News Releases

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

  • Chubby Children Risk Developing Unfavorable Lipid Profile In Childhood, UB Study Shows
    6/16/00
    University at Buffalo investigators have determined that children with a high body mass index (BMI), a measure of obesity, are likely to have high levels of triglycerides and low levels of protective cholesterol in childhood, dyslipidemia conditions that contribute to heart disease in adulthood.
  • New Hybrid Glass More Stable For Chemical Separations
    6/15/00
    A researcher at the University at Buffalo has developed and patented a new hybrid glass material that could replace traditional silica materials for the analytical-separations columns that are ubiquitous throughout the chemical, pharmaceutical, environmental and biotech industries.
  • ELI Conducts Summer Institute For African Educators
    6/13/00
    The UB English Language Institute (ELI) this summer is conducting a special, six-week program for 18 educators from Haiti and 10 sub-Saharan African countries.
  • WBFO Receives 3 First-Place Awards In AP Competition
    6/13/00
    WBFO 88.7 FM, the National Public Radio affiliate operated by UB, won three first-place awards in the 1999 New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Competition.
  • Men Who Develop Testicular Cancer Have Fertility Problems Even Before Diagnosis, UB Epidemiologists Find
    6/12/00
    Men who develop testicular cancer father fewer children and are more likely to have been diagnosed with infertility prior to their cancer diagnosis than healthy controls, a University at Buffalo study has found.
  • $500,000 In State Funding Sponsored By Rath Bolsters Work Of UB Institute For Lasers, Photonics And Biophotonics
    6/9/00
    Prospects for an emerging laser and photonics industry in Western New York have brightened, thanks to a $500,000 allocation from New York State, sponsored by State Senator Mary Lou Rath, to the University at Buffalo's Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics.
  • Researchers Look For Answers To Questions About Parenting Styles And Child Development
    6/6/00
    Researchers in the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) have begun a five-year project, funded by a $3.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, to study infant and child development and the factors that influence parenting skills.
  • University At Buffalo Study Shows Exercise Training Helps Aging Muscles Resist Injury, Could Postpone “Frailty”
    6/6/00
    Regular exercise helps aging muscles retain their flexibility and protects them from injury, one of the few studies of the effect of exercise training on muscle function in aging animals has found.
  • UB Law Professor Judy Scales-Trent Wins Fulbright Award
    6/5/00
    Judy Scales-Trent, professor of law at the University at Buffalo, has received a Fulbright award to conduct research and teach in Senegal during the 2000-2001 academic year.
  • NIH Grant of $1.2 Million to Fund 6 Postdoctoral Fellows at UB’s Research Institute on Addictions
    6/2/00
    A new grant of $1,198,000 to the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholismwill provide quality research training for six future scientists in the causes of alcohol use and misuse, as well as treatment for alcohol-use disorders.