News Releases

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

  • "Buffalo's Quest for Financial Stability" to be Topic of UB Municipal Law Forum
    3/13/02
    The Progressive Law Society, a student organization of the University at Buffalo Law School, will sponsor a municipal law forum titled "Buffalo's Quest for Financial Stability" from 4-6 p.m. March 20 in 106 John Lord O'Brian Hall on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Lessons Learned from Fall of Enron Informing MBA Classes at University at Buffalo
    3/13/02
    Two former Enron employees -- 1996 graduates of the University at Buffalo's MBA program -- will discuss lessons learned from the ongoing Enron investigation and its long-term impact on business practices during a panel discussion sponsored by the MBA program in the University at Buffalo School of Management. The panel discussion is only one example of several ways that the UB School of Management and its faculty are bringing lessons from Enron into the classroom.
  • UB Physician Prime Mover in Adapting Minimally Invasive Surgery Techniques to Children's Ailments
    3/13/02
    Pediatric surgeon Philip Glick, M.D., is on a crusade to convince the medical community worldwide that minimally invasive surgery -- which can lessen pain, hospitalization and recovery time for young patients, as well as lower health costs -- should be the new surgical standard for treating conditions in children and adolescents. One way he is spreading his message is through a 21st-century version of show-and-tell: the surgical equivalent of teleconferencing. Glick operates in Buffalo while an audience gathered at a distant site watches in real-time through the technology of fiberoptics
  • Researchers Modeling Turbulent Reacting Flows Produce Supercomputer Results Without Supercomputers
    3/12/02
    A novel method of computing and modeling turbulent reacting flows developed by University at Buffalo researchers produces results equivalent to those generated by expensive supercomputers and is anywhere from 30 to 100 times less expensive to use.
  • Laychock to Direct Medical School's Research Efforts
    3/11/02
    Suzanne G. Laychock, Ph.D., professor and associate chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology in the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has been appointed senior associate dean for research and biomedical education at the medical school.
  • Treating Gum Infections with Antibiotics Lowers Inflammatory Burden Throughout the Body, UB Study Shows
    3/9/02
    Treating gum infections with an antibiotic decreases two markers of inflammation throughout the body, further supporting the connection between oral health and general health, including heart disease, researchers from the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine have shown.
  • Studies in Pima and Pueblo Indians Underscore Unhealthy Relationship Between Gum Disease and Diabetes
    3/8/02
    Studies conducted in two Native American populations with a high prevalence of both Type 2 diabetes and gum disease have underscored the importance of oral health in controlling adult diabetes. One of the studies showed that reducing gum infections with antibiotics also improves diabetes control.
  • Beauty of Butterfly Wing Patterns May Hold Key to Understanding Morphological Evolution
    3/7/02
    The beautiful patterns on butterfly wings are emerging as exceptional model systems that may reveal much about how the shapes, sizes and colors of specific organisms have evolved, a type of study called morphological evolution, according a paper featured on the cover of the March issue of Trends in Ecology and Evolution that is co-authored by Antonia Monteiro, Ph.D., University at Buffalo assistant professor of biological sciences.
  • Bargar Joins WBFO Radio as Southern Tier Representative
    3/7/02
    Nancy Bargar has been named Southern Tier representative by WBFO 88.7 FM, the National Public Radio affiliate operated by the University at Buffalo that has repeater stations WUBJ 88.1 FM in Jamestown and WOLN 91.3 FM in Olean.
  • Study Finds No Relationship Between Respiratory Illnesses and Frequent Exposure to Mists from "Dental Aerosols"
    3/7/02
    A study by dental researchers from the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine offers a preliminary answer to the question of whether breathing in mists spun off by dental drills causes respiratory illness.