/30/02
    Surajit Sen, associate professor of physics, will discuss incorporating nonlinearity into science and high technology in the first installment of the College of Arts and Sciences Fall Lecture Series, to be held at 7:30 p.m., Oct. 2, in the Screening Room in the Center for the Arts on the North Campus.
  • Diabetic Women on Hormone Replacement Therapy Have Better Glycemic and Lipid Profiles
    9/26/02
    Diabetic women who use hormone replacement therapy (HRT) were more likely to have their blood glucose under control, and have lower cholesterol levels than women who never used hormone therapy, a study by University at Buffalo epidemiologists has found.
  • Graduate Students Win Scholarships to Train as Specialists to Fight Cyberterrorism
    9/26/02
    Two University at Buffalo graduate students have received coveted scholarships from the federal government that are designed to train specialists in the task of rooting out hackers, cyberterrorists and insider threats to the nation's information superhighway.
  • $50,000 Gift to Fund Study of DNA Regulation
    9/26/02
    UB's School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences has received a gift to fund DNA research from a donor who heard about UB's work in that area from his physician, who is an alumnus of the medical school.