News Releases

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

  • Concern for Orphans Prompts a $250,000 Bequest Pledge to UB’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Study Center
    11/15/00
    With the goal of improving living conditions in Southeast Asia, Nila T. Gnamm, retired civil servant, University at Buffalo alumna and world traveler, has pledged $250,000 to the College of Arts and Sciences to support research initiatives of UB's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Study Center.
  • Bicoastal Classrooms, Virtual Prison Doctors Result of UB Expertise in Internet Videoconferencing
    11/15/00
    In their most harried moments, professors trying to balance the demands of teaching, research and family may feel that the only solution to their overloaded schedules is to be in two places at once. And now -- for better or worse -- they can as the result of advances in high-quality Internet videoconferencing pioneered, in part, by the University at Buffalo.
  • 3 UB Faculty Members Receive Prestigious NSF Awards
    11/15/00
    Three faculty members in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences -- Stelios T. Andreadis, Ph.D., Ann M. Bisantz, Ph.D., and Ashim Garg, Ph.D -- have received prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development awards.
  • Research Focusing on Impact of AA Participation, Spirituality on Recovery from Alcohol Abuse
    11/14/00
    The impact of participation in Alcoholics Anonymous and spirituality on recovery from alcohol abuse is the focus of a new study at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions.
  • UB Course Teaches MBA Students How to be Entrepreneurs
    11/14/00
    Can a business school really teach a subject as intangible as "how to be an entrepreneur?" University at Buffalo School of Management professor John Hannon thinks so, as do the 31 MBA students enrolled in his new entrepreneurship course, which began this fall.
  • Department of Theatre and Dance to Present Friedrich Dürrenmatt's
    11/9/00
    The UB Department of Theatre and Dance will present Friedrich Dürrenmatt's "The Visit" Nov. 9-12 and 16-19 in the Drama Theatre and Stephen Sondheim's "Assassins" Nov. 15-19 in the Black Box Theatre.
  • $1 Million Gift to UB Medical School Creates New Professorship in Ophthalmology
    11/9/00
    The University at Buffalo has received a $1 million gift to endow a professorship in its School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in memory of internationally known ophthalmologist, eye surgeon and UB alumnus Meyer H. Riwchun, M.D.
  • A New “Anti-Biography” of Composer Franz Schubert Undoes 150 Years of Distortion and Trivialization
    11/8/00
    The life and character of composer Franz Schubert have been variously sketched in treacle and brimstone by biographers. But a critically acclaimed new biography by a University at Buffalo Schubert scholar presents a far more balanced and empathetic portrait of the man and his career.
  • WBFO to Present Amherst Saxophone Quartet
    11/7/00
    The Opus Classics Live series presented by WBFO 88.7 FM, the National Public Radio affiliate operated by the University at Buffalo, will showcase the Amherst Saxophone Quartet for an evening of music, discussion and food on Nov. 15 in Allen Hall on the UB South (Main Street) Campus.
  • New UB Award to Recognize Civic Work in City of Buffalo
    11/7/00
    The Office of Public Service and Urban Affairs at the University at Buffalo is seeking nominations for the first Mildred Francis Lacey Award for excellence in civic responsibility in the City of Buffalo.