News Releases

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

  • Treatment Program Effective in Helping Women Problem Drinkers Decrease Alcohol Use
    9/27/01
    Women with a history of problem drinking exhibited significant increases in abstinence and light-drinking days, and decreases in heavy drinking, after participating in a 10-week program at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions.
  • Bearing "Media Witness" to Terrorist Attacks, Destruction Can Lead to Acute Stress Disorder
    9/27/01
    The image of an airplane flying into the second tower of the World Trade Center and exploding in flames, played over and over on television following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, will remain in America's collective consciousness for a long time. For all, that image forever will represent a national tragedy. But for some, there will be a more profound personal effect, according to a University at Buffalo expert in psychological trauma.
  • Rebuilt World Trade Center Towers Would Be "Focal Sign for American Resolve," Ability to Heal
    9/27/01
    The World Trade Center twin towers should be rebuilt as a "focal sign for American resolve, for the ability of a democratic society to suffer injury and heal," according to an urban sociologist at the University at Buffalo.
  • UB Expert in Airline Safety Says Federal Takeover of Airport Security Could Improve Operations
    9/26/01
    The proposed federal takeover of airport security ultimately could permit longer and more careful screening of passengers and their baggage, according to a University at Buffalo professor who serves on a Federal Aviation Administration panel that studies research and development needs in aviation security.
  • Philippine National Dance Company to Perform Oct. 26 at UB
    9/26/01
    The Philippine National Dance Company Bayanihan will present the third performance in the UB Center for the Arts 2001-02 KeyBank Dance Series Oct. 26 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts.
  • UB School of Management Accounting Students Top State in CPA Exam Results, Score High in U.S. Exam
    9/25/01
    A higher percentage of UB undergraduate accounting students passed all or some parts of the May 2000 certified public accountant exam than did students from any other college or university in New York State, according to a report released by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy.
  • Yahoo! Internet Life Ranks UB 10th Among Country's "Most Wired" Colleges, Universities
    9/25/01
    The University at Buffalo is one the nation's top 10 most wired universities, according to Yahoo! Internet Life magazine.
  • McGuire Named 'Niagara Frontier Executive of the Year' by UB School of Management
    9/25/01
    Frank J. McGuire, chairman of The McGuire Group, has been named 2001 "Niagara Frontier Executive of the Year" by the University at Buffalo School of Management. The award will be presented at the 52nd annual awards banquet of the UB School of Management Alumni Association, to be held Nov. 7.
  • UB to Offer Course on Critical Tax Issues for Financial and Legal Professionals
    9/24/01
    The Center for Management Development (CMD) in the University at Buffalo School of Management will offer a non-credit tax course, "Critical Tax Issues for Financial and Legal Professionals," beginning Oct. 23.
  • Jazz Trio Medeski Martin & Wood to Perform Oct. 24 in Center for the Arts
    9/24/01
    The UB Center for the Arts will present Medeski Martin & Wood at 8 p.m. Oct. 24 in the Mainstage theatre in Center for the Arts on UB's North (Amherst) Campus.