News Releases

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

  • UB Law Professor Works To Make Legal Help Available To Prisoners
    10/13/99
    Teresa Miller is well-acquainted with the U.S. prison system, but not because she's spent time behind bars. The associate professor of law at the University at Buffalo has taught a course on international human rights to female inmates in Albion Correctional Facility, worked with prisoners at Attica, and served as a volunteer lawyer with a prison project in Miami.
  • Professor Peter Hare Gives Gifts Totalling $1 Million To Benefit UB Department Of Philosophy
    10/13/99
    A University at Buffalo philosophy professor is sharing more than his teaching excellence with UB's College of Arts and Sciences. Peter H. Hare, Ph.D., SUNY Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Philosophy, has given two gifts totaling $1 million to support activities of the department.
  • UB Nursing School Involved In First Large-Scale, Quality-Of-Life Study Of Women With Lung Cancer
    10/13/99
    The University at Buffalo School of Nursing is one of five nursing schools conducting the first national, large-scale study of quality-of-life issues affecting women with lung cancer.
  • UB To Hold Undergraduate Open House On Oct. 23
    10/13/99
    The University at Buffalo will hold "Discover UB," an open house for prospective undergraduate students, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Oct. 23 on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Kleinman Named Chair Of UB Architecture Department
    10/13/99
    Kent Kleinman, a designer with a distinguished international reputation in architectural design and design theory, has been named associate professor and chair of the Department of Architecture in the School of Architecture and Planning.
  • Meacham Named Chair Of Department Of Psychology At UB
    10/13/99
    Jack Meacham, Ph.D., SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of Psychology at UB, has been named chair of the department.
  • UB Exceeds Fall Enrollment Targets
    10/11/99
    The University at Buffalo has exceeded its enrollment targets for full-time students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and has increased its number of graduate students by more than 15 percent since last fall, according to UB's official enrollment-status report.
  • UB Inducts 5 Into Athletic Hall Of Fame
    10/11/99
    Five former University at Buffalo athletes, including two three-sport stars from the early 1950s, will be inducted into the UB Alumni Association's Athletic Hall of Fame at a dinner Oct. 22 in the Center for Tomorrow on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • UB Pediatric Researchers To Conduct First Trial Of Ability Of Vitamin A To Boost Immune System In Premature Infants
    10/11/99
    University at Buffalo pediatric researchers have received a $1.2 million grant from the Institute for Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, to conduct the first clinical trial of vitamin A's potential to bolster the immune systems of very premature babies, an action that could help prevent potentially deadly infections.
  • Youth Development To Be Topic Of Acer Colloquium
    10/11/99
    "New Perspectives on Youth Development" will be the topic of the Charlotte C. Acer Colloquium on Urban Education, to be held from 4-6 p.m. Oct. 28 in the Screening Room in the Center for the Arts on the UB North Campus.