News Releases

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

  • UB Retools, Expands Teacher Education Program
    9/14/99
    The Graduate School of Education (GSE) at the University at Buffalo consistently rated as among the top education schools in the country, has dramatically reorganized and enlarged its program leading to New York State teacher certification in response to rapid changes in the field of teacher education and an expected increase in demand for new teachers.
  • Consumers Ordering New Prescriptions Online Are Asking For Trouble, UB Pharmacy Professor Says
    9/14/99
    When used judiciously, pharmacy Web sites can play an important educational role for consumers, but they never should be used for ordering new prescriptions, according to a professor of pharmacy at the University at Buffalo.
  • UB Engineer’s Study Of Turbulence Takes Him To High Seas
    9/14/99
    As director of the Turbulence Research Lab at the University at Buffalo, Clarence resident William K. George, Jr., Ph.D., deals with mathematics and theory daily. But he also enjoys a change in latitude for a different kind of turbulent adventure: sailing.
  • Two Gifts Fund Fellowships for UB’s Energy Systems Institute
    9/13/99
    The Bergquist Corp. and Custom Electronics, Inc. are betting on the brainpower of students by giving gifts to the UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences to fund fellowships for students affiliated with its Energy Systems Institute.
  • Alum’s Gift Honoring Brother’s Memory Provides Study Center for UB’s Dental Students
    9/13/99
    A UB graduate who is a prominent Western New York attorney has honored his brother's memory through an endowment gift for a student study center in the School of Dental Medicine. Gordon R. Gross, senior partner in the Buffalo law firm Gross, Shuman, Brizdle and Gilfillan, has given $100,000 to establish the Alan J. Gross Student Resource Room.
  • UB Revives Marching Band with Return to Division I-A Football
    9/10/99
    The opening of the 1999 football season at the University at Buffalo will mark the revival of a tradition when UB's new marching band -- "The Thunder of the East" -- takes the field at the first Bulls game on Sept. 11 against the University of Akron.
  • UB Center Receives Lead-Training Accreditation
    9/10/99
    UB's Toxicology Research Center has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as an accredited lead-hazard control training provider.
  • Acharya to Head Computer Science and Engineering at UB
    9/10/99
    Raj Acharya, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, has been named chair of the department.
  • Constantinou Named Chair of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering at UB
    9/10/99
    Michael Constantinou, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, has been named chair of the department.
  • Mission I-A Finally a Reality as Akron Comes to Town
    9/9/99
    The University at Buffalo Bulls have waited 29 years and one extra week to see their dreams of returning to Division I-A football realized. The Bulls begin their first Division I-A campaign since 1970 by hosting their inaugural game in the Mid-American Conference against the University of Akron on Saturday, Sept. 11, at 7 p.m. in the newly-expanded UB Stadium.