News Releases

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

  • UB Psychiatric Geneticists Receive $4.2 Million To Search For Genetic Markers For Manic Depression
    11/15/99
    A husband-and-wife team of psychiatrists at the University at Buffalo has received a $4.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to search for a gene or genes that may be linked to bipolar disorder, commonly referred to as manic depression.
  • Conference Stresses “Hidden Dangers” Of Windstorms
    11/15/99
    Mention the nation's most damaging natural disasters and most people probably think of earthquakes and floods. Wind probably isn't even on the list. But it should be, according to Michael Gaus, Ph.D., University at Buffalo professor of civil, structural and environmental engineering and president of the American Association of Wind Engineering, since the most vulnerable structures are low-rise buildings, such as residences.
  • UB Management Dean Offers Tips To Survive Y2K
    11/12/99
    As the millennium nears, the hype surrounding Y2K -- or the Year 2000 -- seems to have died down. But Lewis Mandell, dean of the University at Buffalo School of Management, says it may be that we're already in the eye of the Y2K storm, and the damage won't be apparent until the arrival of the new year has blown over.
  • Pato, Rokitka Named To Deans Positions In UB Medical School
    11/12/99
    Carlos Pato and Mary Anne Rokitka have been named to positions in the Dean's Office of the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB.
  • Gift Begets Scholarship Fund Of More Than $260,000 For School Of Engineering And Applied Sciences
    11/12/99
    A retired General Electric executive and UB graduate has used his business acumen to leverage a gift for scholarships to UB's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS).
  • Dolan, Cobb Win UB Moot Court Competition
    11/12/99
    UB law students Kevin Dolan of Franklinville and Charles Cobb of Perrysburg won the Charles S. Desmond Moot Court Competition held at UB last month, earning them a spot on the Buffalo Moot Court Board.
  • UB Scientists Plan Symposium For High-School Students
    11/11/99
    Matter, anti-matter, dancing molecules and "green" chemistry will make an appearance at a UB symposium for high-school students and their teachers called "Quarks, Biomolecules and Polymers: Modern Science and Technology at UB Today," to be held from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 20 in 121 Cooke Hall on the UB North Campus.
  • Natiella, Spiller Recognized By UB Dental Alumni Association
    11/11/99
    University at Buffalo dental educator and researcher Joseph R. Natiella, D.D.S., and Henry Spiller, D.D.S., who advocated the addition of fluoride to public drinking water to prevent dental decay, were honored by the UB Dental Alumni Association at the group's recent reunion dinner dance.
  • Dave Brubeck Quartet To Perform At UB Dec. 11
    11/11/99
    The Dave Brubeck Quartet will be featured in "Christmas With Brubeck" at 8 p.m. Dec. 11 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North Campus.
  • UB, IBM Sign Memorandum Of Understanding
    11/11/99
    The University at Buffalo and IBM Corp., the world's largest computer manufacturer, have signed a memorandum of understanding in which the two parties will collaborate on research and development of new technologies, education, training and placement of UB students, and delivery of educational services and business systems.