News Releases

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

  • Lynch Receives MLA First Book Award
    2/14/00
    Deidre Shauna Lynch, associate professor of English at UB, has received the sixth annual Modern Language Association of America (MLA) Prize for a First Book for her book "The Economy of Character: Novels, Market Culture and the Business of Inner Meaning," published in 1998 by the University of Chicago Press.
  • Hough Named Assistant Vice President For Human Resources
    2/14/00
    Susan Hough has been appointed assistant vice president for human resource services at UB.
  • UB Researchers To Study Early Environmental Exposure To Potential Carcinogens And Link To Breast Cancer
    2/14/00
    Jo Freudenheim, Ph.D., professor of social and preventive medicine at the University at Buffalo, is leading a project that will map the early-childhood residences of a group of women, the proximity of their homes to sites that may have been environmentally hazardous, and compare this data to the women with and without breast cancer to see if there is an association.
  • UB to Offer 3 New Advanced Nursing Certificate Programs
    2/10/00
    The School of Nursing will offer three new advanced certificate programs beginning this summer and fall.
  • UB Scientists Report Evidence of "Early Warning" Blood Test That Can Detect Cell Damage From Radiation Exposure
    2/10/00
    Scientists from the University at Buffalo report that they have developed and patented a simple blood test that can measure accumulated cell damage from ionizing radiation -- one of the major causes of cancer -- long before any physical signs are evident.
  • Fraser to Speak in "University and the World" Lecture Series
    2/7/00
    Is it possible in today's world to re-think the politics of recognition so that economic issues can be resolved without losing cultural identity? Nancy Fraser, third speaker in "The University & the World" lecture series, will argue the question at 8 p.m. Feb. 11 in the Center for the Arts Screening Room.
  • Cochran to Deliver Annual King Commemoration at UB
    2/7/00
    The influence of the media on race relations will be the topic of the keynote address presented by nationally known defense attorney Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. at the 24th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration at the University at Buffalo on Feb. 16.
  • UB To Present First Major National Conference On Lives Of Urban Girls
    1/28/00
    The first major national conference held to explore the lives, strengths, problems and needs of young urban women will be held in Buffalo April 14-15. The keynote speaker will be Lani Guinier, professor of law at Harvard University.
  • Processors Donated By SGI Tackle “Standing Room Only” Issue At UB Center For Computational Research
    1/28/00
    An extremely enthusiastic response by University at Buffalo faculty to the year-old, high-performance computing facilities in the Center for Computational Research (CCR) has prompted the center to double the capacity of its most powerful machine, a 64-processor SGI Origin2000 supercomputer. By acquiring 64 additional processors and a high-speed interconnect, the CCR now has a 128-processor Origin2000 supercomputer.
  • UB Conference To Explore How New Technologies Are Changing The Way The World Conducts Business
    1/21/00
    Industry and academic experts from around the world will gather at the University at Buffalo on April 27-29 to investigate how a new wave of computer technologies is revolutionizing the way the world conducts business.