News Releases

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

  • Amherst Resident Receives Federal Fellowship
    4/21/00
    Yan Shtarker, a freshman computer science-and-engineering major at UB, has been awarded a highly competitive Energy Research Undergraduate Laboratory Fellowship from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
  • Hayes To Speak At UB Spring Clinical Day
    4/21/00
    UB medical school graduate Maxine Hayes, a nationally known advocate for programs that promote children's health, will deliver the annual Stockton Kimball Lecture April 29 as part of the UB Medical Alumni Association's 63rd annual Spring Clinical Day.
  • Mandell To Offer Worst Financial Planning Tips At UB Luncheon
    4/21/00
    "The 10 Worst Financial Planning Tips" will be revealed by Lewis Mandell, Ph.D., dean of the UB School of Management, at UB's Senior Alumni luncheon on May 10.
  • UB Chemists Develop Revolutionary Method For Synthesizing Drugs Such As Ritalin, Zoloft
    4/21/00
    A revolutionary method for synthesizing specialty chemicals --especially pharmaceuticals -- that makes it possible to activate the normally unreactive carbon-hydrogen bonds in organic molecules has been developed by a team of University at Buffalo chemists.
  • UB’s Carl Dennis Receives One Of The Most Distinguished Literary Awards In The English Language
    4/21/00
    Carl Dennis, professor of English in the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences, has been named winner of the 2000 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, one of the most prestigious literary awards in the English language.
  • Nineteen UB Inventors To Be Honored At Workshop
    4/21/00
    Nineteen UB inventors will be honored at a workshop and awards presentation to be held from 2-5:30 p.m. May 1 in the University Inn and Conference Center, 2401 N. Forest Road, Amherst.
  • UB Jumps To 11th In Yahoo! Survey Of Wired Universities
    4/19/00
    From nowhere to the top 50 to the top 15. That's the story of the University at Buffalo's remarkable track record in technology in just the past three years, according to the closely watched "wired schools" arbiter, Yahoo! Internet Life Magazine.
  • Low-Fat, High-Fiber Diet Has No Effect On Recurrent Colon Polyps, Multicenter Study Finds
    4/19/00
    Adopting a diet low in fat and high in fruits and vegetables may have many health benefits, but lowering the risk of developing recurrent colon polyps, precursors of colon cancer, does not appear to be one of them.
  • Jain To Discuss “Sucker Potential” At “UB At Sunrise”
    4/19/00
    UB marketing maven Arun K. Jain, Ph.D., will discuss the "sucker potential" in his lecture entitled "Modern Barnums and the Suckers Among Us," to be held May 3 at the "UB at Sunrise" community breakfast.
  • Leach To Deliver D.W. Harrington Lecture At UB
    4/17/00
    The annual D.W. Harrington Lecture will highlight the third annual Resident Scholarly Exchange Day, to be held April 27 at the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.