News Releases

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

  • Thomas Named Interim Dean of School of Management
    8/7/02
    John M. Thomas, associate dean for international programs in the UB School of Management, has been appointed interim dean of the school, effective Aug. 1.
  • 13 Receive SUNY Chancellor's Awards for Excellence
    8/7/02
    Seven UB faculty members, four professional-staff members and two librarians have received 2002 SUNY Chancellor's Awards for Excellence from State University of New York Chancellor Robert L. King.
  • Critical Shortage of Librarians Leaves Thousands of Professional Jobs Open Across the U.S.
    8/7/02
    In America's libraries, thousands of good jobs are going begging, says Judith S. Robinson, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Library and Information Studies in the University at Buffalo School of Informatics. "Most people don't know that there is a massive job surplus in the field."
  • International Conference on Bioorganic Reactions Set for Aug. 15-17 by UB Department of Chemistry
    8/2/02
    Bioorganic reactions, essentially the reactions that distinguish living systems from nonliving ones, will be the subject of an international symposium to be held at the University at Buffalo on Aug. 15-17.
  • UB to Dedicate Creekside Village Student Apartment Complex
    8/2/02
    The grand opening of Creekside Village, the University at Buffalo's newest student housing complex, will be held at 10 a.m. Aug. 22 in the community building of the complex on Skinnersville Road on the UB North Campus.
  • 'The Maltese Falcon' and 'The Thin Man' Among Selections in Fall 'Buffalo Film Seminars' at Market Arcade
    8/2/02
    "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Thin Man" -- two legendary film adaptations of Dashiell Hammett novels -- will be among the highlights of the Fall 2002 edition of "Buffalo Film Seminars: Conversations About Great Films with Diane Christian and Bruce Jackson."
  • Study Finds 'Idealized' Story of America Being Scrutinized, Questioned by High School Students
    8/1/02
    A study by an education researcher at the University at Buffalo has found that the "celebratory grand epic" about America that prevails in many of the nation's history classrooms and textbooks is no longer taken at face value by the increasingly heterogeneous population of U.S. high school students.
  • Jusko Named Chair of Pharmaceutical Sciences at UB
    8/1/02
    William J. Jusko, Ph.D., professor of pharmaceutical sciences in the UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, has been named chair of the school's Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
  • UB Researcher Observes Strong Statistical Correlation Between Prevalence of Diabetes and Air Pollution
    7/26/02
    A dramatic statistical correlation between the prevalence of diabetes and air pollution levels has been demonstrated by a University at Buffalo researcher who publishes his observations in the August issue of the journal, Diabetes Care.
  • Hutson Named Chief of UB's Division of Biostatistics
    7/25/02
    The Department of Social and Preventive Medicine in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo has named Alan D. Hutson as chief of its Division of Biostatistics.