News Releases

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

  • UB to Host Global Conference on Environmental Health
    7/21/00
    Experts in environmental health from around the globe will convene in Buffalo for 10 days in August to present the latest research in the field and to assess the worldwide disease burden caused by environmental problems.
  • UB Researchers Partner with Japanese Scientists in $10 Million Study of Cellular Mechanics
    7/21/00
    Biophysics researchers at the University at Buffalo have been selected by the Japan Science and Technology Ministry to be its international collaborator on a $10 million research project aimed at understanding the mechanical sensitivity of cells.
  • UB to Offer Doctorate in Audiology
    7/21/00
    The University at Buffalo has received approval to offer a doctor of audiology degree (Au.D.), one of less than 10 in the United States, beginning in the Fall 2000 semester.
  • $315,000 Bequest Establishes the Joseph T.J. Stewart Honors Program in UB School of Management
    7/21/00
    An honors program for exceptional undergraduate students enrolled in the University at Buffalo School of Management has been established in memory of Joseph T.J. Stewart, a prominent Buffalo-area businessman and philanthropist who passed away last year.
  • Three from UB Named SUNY Distinguished Professors
    7/21/00
    Three University at Buffalo faculty members have joined the ranks of distinguished professors appointed by the State University of New York Board of Trustees.
  • UB Law Professor Urges Zero Tolerance of Abuse to End Out-of-Control Rage, Behavior at Youth Sporting Events
    7/19/00
    A policy of zero tolerance is an effective deterrent against abusive, out-of-control behavior by parents at youth sporting events, says Charles Patrick Ewing, a nationally known law professor and forensic psychologist at the University at Buffalo.
  • Saleh Elected President of UB Alumni Association
    7/19/00
    David J. Saleh of Corfu, a 1978 graduate of the University at Buffalo Law School, has been elected to a one-year term as president of the UB Alumni Association.
  • UB's "Public Casting of Cities"Project Fashions Buffalo's History in Bronze
    7/13/00
    A year-long multidisciplinary research and construction project by the University at Buffalo will produce a new form of public art that was designed specifically for the City of Buffalo, but which can serve as a model for cities seeking to reclaim their histories. It is a massive, 24-page, sculptural book comprised of two-dimensional historical and conceptual maps, buildings, icons and other visual historical data -- all cast in bronze -- that will articulate significant events and benchmarks in the history of Buffalo.
  • UB Takes Virtual Show on the Road to the Halls of Congress for Science Day 2000
    7/12/00
    Hardboiled Beltway insiders probably think they know all there is about just how "virtual" reality can get. But on July 12 on the third floor of the Cannon Building on Capitol Hill, members of Congress got the chance to truly experience virtual worlds, courtesy of a University at Buffalo exhibit on virtual reality.
  • UB To Offer Environmental Engineering Degree
    7/10/00
    The New York State Department of Education has approved the University at Buffalo's new bachelor of science degree in environmental engineering, the first and only one of its kind at a public institution in the state.