News Releases

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

  • Childhood Obesity Has Doubled in a Generation; Too Much TV, Too Little Activity Are to Blame, Study Shows
    3/16/01
    A study in the current (March 15) issue of Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, authored by a University at Buffalo epidemiologist, found that obesity among children between the ages of 8 and 16 has more than doubled in one generation. The findings also showed that children who watched the most television were the fattest.
  • Stress, Cardiac Health to be Discussed at Luncheon
    3/16/01
    Stress and cardiac health in our hectic 21st-century lives will be the topic of a University at Buffalo Senior Alumni Luncheon to be held at noon April 25 in the Center for Tomorrow on the UB North Campus.
  • UB School of Architecture and Planning Features Work of Local Firm in Spring Exhibit
    3/16/01
    The University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning is hosting a spring exhibit of work by Wendel-Duchscherer Architects & Engineers P.C. in the James G. Dyett Gallery in Room 335 of Hayes Hall on the UB South Campus.
  • Pulitzer Prize-Winner Doris Kearns Goodwin to Speak at UB on April 26
    3/16/01
    Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, historian and television commentator, will speak at 8 p.m. April 26 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the University at Buffalo North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Social Activist, Author Paul Loeb to Speak at UB April 6
    3/16/01
    Author Paul Loeb will bring his recipe for social activism to Buffalo April 5-7 at the invitation of the University at Buffalo's UB Green Office.
  • Brain-Teasers, Experiments to be Used as Part of Award-Winning “Physics is Phun” Program
    3/16/01
    The Department of Physics at the University at Buffalo will present the award-winning program "Physics is Phun" from 7-8:15 p.m. March 27 in 20 Knox Hall on the UB North Campus.
  • UB School of Management Alumni Association to Sponsor Forum for Western New York Businesses
    3/14/01
    The School of Management Alumni Association of the University at Buffalo will sponsor a forum, "Global Opportunities for Western New York Businesses," on April 3 in the Center for Tomorrow on UB's North (Amherst) Campus.
  • UB School of Management to Offer Master’s Degree in Information Systems
    3/13/01
    The University at Buffalo School of Management will offer a master of science degree program in management information systems (MIS) beginning in the fall. The 30-credit-hour program is open to qualified students who have completed an undergraduate degree in business or a closely related field.
  • UB Law Students Launching Buffalo Intellectual Property Law Journal
    3/13/01
    What may be the hottest new legal publication to hit the market this year could well be the Buffalo Intellectual Property Law Journal, brainchild of an enterprising team of students in the University at Buffalo Law School.
  • Mars' Volcanoes May Have Melted Ice, Producing Water Necessary for "Life" on Red Planet
    3/12/01
    Two of the oldest volcanoes on Mars, which have been active for 3.5 billion years, are providing clues to the possibility of life on the planet, according to preliminary analysis by University at Buffalo geologists of new data from the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) and the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA), currently orbiting the planet.