News Releases

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

  • Alfiero Family Donation of $2 Million to Benefit UB School of Management
    6/1/01
    Motivated by a desire to give back to the community where he founded and grew his business enterprises and raised his family, Sal H. Alfiero has made a generous gift to the University at Buffalo School of Management to be used for construction of a new structure to be built adjacent to and connected with the Jacobs Management Center.
  • Special Call-In Show on WBFO to Explore Exciting Research into Bioinformatics
    5/31/01
    WBFO 88.7 FM, the National Public Radio affiliate operated by the University at Buffalo, will look the field of bioinformatics and UB's role in it as part of a special local version of "Science Friday" that will air at 3 p.m. on June 1.
  • 52 Graduating UB Students Inducted Into Engineering Honor Society
    5/30/01
    Fifty-two graduating students in the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have been inducted into the New York Nu Chapter of Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Society.
  • Stone Receives Dean's Award from UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
    5/30/01
    Henry Stone of San Jose, Calif., a retired vice president of General Electric Co. who has had an extensive impact on the nation's nuclear energy and electrical power programs, received the Dean's Award at the recent commencement ceremony of the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
  • UB Biological Science Students Win Awards
    5/30/01
    Six students in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University at Buffalo received awards at the department's graduation convocation ceremony held earlier this month.
  • Using Digital Tools, Buffalo Archaeologists and Engineers Change the Face of Archaeological Reconstruction
    5/29/01
    Nearly 2,700 years after it was buried in the Mesopotamian earth, the crumbled, plundered, and now spectacular palace of the ancient Assyrian King Ashur-nasir-pal II will within the next year open its virtual doors to visitors from around the world. The visit will be made possible by archaeologists, engineers and computer scientists at the University at Buffalo who have been digging with digital tools to produce the next era of instructional devices.
  • Fund-Raising Golf Tournament to Benefit Research and Scholarship for UB Physical Therapy Students
    5/29/01
    The University at Buffalo School of Health Related Professions and the Muscular Dystrophy Association are hosting a fund-raising golf tournament and dinner in tribute to physical therapist Alfred T. Caffiero, a role model for students, faculty, patients and friends alike.
  • Antibacterial Compound Related to Aspirin May Be Potential Treatment for Acne and Gingivitis, May Prevent Skin Cancer
    5/25/01
    Scientists at the University at Buffalo and Therex Technologies, Inc. have developed a remarkably versatile, antibacterial compound with anti-inflammatory properties that they are investigating as a potential topical treatment for acne and gingivitis and as a preventive agent for skin cancer.
  • Great Lakes Muscle Symposium Set for June 15
    5/24/01
    Recent scientific developments in muscle physiology and plasticity will be presented at the Great Lakes Muscle Symposium to be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 15 in the University Inn and Conference Center, 2401 N. Forest Road, Amherst. It will be sponsored by the Department of Physical Therapy, Exercise and Nutrition Sciences in the School of Health Related Professions.
  • Listening to Music of Choice During Outpatient Eye Surgery Lowers Patients' Cardiovascular, Emotional Stress
    5/24/01
    Older adults who listened to their choice of music during outpatient eye surgery had significantly lower heart rate, blood pressure and cardiac work load than patients who did not listen to music, a study by researchers at the University at Buffalo has shown.