News Releases

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

  • UB Researchers Play Major Role in New Effort to Study Effect on Children of Eating Contaminated Great Lakes Fish
    11/2/01
    The University at Buffalo's Toxicology Research Center will receive $1.3 million over the next five years as a participant in a new six-member children's environmental health research center formed to study the effects of eating large quantities of contaminated Great Lakes fish on Laotian and Hmong refugees.
  • Researchers Using Internet-Based Study to Find Most Effective Ways to Reduce Labor Pain
    11/2/01
    Researchers at the University at Buffalo and Ohio University are using the Internet to collect data from thousands of women from around the world about their experience of pain during labor in order to understand how best to ease the pain of childbirth. This is one of the first large-scale, Internet-based survey research studies to be undertaken and is expected to yield a large foundational population sample for the study of labor pain.
  • Conference to Focus on "Green" Building Design
    10/29/01
    A conference focusing on the opportunities, strategies and benefits of green building design -- with a special emphasis on the role of solar energy in buildings -- will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Nov. 8 in the Buffalo Convention Center.
  • Gobbetti Hoffman to Present "Haunting" Musical Program
    10/29/01
    "Tricks and Treats," a faculty recital by flutist Cheryl Gobbetti Hoffman, will be presented at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Slee Concert Hall, North Campus.
  • Albright to Speak as Part of Distinguished Speakers Series
    10/26/01
    Distinguished stateswoman Madeleine Albright -- the first woman to serve as U.S. secretary of state and the highest-ranking female in the history of American governance -- will speak at 8 p.m. Nov. 15 in Alumni Arena on the University at Buffalo North (Amherst) Campus as part of UB's 15th annual Distinguished Speakers Series.
  • UB to Hold Information Sessions for MBA Programs
    10/26/01
    The University at Buffalo School of Management will hold several one-hour information sessions for individuals considering enrollment in its Professional MBA (PMBA) or Executive MBA (EMBA) programs.
  • 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."