News Releases

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

  • Researcher Receives Prestigious Award to Study Factors that Delay Hospice Care for Terminally Ill Older Adults
    5/31/02
    A social work researcher at the University at Buffalo has received a prestigious award to explore, in collaboration with Hospice Buffalo, the psychosocial factors that contribute to delayed hospice care for terminally ill older adults.
  • Thompson Named to Board of World Maritime University
    5/31/02
    Myron A. (Mick) Thompson, associate provost and executive director of the graduate school at the University at Buffalo, has been appointed to the Board of Governors of the World Maritime University.
  • 227 UB Students Inducted Into Phi Beta Kappa
    5/28/02
    Two hundred twenty-seven students at the University at Buffalo recently were inducted into the Omicron Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa honorary society.
  • UB Law Students Honored at Commencement
    5/28/02
    Fifty-seven students at the University at Buffalo Law School received awards during the school's 113th commencement ceremony held on May 11.
  • UB Research Provides First Scientific Proof that Handwriting Is Unique to Each of Us
    5/28/02
    Computer scientists at the University at Buffalo have provided the first peer-reviewed scientific validation that each person's handwriting is individual, according to a paper that will be published in the Journal of Forensic Sciences in July.
  • U.S. For-Profit Hospitals Show Higher Mortality Rates Than Non-Profits, U.S.-Canadian Analysis Shows
    5/27/02
    A study of data from more than 26,000 U.S. hospitals covering outcomes of 38 million patients has shown that people treated in private for-profit hospitals in the U.S. have a greater risk of dying than those cared for in private not-for-profit hospitals.
  • Guitarist Junior Brown to Perform June 16 in the Center for the Arts
    5/24/02
    WNED and the UB Center for the Arts will present a concert by cutting-edge guitarist Junior Brown at 7:30 p.m. on June 16 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • UB Department of Theatre and Dance to Sponsor 2002 Summer Dance Program
    5/24/02
    The University at Buffalo Department of Theatre & Dance will again offer its exciting and educational Summer Dance Program.
  • "Slow Foods" Keep You Skinny, Clean Out Your Arteries, Level Your Blood Sugar and Leave Your Teeth Alone
    5/23/02
    Seneca Nation historian and "bioneer" John Mohawk, co-director of the University at Buffalo Center for the Americas, is up to his knees in heirloom corn. He is a staunch advocate of the slow-food movement, a worldwide effort to safeguard and promote the use of traditional, unprocessed foods that digest very slowly, which means they are a lot better for you than the foods that populate the average American diet.
  • 22 University at Buffalo Inventors Honored by SUNY
    5/23/02
    Twenty-two inventors affiliated with the University at Buffalo have been recognized by the State University of New York as being among the outstanding inventors within the SUNY system.