News Releases

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

  • Jacobs Designates Newly Purchased Butler Mansion For Use By UB School Of Management
    12/7/99
    Jeremy M. Jacobs, Sr., chairman and chief executive officer of Delaware North Companies, today finalized purchase of the Butler Mansion and announced that he will make the building available for use by the University at Buffalo School of Management.
  • Environmental Audit Of Amherst High School By UB Students Reveals Ways To Save Money, Energy
    12/7/99
    A detailed "environmental audit" prepared for Amherst Central High School by students at UB is being applauded by high school and district officials for its incisiveness and for its environmentally friendly, often economical recommendations.
  • $1 Million Gift From Henry A. Panasci, Jr. To Establish Entrepreneurial Award At UB
    12/6/99
    A pharmacist and business executive turned venture capitalist, University at Buffalo graduate Henry A. Panasci, Jr. has given $1 million to the university to create a competition that encourages students to become entrepreneurs.
  • New Study In Pediatrics Shows Single Dose Of ADHD Medication Lasts Entire School Day
    12/6/99
    A new University at Buffalo study published in the December issue of Pediatrics comparing the effectiveness over time of Adderall and Ritalin -- two drugs for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) -- shows that a single dose of Adderall is effective for a full school day.
  • It’s Easy To Find Holiday Gifts For Children With Disabilities
    12/3/99
    Is there an infant or toddler with disabilities on your holiday gift list? If so, you might be interested in some advice from Susan Mistrett, director of the Let's Play! project at the University at Buffalo, which uses assistive technologies and interactive strategies to help disabled children to play.
  • Wells Drilled On Campus To Give Geology Students An Edge
    12/3/99
    For the University at Buffalo Department of Geology, "hands-on" in a lab apparently isn't hands-on enough. That's why excavators are drilling four, 50-foot wells on the North (Amherst) Campus so that students can learn about hydrogeology -- the study of how water and other liquids, such as pollutants, move through the shallow subsurface -- up close and personal.
  • Activist Offers Tips For “Green” Holiday Season
    12/3/99
    Some might say Walter Simpson has a "bah, humbug!" attitude toward the holiday season. But the University at Buffalo energy officer and environmental activist says the holidays just are not happy anymore because they have become a time "scarred by hypocrisy and commercialism" and bring the year's most unecological and earth-destructive practices.
  • RIA Receives $2.74 Million Federal Grant To Study Teens’ Risky Behavior
    12/3/99
    With the help of a $2.74 million grant, researchers at the University at Buffalo and the University of Missouri-Columbia are taking steps to find answers to why some teens engage in risky behaviors, such as drinking, using drugs and having unsafe sex.
  • Motorola Selects UB School Of Management To Deliver Executive MBA Program In China
    11/30/99
    Motorola has selected the University at Buffalo School of Management to deliver an Executive MBA program to customers and employees from the company's operations in China.
  • UB Studies Of Purkinje Neuron Yield New Insights Into How Alcohol Damages The Brain
    11/30/99
    Does drinking really kill brain cells? If not, what does happen, and how does it happen? Is the damage permanent? Does chronic alcohol abuse in late adulthood increase the deficits caused by aging? For 16 years, UB professor Roberta J. Pentney has pondered these basic questions concerning chronic alcohol abuse and brain function. Her painstaking work has yielded striking and unexpected answers.