News Releases

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

  • Adult Aphasia To Be Subject Of UB Conference
    9/17/99
    Adult aphasia, a disruption in the ability to speak, write, comprehend or read, will be the subject of a day-long conference to be held Oct. 1 in the Center for Tomorrow on the North Campus.
  • UB To Host Kids Voting Day Activities Sept. 28
    9/17/99
    Western New York's young adults will get a chance to speak their minds at UB on National Kids Voting Day. Approximately 500 students from 75 high schools in Erie and Niagara counties will convene at Alumni Arena and Baird and Slee halls on the North Campus Sept. 28 to participate in a half-day conference on voting behavior and civic responsibility.
  • Artist “Swimming Horse” Tackles What’s Really Going On
    9/17/99
    "Swimming Horse," the nom de subversion of the founder and leader of the art group Hocus-Focus, has had his hoofs in a lot of different projects, but they all have a few things in common.
  • “Culture Jammers” Bring Socio/Economic Protest To UB
    9/17/99
    It's been more than 30 years since their predecessors threw verbal grenades at the military-industrial complex, and decades since environmentalists began wrapping themselves around endangered trees and laying down in front of bulldozers.
  • Ciancio To Be Recognized By Periodontology Academy
    9/17/99
    Sebastian G. Ciancio, D.D.S., professor and chair of the UB Department of Periodontology, will receive the President's Award from the American Academy of Periodontology Sept. 27 at the association's annual meeting in San Antonio.
  • UB Joins Consortium To Market Distance-Learning Programs To Worldwide Audience Via Web Directory
    9/16/99
    UB has joined with a consortium of elite universities that will market to the world their online distance-learning programs via a directory on the World Wide Web.
  • Linda Yalem Memorial Run To Be Held Sept. 26
    9/16/99
    More than 1,600 individuals are expected to race, run, jog, stroll or walk as part of UB’s 10th Annual Linda Yalem Memorial Run, to begin at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 26 on the North Campus.
  • Severe Damage Predicted If Hurricane Floyd Hits North Carolina’s Southeast Coast
    9/15/99
    A sociologist researching regional development along North Carolina's southeast coast said today that if Hurricane Floyd makes landfall in that region, damage will be very serious -- exacerbated by the area's dramatic population increase over 20 years and the overdevelopment of coastal lands.
  • Scientists Determine Structure Of Novel Protein-RNA Complex
    9/15/99
    At first glance, it might look like an artist's elegant design for a Christmas wreath, but the illustration on the cover of this week's Nature is actually a computer graphic of a strand of RNA that has bound to an unusually symmetrical protein by wrapping itself around the protein's outer edge.
  • 22nd Greater Niagara Frontier Dental Meeting Set For Sept. 30 and Oct. 1
    9/14/99
    Lectures, workshops and exhibits on the latest in diagnosis and treatment of dental conditions and topics ranging from periodontal disease to dental implants to infection control will highlight the 22nd Greater Niagara Frontier Dental Meeting.