News Releases

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

  • Shoes that Think? AT&T Informatics Lecture at UB to Look at the Future Technology Has In Store for Us
    4/5/02
    Michael Hawley believes that your shoes soon will be doing some serious thinking on your behalf. Hawley, Dreyfoos Professor of Media Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and director of a project called "Things That Think, will deliver the inaugural lecture in the University at Buffalo's AT&T Informatics Lecture Series on April 17 at the University at Buffalo.
  • Burns to Speak as Part of UB Distinguished Speakers Series
    4/4/02
    Filmmaker and historian Ken Burns -- director and executive producer of the highly acclaimed 1990 PBS series "The Civil War" and other distinguished historical films -- will speak at 8 p.m. April 24 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the University at Buffalo North (Amherst) Campus as part of UB's 15th annual Distinguished Speakers Series.
  • UB Dance-athon to Benefit Gilda's Club
    4/4/02
    The University at Buffalo Chapter of Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society will hold its first dance-athon from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. April 13-14 in the Student Union on the UB North (Amherst) Campus to benefit Gilda's Club Western New York.
  • "782 Kg." -- UB Seniors Worth Their Weight in Art
    3/29/02
    "782 Kg.," the University at Buffalo Art Department senior thesis exhibition, will take place April 9-25 in the Center for the Arts on the University at Buffalo North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Donation from Retired Computer Software Entrepreneur and Wife to Support UB Engineering Undergraduate Labs
    3/29/02
    University at Buffalo alumnus and retired computer software entrepreneur Larry Peckham and his wife, Nancy, have donated $250,000 to the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences for the continuing development of undergraduate laboratories.
  • Noted Researcher to Speak on Drugs and Genes in the First Gerhard Levy Distinguished Lecture
    3/29/02
    Kathleen Giacomini, a University at Buffalo alumnus and noted national researcher in the field of biopharmaceutical sciences, will be the first speaker in the recently established Gerhard Levy Distinguished Lecture series.
  • Clinton Speech to be Broadcast Live by WBFO 88.7 FM
    3/28/02
    The address by former President William J. Clinton at the University at Buffalo on April 10 will be broadcast live at 3 p.m. by WBFO 88.7 FM, the National Public Radio affiliate operated by the University at Buffalo.
  • Study Puts UB's Impact on Regional, State Economies at More Than $1.28 Billion a Year
    3/28/02
    The University at Buffalo leverages state funding by more than four times to the benefit of Western New York, with an annual economic impact on the region of more than $1.25 billion, according to a new economic impact study prepared by UB based on methods used nationally to evaluate the economic impact of universities.
  • UB Forms Collaboration with Irish Universities, Providing Bioinformatics Center with Critical Global Link
    3/27/02
    The University at Buffalo has entered into a new high-technology partnership with Biopharma Ireland, Ireland's new national institute focused on biopharmaceutical research and development, giving the Buffalo Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics an important international connection.
  • Intimate Relationships Can Ease Life's Journey or Make You Physically and Emotionally Sick
    3/27/02
    A supportive relationship with a spouse or partner often is a source of comfort and strength, a buffer against the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. By helping both partners manage stress from a variety of sources, it not only can lengthen life, but make it more pleasant. But research shows that close relationships fraught with conflict increase blood pressure, produce cardiovascular strain and alter the function of the immune system, according to Frank Fincham, Ph.D., professor of social and clinical psychology at the University at Buffalo.