News Releases

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

  • 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.
  • Critic Of Technology-As-Religion To Question Value Of Learning Technologies In Higher Education
    1/21/00
    Respected historian and technology gadfly David F. Noble, a controversial and outspoken critic of attempts to "automatize higher education" by setting up extensive distance-learning systems and "online universities" that he says are no more than diploma mills, on Jan. 28 will present the second in a series of lectures sponsored by Critical and Cultural Studies in Information Technology (CCSIT), a UB interdisciplinary graduate initiative.
  • UB Alumnus Establishes Lecture Series With Gift To Graduate School Of Education
    1/21/00
    A UB graduate and his wife have donated $25,000 to UB's Graduate School of Education to establish the Willower Family Lecture Series.
  • UB Institute Announces Feb. 3 State Of The Region Conference
    1/21/00
    Following widespread positive reaction to its November 1999 report, "State of the Region: Performance Indicators for the Buffalo-Niagara Region," the UB Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth will hold a conference Feb. 3 dedicated to examining the report's findings and encouraging area players and partnerships to develop specific strategies for regional change.
  • Moog Gives Engineering Fellowship Money To UB
    1/21/00
    Moog Inc. has given $125,000 to UB for a graduate fellowship in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS).