News Releases

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

  • UB Scientist Warns that Bad Publicity, Litigation May Produce Shortage of Implant Devices
    6/26/00
    Bad publicity and costly litigation involving some implants threatens to create a growing shortage of devices ranging from heart valves to joint replacements, an internationally known authority on implants at the University at Buffalo warns.
  • Twelve from UB Receive 2000 SUNY Chancellor’s Awards
    6/23/00
    Six faculty members, four professional staff members and two librarians at UB have received 2000 State University of New York Chancellor's Awards for Excellence from SUNY Chancellor Robert L. King.
  • UB School of Social Work Receives $2.9 Million NIAAA Grant to Help Families Break Cycle of Substance Abuse
    6/22/00
    Researchers at the University at Buffalo have received a five-year, $2.9 million grant to conduct an international project aimed at helping children of alcohol-dependent parents avoid becoming substance abusers themselves.
  • Lifestyle Habits Not a Factor in Length of Time to Conceive Among Fertile Women, UB Study Finds
    6/22/00
    University at Buffalo researchers have found that a woman's biology -- specifically age at first menstruation and at first live birth -- not lifestyle habits she or her partner may have adopted, were the major predictors of resolved fertility, defined as conceiving a child only after a year or more of trying.
  • Boris Albini, UB Professor of Microbiology, Dies at 57
    6/21/00
    A memorial Mass will be held at 11 a.m. June 23 in St. Joseph's University Church, 3269 Main St., Buffalo, for Boris Albini, professor of microbiology and research professor of medicine at the University at Buffalo, who died June 20 in his Williamsville home after a long illness. He was 57.
  • Study of Cocaine Withdrawal Shows Symptoms Are Less Daunting Than Previously Thought
    6/20/00
    Withdrawal from cocaine is no picnic, but a study by a researcher at the University at Buffalo has shown that it may not involve the wrenching ups and downs and intense cravings that specialists in the field have considered the norm.
  • Esther and Don Davis Expand Support of UB with $600,000 Gift to Mini-Medical School
    6/19/00
    Retired business executive and Western New York community leader Donald L. Davis and his wife Esther are building a healthier community through a $600,000 gift to the University at Buffalo for its mini-medical school, a highly popular public service program presented by the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
  • UB’s Baldy Center to Host Workshop on Race and the Law
    6/19/00
    "Race and the Law: Critical Discourses Exploring Law and Society Methods and Traditions" will be the theme of the Law and Society Association's Eighth Summer Institute to be held July 5-9, hosted by the Christopher Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy at the University at Buffalo.
  • UB’s Love Canal Archival Collections Document Important Chapter in Environmental Movement
    6/19/00
    The tragic aspects of Love Canal are always at the forefront of our memory of that disaster, but a newly-opened collection of archival materials provides conclusive evidence that what happened in that community should be a source of enormous pride for the Western New York region.
  • Oral Health Of Blacks, Mexican Americans Significantly Worse Than That Of Whites, UB Study Finds
    6/16/00
    African Americans and Mexican Americans have significantly poorer oral health than non-Hispanic whites in the United States, and men have more periodontal disease than women, a study of national data by University at Buffalo epidemiologists has shown.