News Releases

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

  • Govindaraju Named Outstanding Young Investigator
    11/7/01
    Venu Govindaraju, Ph.D., associate professor of computer science and engineering at the University at Buffalo and associate director of CEDAR, the Center of Excellence for Document Analysis and Recognition at UB, has received the "Outstanding Young Investigator Award" from the International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, the largest international conference in the pattern-recognition field.
  • UB to Focus on International Education in Week of Activities
    11/7/01
    The Office of International Education at the University at Buffalo will host a week-long slate of activities, beginning Monday, dedicated to highlighting the importance of international education and the role of cultural exchange as part of the academic experience.
  • Jump-Starting Neighborhood Revitalization With a Gift to UB's Center for Urban Studies
    11/6/01
    Committed to helping people change their worlds, the Rev. Robert E. Grimm and his wife, Roberta, have given $300,000 to the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning as seed money for a project to transform Buffalo's "Fruit Belt" neighborhood.
  • Death Penalty to be Topic of Alumni Luncheon
    11/6/01
    The death penalty, one of the most controversial issues in America, will be the topic of the UB Alumni Association's Senior Alumni Luncheon program at noon on Nov. 16 in the Center for Tomorrow on the North Campus.
  • Perry Honored by Journal of Allied Health
    11/6/01
    J. Warren Perry, dean emeritus of the University at Buffalo School of Health Related Professions, has received the 2001 Editor's Award from the Journal of Allied Health.
  • UB Work Helps Integument Technologies Win Award
    11/6/01
    Chemical Processing magazine has selected Integument Technologies of Tonawanda to receive its 2001 Vaaler Award in the category of corrosion control for its innovative FluoroGrip(r) product, developed using technology licensed from the University at Buffalo.
  • Art Department's Holiday Print Sale Set at UB
    11/6/01
    The annual holiday print sale featuring work by students and alumni of the Department of Art in the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 16 in the atrium of the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Security, Social Rewards Could Be More Important than Pay for Workers Affected by Threats of Anthrax, Terrorism
    11/5/01
    Faced with growing concerns about workplace safety as a result of Anthrax threats and the events of Sept. 11, employers hoping to retain employees and lessen employee fears should change the way they reward them, says an expert on compensation and human resources.
  • UB Physics Talk Geared to General Audience Will Focus on Strange Interstellar Meteors
    11/5/01
    The strange and mysterious world of interstellar meteors will be the subject of the 2001 Harlow Shapley Visiting Lecture to be given Nov. 7, by SUNY Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy David D. Meisel of the State University College at Geneseo.
  • Lawrence Jacobs, Pioneer in MS Research, Dies at 63
    11/5/01
    A Mass of Christian Burial will be held tomorrow (Nov. 6, 2001) in St. Joseph University Church for Lawrence D. Jacobs, M.D., world-renowned researcher in the treatment of multiple sclerosis who was professor and chair of the Department of Neurology in the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.