News Releases

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

  • Department of Theatre and Dance to Present "American Airborne"
    1/29/02
    The UB Department of Theatre and Dance will present a faculty workshop production of "American Airborne" Feb. 7-10 in the Rehearsal Workshop, Room B83, in the Center for the Arts on the North (Amherst) Campus. Performance times will be 8 p.m. Feb. 7-8, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Feb. 9 and 2 p.m. Feb. 10.
  • Online Auctions with Vendors Bidding on Contracts Among E-Commerce Applications Students Propose for Amherst
    1/25/02
    The Town of Amherst could become the first municipality in Western New York -- and one of the few in the country -- to offer major government services online, thanks to assistance from students in the University at Buffalo's Department of Computer Science and Engineering.
  • On a Spot Smaller Than a Dime, UB Chemists Print Sensors That May Detect Hundreds of Chemicals at Once
    1/25/02
    By borrowing a page from the genomics revolution, University at Buffalo chemists have taken a major step toward placing hundreds, and possibly even thousands, of reusable chemical sensors in an area smaller than a dime.
  • Zagora Heads Human Resource Services at UB
    1/25/02
    Paula E. Zagora has been appointed assistant vice president for human resource services at the University at Buffalo.
  • Panasci Entrepreneurship Contest Enters Final Round
    1/25/02
    Five teams of University at Buffalo students and alumni will complete for $40,000 in prizes during the final round of the Panasci Entrepreneurship Contest on Jan. 28.
  • U.S. "Deceitful," Violates International Law in Holding Taliban Members and Other Detainees in Cuba
    1/24/02
    The detainment in Cuba of members of the Taliban and those suspected of being part of al Qaeda is questionable at best and probably illegal under the Geneva Conventions, according to an internationally known expert in human rights at the University at Buffalo.
  • Chief Administrative Judge Jonathan Lippman to Speak at UB Law Lunch on Jan. 25
    1/23/02
    Hon. Jonathan Lippman, chief administrative judge of the State of New York, will be the featured speaker when the University at Buffalo Law Alumni Association holds its annual luncheon here at noon on Jan. 25 in the Union League Club, 38 East 37th St. (corner of Park Avenue). The meeting will be held in conjunction with the New York State Bar Association meeting.
  • A Breach of Trust: Enron Case Will Cause Some Americans to Question How Much They Trust Their Employers
    1/23/02
    In the wake of the Enron debacle, many Americans will begin to question how much they trust their employers, says a University at Buffalo School of Management professor who researches the development and consequences of trust in the workplace.
  • Enron Debacle Example of "Agency Problem" Within Boards of Directors, Say Strategic-Management Researchers
    1/23/02
    The fall of Enron demonstrates that an inherent management problem previously thought to occur only among a company's top managers also occurs within a company's board of directors, according to two strategic-management researchers at the University at Buffalo School of Management. In Enron's case, they add, the existence of the "agency problem" within its board of directors is partly to blame for the company's mismanagement and apparent unethical behavior.
  • Zodiaque Dance Company to Present "Ladies On Stage"
    1/22/02
    The University at Buffalo Department of Theatre and Dance will present "Ladies On Stage," the spring dance concert of the Zodiaque Dance Company, Feb. 14-17 and 21-24 in the Drama Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.