News Releases

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

  • UB Symposium To Discuss Literary Philosophers
    9/24/99
    UB will host a symposium Oct. 1-2 on "Literary Philosophers? Borges, Calvino, Eco," three distinguished writers known for their metaphysical fiction and intriguing explorations of logic and paradox.
  • New Dean Named For UB School Of Health Related Professions
    9/24/99
    Frank O. Brady, Ph.D., dean of the Division of Health Sciences at the University of South Dakota School of Medicine, has been named dean of the University of Buffalo School of Health Related Professions.
  • Lee Awarded UB MBA Program’s Xerox Fellowship
    9/24/99
    Marvel H. Lee of Allston, Mass., is the 1999 recipient of the Xerox fellowship awarded by the MBA program in the UB School of Management.
  • UB Law School Honors Rochester-Area Alumni
    9/24/99
    A luncheon to celebrate the renewal of the Rochester chapter of the UB Law School Alumni Association and to honor Rochester-area alumni who have achieved distinction in public office will be held at 12:15 p.m. Oct. 13 in the Crown Plaza Hotel, 70 State St., Rochester.
  • AT&T Gives Grant To New UB School Of Information Studies
    9/23/99
    AT&T has awarded UB’s new School of Information Studies (SIS) a $50,000 grant to plan a curriculum to address New York State's information-technology needs.
  • After 30 Years, Gentile Remains Passionate About Teaching
    9/23/99
    Although he's been in the business for 30 years, Ronald J. Gentile still can recall an experience in class during the 1970s that changed his philosophy about teaching.
  • Fountain Named Chair Of Department Of Geology
    9/23/99
    John C. Fountain, Ph.D., UB professor of geology, has been appointed to a three-year term as chair of the department, part of the university's College of Arts and Sciences.
  • UB Professor Says Making “Connection” Is Key In Preventing Youth Suicide
    9/23/99
    Thomas T. Frantz has spent 25 years dealing with people affected by suicide, death, dying and grief, and has witnessed first-hand the pain that leads up to and lingers after a tragedy. That pain can be deadly for teen-agers, he says, and urges parents, teachers and friends to do their part in preventing youth suicide by making a connection with the troubled youth.
  • Artist “Plants” Weeds In UB Art Gallery
    9/23/99
    Artist Tony Matelli has taken a unique stance in the exploration of nature versus culture by recreating familiar weeds -- the rebellious sort that "sprout like elegant anger on the concrete sweep of urban America" -- in a sculpture exhibit that captures how these often unwanted plants imply a social quest for beauty and control.
  • UB-Squeaky Wheel Project Gives Urban Girls a Leg Up in the Use of New Technologies
    9/20/99
    The University at Buffalo has teamed up with Squeaky Wheel/Buffalo Media Resources to offer a unique, extracurricular arts-and-technology outreach program for disadvantaged, early-adolescent girls in grades 5-7 that is designed to help them overcome the technological gender gap. UB students majoring in computer art and media study will serve as staff assistants in the program.