News Releases

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

  • Bullet-Probing Kits and Dancing Xylophonists!! Libraries to Present Celebrated and Arcane Aspects of Pan-Am
    5/8/01
    "Illuminations: Revisiting Buffalo's Pan-American Exposition" is a summer series of collaborative on-site and on-line exhibitions produced by eight of the University at Buffalo Libraries and Special Collections. It will illustrate the cultural and historical underpinnings of Buffalo's 1901 Pan-American Exposition, a Gilded-Age international celebration of technology and industry that heralded the dawn of the 20th century.
  • UB School of Management to Offer Course on Starting a High-Tech Business
    5/8/01
    Renowned entrepreneurs and venture capitalists from the world of e-business will teach a course on "High-Tech Startups" as part of the CEO-MBA series offered by the University at Buffalo School of Management.
  • New Gift from Anonymous Donor Helps UB Honors Program Approach Halfway Mark on Its $10 Million Campaign Goal
    5/8/01
    With an unwavering commitment to educating the best and the brightest students, the anonymous donor whose contributions started, and have been the major force behind, the University at Buffalo's Distinguished Honors Scholars Program has given the program another cash donation of $800,000.
  • WBFO Completes Work on Chautauqua Repeater Station
    5/8/01
    WBFO 88.7 FM, the National Public Radio affiliate operated by the University at Buffalo, has completed a project to expand and improve the signal of WUBJ 88.1 FM, its repeater station serving residents of Jamestown and Chautauqua County.
  • Teams of UB MBA Students Help Town of Amherst Move Toward E-Government Applications
    5/8/01
    Working with officials from the Town of Amherst and representatives from EDS, teams of University at Buffalo MBA students are developing e-commerce applications designed to streamline town services and generate cost-savings for governmental operations.
  • Department of Theatre and Dance to Sponsor Summer Dance Program
    5/7/01
    The University at Buffalo Department of Theatre & Dance will offer a Summer Dance Program open to all dancers, studio members, and UB faculty, staff and students.
  • UB Gets $25 Million in NYSTAR Funds
    5/7/01
    Gov. George E. Pataki has announced the awarding of three major, peer-reviewed grants totaling $25 million from the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research to the University at Buffalo and its research partners.
  • State Comptroller to Address EOC Graduation Ceremony
    5/4/01
    New York State Comptroller H. Carl McCall will be the keynote speaker at the 28th annual graduation ceremony of the University at Buffalo's Educational Opportunity Center to be held at 7 p.m. on May 23 in the Buffalo Convention Center.
  • NPR Founding Member to Give Public Lecture on "Radio at the Ends of the Earth"
    5/4/01
    William Siemering, one of National Public Radio's founding members, will give a talk and slide presentation on developing radio in new democracies at 7:30 p.m. on May 11 in the auditorium of Allen Hall on the UB South (Main Street) Campus.
  • UB to Sponsor Forum for Municipalities on Brownfields and Superfund Legislation
    5/4/01
    How will proposed legislation on remediation and redevelopment of brownfields and Superfund sites in New York State affect Western New York communities? Staff and officials from area municipalities will have an opportunity to find out on May 10 from 3-5:30 p.m. during a community forum titled "A Comparative Discussion of New York State Superfund/Brownfields Legislation Affecting Municipalities."