News Releases

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

  • 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.
  • UB Assistance for Quebecor Earns National Award
    10/19/01
    The National Association of Management and Technical Assistance Centers has selected the former University at Buffalo Business Alliance (now part of the UB Office of Science, Technology Transfer and Economic Outreach) to receive its Project of the Year Award for its longstanding relationship with Quebecor World Buffalo, located in Depew.
  • Store Closings Resulting from Poor Holiday Sales Would Be In Line with Terrorists' Goals
    10/19/01
    Retailers should brace for a poor Christmas sales season because many Americans feel too guilty to shop during this period of national mourning, says an expert on retailing and consumer behavior. "Not since the death of President Kennedy has the United States experienced such collective mourning," says Arun K. Jain, Samuel P. Capen Professor of Marketing Research and Chair of the Marketing Department in the University at Buffalo School of Management.
  • UB Physics Research Shows that Novel Shock-Absorption System Could Make Structures Blast-Proof
    10/18/01
    Could structures be built with shock-absorption systems so powerful that jet planes would literally bounce off them? A system modeled in a paper authored by theoretical physicists at the University at Buffalo and published in the current issue of Physica A demonstrates that it may one day be possible to protect bridges, ships, skyscrapers, highway structures and even automobile bumpers from extremely powerful impacts.
  • UB Law School Opens Full-Service Courtroom, First in a Law School Building in the U.S.
    10/18/01
    The University at Buffalo Law School has become the only law school in the nation to house a fully functioning state court in its law school building with the grand opening today of the UB Law Courtroom.