News Releases

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

  • UB School of Pharmacy Alumnus Gives $5 Million to Strengthen Research Core in Pharmaceutical Science
    10/23/00
    Gifted venture strategist and scientist John N. Kapoor -- founder, chairman and CEO of E.J. Financial Enterprises, Inc. -- has given $5 million to the University at Buffalo, a gift that will help strengthen the UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences' research core, provide resources to create a state-of-the-art instrumentation center and fortify the pharmaceutical-science faculty.
  • UB Announces $250 Million Campaign; Largest Ever Conducted by Public University in New York, New England
    10/20/00
    A national and international leader in higher education, the University at Buffalo announced today that it is launching a $250 million campaign, the largest ever conducted by a public university in New York and New England.
  • Rich Family Honors Parents with Lead Gift to Fund Alumni House at University at Buffalo
    10/20/00
    Robert E. Rich Jr. and David A. Rich, together with their families, have pledged a significant gift to the University at Buffalo for an alumni building named in honor of their parents, Janet and Robert E. Rich Sr.
  • Husband's Drinking in First Year of Marriage Predicts Subsequent Husband-to-Wife Violence
    10/18/00
    Differences in drinking styles between a husband and wife appear to predict husband-to-wife violence in the early years of marriage, according to a study by researchers at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions.
  • The Pathway of Estrogen Metabolism Affects Breast-Cancer Risk, UB Research Shows
    10/17/00
    Researchers at the University at Buffalo have found that the development of breast cancer appears to be related to how the body breaks down estrogen.
  • UB Center for the Arts to present Ailey II as part of the KeyBank Dance Series
    10/17/00
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present the internationally known dance troupe Ailey II as the first performance in the 2000-2001 KeyBank Dance Series.
  • Feal Named Editor of Latin American Literary Review
    10/11/00
    Rosemary G. Feal, professor of Spanish and director of graduate studies in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures in the University at Buffalo's College of Arts and Sciences, has been appointed to a three-year term as senior editor of the Latin American Literary Review, one of the leading journals in the field.
  • High Iron Levels Don’t Increase Risk of Death from Heart Disease, UB Study Finds
    10/11/00
    The question of whether too much iron increases the risk of dying from heart disease has received another "no" answer through the results of a population-based, long-term, follow-up study conducted by researchers at the University at Buffalo.
  • Friends of the Center for the Arts to hold Masquerade Ball
    10/5/00
    The Friends of the Center for the Arts will present the second-annual Masquerade Ball from 6 p.m. to midnight on Oct. 28 in the Atrium of the Center for the Arts on the UB North Campus.
  • Center for the Arts to present MacHomer, Seen & Heard
    10/5/00
    The UB Center for the Arts will present two unique performances, MacHomer and Seen & Heard, in November as part of The Off Center Series.