News Releases

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

  • Staley Named Associate VP Of Public Service and Urban Affairs At University At Buffalo
    4/13/00
    John M. Staley, headmaster of Cora P. Maloney College at UB, has been named associate vice president for public service and urban affairs at the university.
  • Capaldi Named Provost Of University At Buffalo
    4/13/00
    Psychologist Elizabeth Deutsch Capaldi, formerly provost at the University of Florida, has been named provost of the University at Buffalo.
  • John, Janet Sung Donate $1 Million For Scholarships In UB School Of Medicine And Biomedical Sciences
    4/13/00
    A Western New York entrepreneurial couple who have worked steadfastly to improve health care in Western New York are giving a $1 million cash scholarship gift to the University at Buffalo's School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
  • Marshmallow Peeps Collection Is Pride Of UB Librarian
    4/12/00
    Easter is a special time for Kathleen Delaney because it is reminiscent of her first introduction to marshmallow Peeps. Some might say she took her historical passion a bit too far, but the University at Buffalo librarian and archivist has been collecting these marshmallow Easter treats for more than 25 years.
  • UB To Sponsor Conference On Telemedicine Issues April 28
    4/10/00
    The challenges of new technology and its increasing role in helping health-care providers make their services more accessible to patients will be the topic of an all-day conference to be held on April 28 at UB.
  • “Massive Stars” To Be Topic Of Harlow Shapley Lecture At UB
    4/10/00
    "Massive Stars: The Main Furnaces of the Universe" will be the topic of the Harlow Shapley Visiting Lecture, to be presented at 7:30 p.m. April 21 in 201 Natural Sciences Complex on the UB North Campus.
  • 10 Years Of Proactive Community Policing Build Campus Teamwork, Make UB A Safer Place
    4/10/00
    In 1989, the Department of Public Safety at the University at Buffalo underwent a major change when it became one of the first colleges or universities to adopt a new philosophy, management style and organizational strategy known as community policing. Today, more than 10 years later, the department is seeing the results in a safer campus environment.
  • Less Drug, Stronger Laser Beam Allow Photodynamic Therapy To Reach Deep Chest Cancer Lesions, UB Researchers Find
    4/8/00
    Photodynamic therapy (PDT), one of the most promising new cancer treatments, may have much wider application than previously thought, new research by University at Buffalo researchers has shown.
  • UB Dental Researchers Find Obesity Related To Gum Disease
    4/8/00
    Researchers from the School of Dental Medicine at the University at Buffalo have found that obesity is significantly related to periodontal disease through the pathway of insulin resistance.
  • “Operation Mother Hen” Web-Based Review Tool Helps UB Students Struggling With Calculus
    4/7/00
    The Department of Mathematics in the UB College of Arts and Sciences has teamed up with UB Science and Engineering Node Services staff to develop "Operation Mother Hen," a unique Web-based review tool that has virtually banished the old survival-of-the-fittest mentality for "Introduction to Calculus" at UB. In its place is a system that acts like a nurturing "mother hen," rescuing and supporting students who are struggling with the material.