News Releases

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

  • Soulive to bring new jazz sounds to Center for the Arts
    10/5/01
    Jazz group Soulive will perform at the University at Buffalo at 8 p.m. Nov. 12 in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. Media sponsor for the concert is WBFO-FM.
  • Panel Discussion to Focus on Global Terrorism
    10/5/01
    The University at Buffalo Law School will present a panel discussion, "Global Terrorism: History, Response and Quest for Justice in America and Abroad," at 7 p.m. Oct. 10 in 102 O'Brian Hall on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Charlie Hunter Quartet to Perform Nov. 17 in Center for the Arts
    10/5/01
    The University at Buffalo Center for the Arts will present an evening with The Charlie Hunter Quartet. The performance will be held at 8 p.m. Nov. 17 in the Mainstage theatre of the Center for the Arts on the North (Amherst) Campus. Media sponsor for the concert is WBFO-FM.
  • $7.3 Million Grant to Fund First Clinical Study of Effect of Periodontal Treatment on Heart-Disease Risk
    10/3/01
    The University at Buffalo has received a $7.3 million, three-year grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research to plan and conduct a pilot study for a clinical trial of the impact of periodontal disease treatment on prevention of second heart attacks.
  • Team Focusing on How Earthquake-Engineering Techniques Can Help Buildings Better Withstand Terrorist Attacks
    10/3/01
    In the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, structural engineers are grappling with a question that a month ago would have been completely unthinkable: Can buildings be designed to withstand catastrophic blasts inflicted by terrorists? Ten days after the terrorist attacks on the twin towers, structural engineers from the University at Buffalo and the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research headquartered at UB traveled to ground zero as part of a project funded by the National Science Foundation.
  • University at Buffalo to Study Athletics Program
    9/28/01
    President William R. Greiner announced today that the University at Buffalo will begin a year-long, campus-wide effort to study its athletics program as part of the NCAA Division I athletics certification program. Specific areas the study will cover are academic and fiscal integrity, governance, rules compliance, as well as a commitment to equity, student-athlete welfare and sportsmanship.
  • Forbes Magazine Ranks UB School of Management as a Best Business School
    9/28/01
    Forbes magazine has included the University at Buffalo School of Management in its annual ranking of 50 business schools that provide MBA students with the best return on their investment.
  • Dansereau Named Fellow of American Psychological Society
    9/27/01
    Fred Dansereau, professor of organizational and human resources in the University at Buffalo School of Management, has been named a fellow of the American Psychological Society (APS).
  • UB Biophysicists Discover High-Speed Motility in Cells in Response to Voltage Changes
    9/27/01
    University at Buffalo biophysicists studying the motility of cells have shown that simple cells react in less than a millisecond to changes in membrane voltage, a property scientists have thought was confined to highly specialized cells such as the cochlear outer hair cells responsible for hearing.
  • UB Symposium to Look at Environmental Law and Stewardship for a Sustainable Society
    9/27/01
    The University at Buffalo's Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy, the Mitchell Lecture Fund and the Buffalo Environmental Law Journal will present a symposium, "Environmental Law and Stewardship for a Sustainable Society," Oct. 13 in the UB Law School, located in Baldy Hall on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.