News Releases

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

  • UB Community Rallies to Provide Textbooks to War-Ravaged Medical School in Afghanistan
    7/12/02
    Members of the University at Buffalo community, at the request of a UB alumnus who was serving with the U.S. Army Nurse Corps in Afghanistan, have joined the international effort to improve medical care in Kabul and the surrounding area by donating and shipping 40 boxes of medical textbooks to the war-torn region.
  • UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Earns Prestigious Kresge Challenge Grant for Instrument Core
    7/12/02
    The University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has met the challenge, raising $1.6 million to earn a $500,000 Challenge Grant from the prestigious Kresge Foundation, a first for the university.
  • WBFO and WNED-AM Awarded Grant for Health Programming
    7/11/02
    WBFO-FM 88.7, the National Public Radio affiliate operated by the University at Buffalo, and WNED-AM 970, part of the Western New York Public Broadcasting Association, are embarking on a programming collaboration that will explore health issues affecting minorities living in Buffalo's Near East Side neighborhoods.
  • Troubled Firms that Delay Bankruptcy Filing Less Likely to Survive, Study by UB Accounting Professor Shows
    7/11/02
    WorldCom and other financially troubled companies considering bankruptcy are better off filing for bankruptcy protection sooner than later, according to a University at Buffalo School of Management researcher who studies how accounting practices affect a firm's chances of bankruptcy survival.
  • UB Study Proves that Medication Adherence "Coaching" Significantly Impacts Health Status of AIDS Patients
    7/10/02
    Taking steps to tailor medication regimens for patients being treated for the first time for HIV infection and to assure that they adhere to those regimens can pay off with improved virologic results nearly a year following initiation of treatment, according to a study by University at Buffalo researchers.
  • UCI Sponsors First Annual Samuel P. Capen Garden Walk
    7/5/02
    The first annual Samuel P. Capen Garden Walk will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on July 13 in the Eggertsville and University Park areas near the UB South (Main Street) Campus.
  • Many Company Web Sites Don't Provide Ample Assurance to E-Shoppers, According to UB School of Management Study
    7/5/02
    Companies with transactional Web sites aren't providing consumers with enough assurances about the privacy, security and business integrity of the sites, according to a study by researchers from the University at Buffalo School of Management. As a result, some companies may be losing customers concerned about Internet fraud, theft of credit-card information or a company's ability to follow through on its promises.
  • 50 Students Honored at UB Medical School Commencement
    7/3/02
    Fifty graduates of the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences received awards at the school's recent commencement ceremony.
  • Raab Named Director of OES at UB
    7/3/02
    Joseph T. Raab has been named director of occupational and environmental safety services at the UB.
  • Meeting Set to Solicit Feedback for NCAA Certification
    7/2/02
    A public meeting to solicit feedback from the campus community on UB's draft self-study report that is part of its participation in the NCAA certification process will be held at 1 p.m. on July 9 in the Jeannette Martin Room, 567 Capen Hall, on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.