News Releases

Without a strong response to the decennial census, both New York State and the Buffalo-Niagara region stand to lose federal funds and potentially Congressional representation, the director of the University at Buffalo Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth warns.

The 200th anniversary of the birth of Millard Fillmore, UB’s first chancellor and 13th president of the United States, will be observed in ceremonies to be held at 10 a.m. Jan. 7 in Forest Lawn Cemetery.

Why buy millennium mementos when you can create an original in a class at the Creative Craft Center at UB? The six-week courses for adults will begin Jan. 24 and include basic and intermediate pottery and stained glass, creative and color photography, knitting, crocheting, quilting and jewelry crafting.

Humanities faculty at UB will co-sponsor "The Angelika Film Seminars: Conversations about Great Films" a series of 14 outstanding films followed by seminar discussions led by members of the Department of English in the UB College of Arts and Sciences. The series will run on Wednesday nights from Jan. 19 to April 26 in the Angelika 8 Theater in downtown Buffalo and feature films produced from 1933-85 in a broad range of genres -- farce, musical comedy, film noir, documentary, fantasy, westerns, biography and more.

With an assist from the National Science Foundation, an assistant professor of media study at the University at Buffalo is launching a unique software game that addresses the lack of computer educational activities oriented toward girls, particularly those from underrepresented groups.

The Gifted Math Program at UB is accepting nominations of outstanding sixth-grade mathematics students submitted by schools and parents for its Fall 2000 entering class.

Charles J. Smith, associate professor of music and coordinator of the Music Theory Program at UB, has received the Outstanding Publication Award from the Society for Music Theory.

James Jarvis, director of labor relations for the City of Buffalo, has been named director of employee relations at UB.

Thomas C. Rosenthal, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Family Medicine in the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has been named editor of The Journal of Rural Health, the peer-reviewed publication of the National Rural Health Association (NRHA).

A new law that will allow millions of disabled people to work without losing health benefits has made a new book by a University at Buffalo career planning expert an especially valuable -- and timely -- resource for those with disabilities.