News Releases

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

  • UB Library Professor Awarded Diversity Grant from American Library Association
    7/17/02
    Lorna Peterson, Ph.D., of Buffalo, associate professor of library and information studies in the University at Buffalo School of Informatics, has received a 2002 American Library Association (ALA) Diversity Grant to study how issues of social diversity are integrated into library-school curriculums.
  • Scientists from UB and Its Partners Discuss Their Expertise in Biodefense at NIH Bioterrorism Summit
    7/17/02
    Scientists from the University at Buffalo described their work with biological agents and their research in developing methods to counteract them at a National Institutes of Health (NIH) biodefense summit held today at NIH headquarters in Bethesda, Md., to assess the most promising bioterrorism research and set funding priorities.
  • "Unlimited by Design" Is on the Road with Products that Are Functional, Beautiful, Easy-to-Operate
    7/17/02
    The Milwaukee Institute of Design will be the first venue to host the traveling version of "Unlimited by Design," a multi-media, hands-on exhibition of well-designed, attractive products and residential interiors created according to the principles of universal design (U/D). The exhibit is a presentation of the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) on Universal Design in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning.
  • Tiger Woods Has 13 Percent Chance of Winning Golf's Grand Slam This Year, According to UB 'Probabilist'
    7/15/02
    With two major championships under his belt already and this week's British Open in his sights, Tiger Woods has a 13 percent chance of completing golf's coveted Grand Slam by winning all four of golf's major tournaments this year, according to a "probabilist" from the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
  • 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.