News Releases

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

  • 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.
  • 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.