News Releases

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

  • Jennifer McDonough Named Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations
    9/19/01
    Jennifer A. McDonough, vice president for development and alumni relations at the University of Vermont, has been appointed vice president for development and alumni relations at the University at Buffalo.
  • Americans "Naive" When it Comes to Understanding Religious Beliefs that Drive Terrorists
    9/19/01
    Americans' "general naivete" regarding the beliefs and assumptions of religions other than their own is hampering their ability to understand discussions about those suspected of being responsible for last week's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, according to Phillips Stevens, Jr. Stevens, associate professor of anthropology at the University at Buffalo and nationally-recognized expert in the anthropology of religion, says the lack of knowledge is particularly acute when it comes to fundamentalist religious groups of the Middle East.
  • UB Business Alliance Awards SPIR Funds to 6 Companies
    9/18/01
    The local branch of the Strategic Partnership for Industrial Resurgence, based in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has awarded grants to six Western New York companies.
  • 12th Annual Linda Yalem Run Set for Sept. 23
    9/18/01
    More than 1,200 racers, runners, joggers, strollers and walkers are expected to participate in the UB's 12th annual Linda Yalem Memorial Run, to begin at 10 a.m. Sept. 23 on the North Campus.
  • Specialist in End-of-Life Care for Children to Present Fifth Annual Bullough Lecture at UB
    9/18/01
    Pamela S. Hinds, Ph.D., director of nursing research at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis and a specialist in end-of-life decision-making for children and adolescents, will present the fifth annual Bonnie Bullough Lecture, to be held at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 4 in the Center for Tomorrow on the North (Amherst) Campus.
  • UB Professor, Constitutional Law Expert Predicts Threat to Privacy, Civil Rights of Some Americans
    9/17/01
    Just as they did during the era of McCarthyism and the post-Pearl Harbor period, Americans can probably expect to see calls for measures that may seriously erode the constitutional rights of American citizens, says Lee Albert, professor of law at the University at Buffalo and a specialist in constitutional issues.
  • International Summit to be Held at UB to Assess Digital Frontier, How Digital Technologies Impact Our Lives
    9/16/01
    The University at Buffalo will sponsor a major international forum on Nov. 2-3 at which leading figures in medicine, psychology, sociology, physiology and technology development will discuss the effects of digital technologies on our lives. "Digital Frontier: The Buffalo Summit 2001" will be convened by Jaylan S. Turkkan, vice president for research, in the Center for the Arts on the North Campus.
  • Comic Magicians Penn & Teller to Perform Oct. 17 at UB
    9/14/01
    The UB Center for the Arts and UBASE will present comedic magicians Penn & Teller at 8 p.m. Oct. 17 in the Mainstage theater located in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Zodiaque Dance Company to Present "Wine, Women & Dance"
    9/14/01
    The Department of Theatre and Dance at the University at Buffalo will present the fall dance concert of Zodiaque Dance Company, titled "Wine, Women And Dance," Oct. 11-14 and 18-21 in the Drama Theatre located at the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • UB President Asks Campus Community to be Cautious in Personal Responses to Terrorist Attacks
    9/14/01
    University at Buffalo President William R. Greiner Thursday asked students, faculty and staff to continue to value and protect UB's multi-ethnic and multi-religious community in their personal responses to this week's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.