News Releases

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

  • Buffalo Team Earns "Rookie" Award at Solar Splash
    7/17/01
    The Buffalo entry in Solar Splash 2001, the eighth annual solar/electric boat regatta held June 20-24 on Hoyt Lake in Delaware Park, earned the "Outstanding Rookie Team" award in the contest.
  • Class Size Matters in Grades K-3 When It Comes to Long-Term Academic Success and Reducing Achievement Gap
    7/17/01
    Researchers who have studied the issue of the impact of class size on the performance of children now have incontrovertible evidence that even a few early years of study in a small class of 13-17 peers will enhance a student's academic achievement all the way through high school.
  • Exhibit of 900 Pieces of Memorabilia Set for Two Months at UB by Pan-American Expo Collectors Society
    7/17/01
    More than 900 items of memorabilia from the Pan-American Exposition of 1901 -- culled from a very serious group of Pan-Am collectors and featuring everything from china and glass souvenirs, to postcards and posters and an official Pan-Am flag and quilt -- will be on display at the University at Buffalo beginning Aug. 1.
  • UB Bulls Go High-Tech to Win Football Games, Thanks to a Grad's Gift to the Division of Athletics
    7/17/01
    Football coaches at the University at Buffalo are going digital thanks to a $250,000 gift from former UB football player Gerald H. Scriver to the Division of Athletics for a video-editing system.
  • Baier Named to National Research Council Committee
    7/17/01
    Robert Baier, professor of oral diagnostic sciences in the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine and director of the Industry/University Center on Biosurfaces, has been appointed a member of the National Research Council's Committee on Marine Biotechnology: Development of Marine Natural Products.
  • $150,000 Gift from UB School of Management Alumni Association Honors John Shellum
    7/12/01
    The Alumni Association of the University at Buffalo School of Management has pledged $150,000 to the school for creation of a symposium suite to be named in honor of John H. Shellum, assistant dean of external affairs at the school.
  • "Weekend All Things Considered" and More "Blues" Joining WBFO's Weekend Broadcast Schedule
    7/12/01
    WBFO 88.7 FM, the National Public Radio affiliate operated by the University at Buffalo, is adding five programs to its weekend schedule and revising its Saturday and Sunday broadcast presentation effective the weekend of July 14 and 15.
  • Freeman Grant to Fund Annual China Trip for Students in UB Management Honors Program
    7/12/01
    The Freeman Foundation has awarded a $152,775 grant to the University at Buffalo School of Management to fund an annual educational trip to China for students enrolled in the school's Joseph T.J. Stewart Honors Program.
  • UB Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Offers Executive Education Programs
    7/12/01
    The Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership in the University at Buffalo School of Management will offer a series of executive education programs beginning in August. The programs are designed for high-level managers who wish to broaden their knowledge of leading-edge practices and network with other executives from a variety of industries.
  • UB Offering Graduate Tax Courses
    7/12/01
    The Institute for Tax Studies in the University at Buffalo School of Management is offering three courses leading to a Graduate Tax Certificate. To be held Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, Aug. 20 through Oct. 22, in the Jacobs Management Center on UB's North (Amherst) Campus, the courses are part of a graduate-level 18-course, non-credit program on personal and business taxation.