News Releases

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

  • Documents of Distinguished African Americans Featured in Autograph Exhibit at UB
    1/30/01
    "They, Too, Had a Dream," an exhibition of autographs, signed photographs and historical documents of distinguished African Americans, will be on display Feb. 1-28 near the circulation desk on the main level of Lockwood Memorial Library on the University at Buffalo North Campus.
  • Risk-Taking Behavior, “Law of the Jungle” Among Topics to be Explored in UB Lecture Series on Violence
    1/30/01
    The "University and the World" lecture series sponsored by the University at Buffalo's College of Arts and Sciences will continue its year-long exploration of violence on Feb. 6 with a lecture entitled "Risk-Taking, Inequity and Violence."
  • Regular Cocaine Use May Be Responsible for 1-in-4 Non-Fatal Heart Attacks in Young People, Study Finds
    1/29/01
    One quarter of non-fatal heart attacks among persons under the age of 45 in the United States can be attributed to regular cocaine use, scientists at the University at Buffalo's Toshiba Stroke Research Center have found. The study findings appear in the January issue of Circulation.
  • Five to be Inducted into Athletic Hall of Fame
    1/26/01
    Two of the most prolific offensive players in University at Buffalo football history, the first 1,000-point scorer and leading rebounder in women's basketball and a record-setting swimmer comprise the next class to be inducted into the UB Athletic Hall of Fame.
  • IBM Donation Increases Computing Power, Storage Capacity in UB Supercomputing Center
    1/26/01
    IBM, a partner since day one in the University at Buffalo's Center for Computational Research (CCR), is positioning UB's outstanding supercomputing facility for even greater growth by donating equipment worth more than $640,000.
  • UB Education School Receives $495,000 Grant to Develop Technology Education Program for State’s Teachers
    1/24/01
    A consortium that includes the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education (GSE) has received a three-year grant through a U.S. Department of Education initiative to develop a model that can be used to infuse technology instruction into teacher-education programs.
  • Software Designed to Help Identify Criminals Who Write Ransom Notes, Forge Checks
    1/24/01
    Who wrote the Jon-Benet Ramsey ransom note? A computer program developed at the University at Buffalo that is 98 percent effective in determining authorship of handwritten documents soon may be able to assist in answering such questions.
  • UB’s Feal Elected to MLA Nominating Committee
    1/24/01
    Rosemary G. Feal, professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University at Buffalo, has been elected by the Delegate Assembly of the Modern Language Association to a two-year term on the MLA's Nominating Committee, which presents a slate of candidates for the major offices of the association.
  • UB Dental Alumni Association Elects Officers
    1/24/01
    David R. Rice, D.D.S., a 1994 graduate of the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine, has been elected president of its Dental Alumni Association for 2001.
  • Workshop to Focus on Proposals to Niagara County Environmental Fund
    1/23/01
    Two workshops will be held for applicants who plan to submit grant proposals to the Niagara County Environmental Fund (NCEF).