News Releases

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

  • Taylor Receives NSF Grant To Study Animal Hybridization
    5/11/00
    There's a new invader in Lake Erie, though you wouldn't know it to look at it. It's a hybridized water flea, a result of an invader European species mating with the native species, and it may be replacing the native water-flea species in Lake Erie, according to a UB professor who has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to study animal hybridization.
  • Delaware North’s CEO Donates To UB
    5/11/00
    Jeremy M. Jacobs, Sr., chairman and CEO of Delaware North Companies, Inc. -- a $1 billion-plus diversified international holding company owned by Jacobs -- continues his long-standing commitment to the University at Buffalo with an annual $100,000 gift.
  • UB Dermatologist To Speak At Senior Alumni Luncheon
    5/11/00
    How to minimize damage to your skin by taking better care of it will be the topic of the UB Senior Alumni Luncheon, to be held at noon on June 13 in the Center for Tomorrow on the UB North Campus.
  • UB Students Win Poetry Competitions
    5/11/00
    Award-winning poetry in competitions sponsored by the UB Libraries and the Department English in the UB College of Arts and Sciences have earned four students cash prizes and honorable mentions.
  • UB Students Receive Art Department Awards
    5/9/00
    Nine students in the UB Department of Art have received 1999-2000 departmental awards for their work.
  • UB Grad School Of Education To Sponsor Professional Development Institute
    5/9/00
    The UB Graduate School of Education (GSE) will present its first week-long summer professional-development institute for educators July 10-14 on the university's North Campus.
  • UB’s Ohtake Wins Award For New Physical Therapy Faculty
    5/9/00
    Patricia J. Ohtake, Ph.D., assistant professor of physical therapy, exercise and nutrition sciences in the UB School of Health Related Professions, will receive the Margaret L. Moore Award for Outstanding New Academic Faculty Member from the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) at its annual conference in June in Indianapolis.
  • Mouthwash As Smoking Deterrent? UB Dental Researchers To Test New Product For Safety, Efficacy
    5/9/00
    Smokers who want to quit but really enjoy the taste of a cigarette may soon have a new weapon at their disposal. And if it works, it would be as easy to use as mouthwash.
  • Database For Rehab Outcomes Stored At UB Could Set Standard For Medicare Reimbursements
    5/9/00
    Researchers in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University at Buffalo have taken the lead in the creation of a standard for measuring rehabilitation’s effectiveness that could be used by rehabilitation hospitals and other rehabilitation units as the basis for Medicare prospective payment.
  • National Civil-Engineering Group Honors UB’s Lee
    5/9/00
    The American Society of Civil Engineers has chosen George C. Lee, Ph.D., Samuel P. Capen Professor of Engineering at the University at Buffalo and director of the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering (MCEER) at UB, to receive the prestigious Nathan M. Newmark Medal for 2000.