News Releases

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

  • Smoking Restrictions Have Not Harmed Restaurant Business, UB Study Shows
    8/28/00
    Restricting smoking in restaurants has not been a recipe for economic disaster in the restaurant business, despite predictions to the contrary, a review of existing data by a University at Buffalo epidemiologist has found.
  • UB’s Mini-Medical School Sets Five-Part Fall Session
    8/28/00
    The latest advances in genetics, surgery and chemotherapy will be among the topics presented in the next session of the University at Buffalo's Mini-Medical School that will begin Sept. 12.
  • African-American Anglers Disregard Official Advisories, Get Information from Other Anglers, UB Study Finds
    8/28/00
    A study by University at Buffalo epidemiologists has shown African-Americans anglers follow advice from friends and family -- rather the printed state advisories -- when choosing safe fishing waters.
  • Freshmen Get Oriented by Piecing Together a Giant Puzzle-Map of North Campus
    8/25/00
    The University at Buffalo rolled out a giant "welcome map" today to help members of this year's incoming freshman class and transfer students solve the puzzle of how to get around UB’s 1,192-acre North Campus, where classroom buildings, residence halls and parking lots are interspersed with meadows, lakes, and woodlands.
  • McCombe, Tedlock and Eagles Named Associate Deans in College of Arts and Sciences
    8/18/00
    Three new associate deans have been appointed in the College of Arts and Sciences by Kerry Grant, dean of the college.
  • Talk on Global Warming to Kick Off UB Lecture Series for Area Teachers
    8/18/00
    "An Analysis of Global Warming and Potential Effects on Climate and Weather Phenomena" will be the topic of a program at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 6 that will kick off the 2000-01 Western New York Science and Technology Forum lecture series for area teachers.
  • Hog Wild in Athens B.C.E.! Role of Pigs in Social and Religious Life Provides Insights into Ancient Greece
    8/16/00
    Pork may be today's "other white meat," but when it comes to hog heaven, we can't hold a candle to the ancient Greeks, according to Susan Cole, associate professor and chair in the Department of Classics at the University at Buffalo, who has spent years researching the role pigs played in Greek social and religious life.
  • Study Shows Glucose Consumption Increases Production of Destructive Free Radicals, Lowers Level of Key Antioxidant
    8/16/00
    Excess sugar in the bloodstream stimulates the generation of free radicals, the oxygen molecules known to damage cells lining blood vessels and many other organs, according to a study by University at Buffalo researchers.
  • UB Opens South Lake Village Student Housing Complex
    8/15/00
    South Lake Village, the third phase in a long-term plan to provide housing for University at Buffalo students and improve their quality of life, opened today (Aug. 15, 2000) with a ceremony at the complex on the North (Amherst) Campus. The second apartment-style housing complex to be built on the North Campus in the past two years, South Lake Village features nine two-story buildings and seven three-story buildings with a capacity to house 552 students.
  • UB Athletics Gets Huge Boost for Gender Equity
    8/11/00
    The women's athletic programs at the University at Buffalo received a $800,000 "earmark" in the 2000-01 New York State budget to continue efforts to keep pace with other Division I institutions and further balance the opportunities for the university's student-athletes.