News Releases

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

  • UB Law Alumni to Honor Six at Annual Dinner
    5/1/02
    Five graduates of the University at Buffalo Law School will receive Distinguished Alumni Awards for their valuable contributions to the legal profession and community at the 40th annual UB Law Alumni Association meeting and dinner to be held at 6 p.m. May 8 in the Hyatt Regency Buffalo.
  • UB Committee Honors Five Students for Promoting Diversity in Residence Halls
    4/30/02
    The University at Buffalo Committee for the Promotion of Respect for Diversity has honored five undergraduates for their efforts to promote respect for diversity through multicultural programming in the residence halls.
  • Five UB Students Win Poetry Prizes
    4/30/02
    Award-winning poetry in competitions sponsored by the University at Buffalo Libraries and the Department of English in the UB College of Arts and Sciences have earned five students cash prizes and honorable mentions.
  • Students to be Honored as Outstanding Seniors in UB College of Arts and Sciences
    4/30/02
    Twenty-eight students will be honored for being the outstanding graduating senior in departments within the College of Arts and Sciences at the University at Buffalo in a ceremony and reception to be held at 2 p.m. May 9 in the Screening Room in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Carl Granger, M.D., Receives Lifetime Achievement Award As Western New York "Health Care Hero"
    4/26/02
    Carl Granger, M.D., professor and chair-emeritus of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University at Buffalo, received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the third Annual Health Care Heroes Breakfast on April 18 sponsored by Business First.
  • UB to Co-sponsor Workshop on Feminism and Child Protection
    4/25/02
    The connections between feminism, caretaker empowerment and child-protection theories, policies and practices will be explored during a "Workshop on Feminism and Child Protection: Tensions and Possibilities," to be held May 3-4 in O'Brian Hall on the University at Buffalo North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Pataki, HP President, Veridian CEO to Receive "Igniting Ideas Awards" from UB on May 9
    4/24/02
    Gov. George E. Pataki and the chief executives of two major corporations will be honored on May 9 by UB and its School of Engineering and Applied Sciences for their roles in establishing the Buffalo Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics.
  • From Bad to Worse: UB Finance Professor Finds Financial Literacy Drops Further Among U.S. 12th Graders
    4/24/02
    Survey results released yesterday by the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy and Lewis Mandell, professor of finance and managerial economics at the University at Buffalo, show that high school seniors know even less about personal finance basics than they did five years ago.
  • Spinal Cord Specialist to Chair UB's Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    4/24/02
    Shanker Nesathurai, M.D., interim chair of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine, has been named chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, effective July 1.
  • Anonymous Donor Displays Commitment to UB Scholarship Program with New $800,000 Gift
    4/23/02
    An anonymous donor has given $800,000 to the University at Buffalo's Distinguished Honors Scholars Program, bringing to $7.2 million the donor's total gifts to this program, and reaffirming a true commitment to educating tomorrow's leaders.