News Releases

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

  • Early Detection of Bioterrorist Threat or Epidemic Is Goal of Software System for Medical Emergencies
    8/20/02
    Computer scientists at the University at Buffalo who developed handwriting recognition software systems for the U.S. Postal Service and the U.S. Census Bureau are developing a system to flag suspicious patterns in emergency medical reports and make them available to public-health authorities within days, if not hours.
  • Oren Lyons, Donald Jacobs to Address UN's World Summit on Sustainable Development
    8/19/02
    Two faculty members at the University at Buffalo have been invited to make presentations at the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development, to be held Sept. 2-11 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • UB Institute for Nonprofit Agencies Awarded Second Grant from John R. Oishei Foundation
    8/19/02
    Building the management skills of area nonprofit executives remains a high priority for the John R. Oishei Foundation, which has given a $245,000 grant to the University at Buffalo's schools of Management and Social Work for continuing support of UB's Institute for Nonprofit Agencies.
  • Medical Students to Mark Transition to Patient-Care Years
    8/16/02
    Third-year medical students in the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences will mark the transition from the classroom to the real world of medical treatment at the first annual Student Clinician Ceremony, to be held at 1 p.m. Aug. 18 in the Center for the Arts on UB's North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Katie Couric, Rudy Giuliani, Bill Bradley to Speak at UB as Part of Distinguished Speakers Series
    8/16/02
    "Today" show co-anchor Katie Couric, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, astronaut Mae Jemison, best-selling author Amy Tan and former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley will headline the University at Buffalo's 2002-03 Distinguished Speakers Series.
  • Preeminent Scientists Named to Scientific Advisory Board for Buffalo Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics
    8/15/02
    Seven preeminent, world-class scientists in the fields of genomics, chemistry, biophysics, proteomics and computational biology have been named to the Scientific Advisory Board for the Buffalo Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics.
  • Flare-Ups of Chronic Lung Disease Associated with Specific Bacterial Strains, UB Researchers Find
    8/14/02
    University at Buffalo researchers have found an association between bacteria in the sputum of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and exacerbations of the disease, answering a long-standing question about the role of pathogens and COPD flare-ups.
  • "Wednesdays at 4 PLUS" to Offer Films, Digital Poetry Showcase
    8/13/02
    "Wednesdays at 4 PLUS," the bi-annual series presented by the Poetics Program in the UB Department of English, will stray from its usual format of poetry and prose readings this fall with a diverse lineup that includes film screenings, a digital poetry showcase and a symposium on "language and encoding," as well as the traditional readings by pre-eminent poets and novelists.
  • Counterterrorism Research a Priority at UB
    8/13/02
    From design of terrorist-resistant buildings to development of devices to detect airborne bioagents, the University at Buffalo is among several prominent universities nationwide that are making counterterror research a priority in their laboratories.
  • "Living Anatomy Program" Simulator Aims to Revolutionize Surgical Training
    8/8/02
    Researchers at the University at Buffalo are combining 21st-century materials and computerized sensors to create a simulator for surgical training with "organs" that feel, smell and respond like living tissue in the human body.