News Releases

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

  • UB Experts Weigh In on Cloning and Cults
    1/7/03
    Four University at Buffalo faculty members with expertise in cults and the ethical, legal and social implications of human cloning are available to members of the media covering claims made by Clonaid and the controversy surrounding human cloning.
  • Driving in Bad Weather: UB Engineers Developing Technologies to Assist Drivers
    1/6/03
    To prevent your car from spinning out on an icy roadway, is it better to turn the steering wheel toward or away from the direction of a skid? Mechanical engineers from the University at Buffalo -- using a virtual-reality driving simulator and human subjects -- are addressing this annual winter-weather question and are developing new technologies that one day may help drivers proceed safely in bad weather.
  • Regents Chancellor Robert Bennett Will Co-Teach UB Course on Public Schools Policy-Making
    1/6/03
    Robert Bennett, chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents, will co-teach a three-credit graduate course at the University at Buffalo during the spring semester that will address many issues of significance to urban school systems.
  • Clonaid Cult Derived from Flying-Saucer Cults Originating in the 1970s and '80s, Says UB Expert
    1/3/03
    The Raelians -- the cult behind Clonaid, the company claiming to have cloned a human being -- are a remnant of the "flying-saucer cults" that originated in the 1970s and '80s, according to cult expert Phillips Stevens, Jr., an associate professor of anthropology at the University at Buffalo.
  • Ronald J. Krul Named Assistant Dean for Continuing Education in UB School of Social Work
    1/3/03
    Ronald J. Krul has been named assistant dean for continuing education in the University at Buffalo School of Social Work.
  • UB School of Social Work Selected as Home for Interdisciplinary Journal
    1/3/03
    The School of Social Work at the University at Buffalo has been selected as the new home of The Clinical Supervisor, a journal that looks at aspects of supervision in the fields of psychotherapy and mental health.
  • Ladysmith Black Mambazo to Perform at UB on Feb. 5
    1/2/03
    The University at Buffalo Center for the Arts will present Ladysmith Black Mambazo at 8 p.m. on Feb. 5 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Center for the Arts to Present Musical Adaptation of "Cinderella"
    1/2/03
    The University at Buffalo Center for the Arts will present Fanfare Theatre Ensemble's original musical production of "Cinderella" at 2 p.m. Feb. 9 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Ashley Kahn, Author of Book on John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" Album, to Present Reading at UB on Jan. 13
    12/31/02
    Ashley Kahn, author of "A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album," will give a reading at 7 p.m. on Jan. 13 in the auditorium of Allen Hall on the University at Buffalo South (Main Street) Campus.
  • Millard Fillmore College Reorganizes to Focus on Continuing Education, Professional Studies
    12/27/02
    After nearly 80 years as the University at Buffalo's night school, Millard Fillmore College has reorganized and redirected its focus toward the nontraditional student.