News Releases

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

  • Avatars, EVL and Ghosts -- Oh My!!
    10/26/01
    When UB hosts "Digital Frontiers: The Buffalo Summit 2001," on Nov. 2 and 3, one of the projects to be exhibited in connection with the event is a little honey called "EVL: Alive on the Grid" -- a peculiar virtual experience involving avatars, simultaneous occupation of virtual space, lots of music and dancing "ghosts."
  • UB Institute for Non-Profit Agencies Offers Management Training Workshops
    10/26/01
    A series of management workshops for managers and executives employed at area non-profit organizations is being offered by the University at Buffalo Institute for Non-Profit Agencies.
  • UB Archaeologist Instrumental in Nineveh, Nimrud Being Added to World List of 100 Most Endangered Sites
    10/26/01
    As a result of efforts by the University at Buffalo and a UB professor of classics and a leading archaeologist of the ancient Middle East, ancient Nineveh and Nimrud have been added to the 2002 World Monuments Fund Watch List of the 100 Most Endangered Sites.
  • Freshman Class More Selective; Graduate Enrollment Up 5 Percent, Third Highest in UB's History
    10/25/01
    The University at Buffalo has posted its highest enrollment in almost seven years, markedly increasing its graduate-student population and pulling in one of the most academically talented freshman classes in years. A total of 25,838 students are enrolled at UB for the fall semester, an increase of slightly more than 1,000 from the Fall 2000 figure of 24,830. The university has increased graduate enrollment by 5 percent over the Fall 2000 figure, from 8,147 to 8,548, which Sean P. Sullivan, vice provost for enrollment and planning, called "the third-highest graduate enrollment in our history."
  • UB to Host Summit About Effects of Digital Technologies on All of Us
    10/25/01
    Many important, pioneering figures in the fields of science, technology, engineering, medicine, education and the arts will be at UB on Nov. 2 and 3 to share their sense of how digital technologies are affecting our lives and how they are likely to alter our future. These internally known figures will be guests at "Digital Frontier: The Buffalo Summit 2001," a major international meeting sponsored by the University at Buffalo, to be held in the Center for the Arts on UB's North Campus.
  • Ciancio Receives Gold Medal Award from American Academy of Periodontology
    10/23/01
    Sebastian G. Ciancio, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor and chair of the Department of Periodontology in the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine, has received the Gold Medal Award from the American Academy of Periodontology.
  • "Root Causes" of Terrorist Attacks to be Discussed
    10/23/01
    A discussion of "Terrorist Attacks on the U.S.: Root Causes and U.S. Response" will be held at 4 p.m. Nov. 1 in Room 112 of O'Brian Hall on the University at Buffalo North (Amherst) Campus.
  • UB Technology Incubator New Home of Nanogenesys
    10/22/01
    The University at Buffalo Technology Incubator is the new home of Nanogenesys, a technology start-up company founded by a University at Buffalo professor to produce miniaturized devices for conducting biomedical analysis.
  • "Universal Bathroom" Prototypes Win National Design Award for UB Architects
    10/22/01
    A "universal bathroom" developed by an architectural team from the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning has won the Bronze Award in the 2001 American Society on Aging (ASA) competition for new products for mature markets.
  • UB Office of Science, Technology Transfer and Economic Outreach Appoints Reed as Financial Officer
    10/19/01
    The UB Office of Science, Technology Transfer and Economic Outreach has appointed Sallie P. Reed as financial officer.