News Releases

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

  • Former President Bush To Speak At UB On Sept. 29
    8/27/99
    Former U.S. President George Bush will kick off the University at Buffalo's 12th Annual Distinguished Speaker Series at 8 p.m. Sept. 29 in Alumni Arena on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Memorial Service Planned For Professor Victor Pastena
    8/23/99
    A memorial service will be held Sept. 2 in UB’s Newman Center chapel on Frontier Road on the North Campus for Victor S. Pastena, 52, Clifford C. Furnas Professor of Accounting and chair of the Department of Accounting and Law in the UB School of Management. Pastena died unexpectedly July 20 in Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City while awaiting a liver transplant.
  • UB Engineer Says Turkey's 'Twin Quake' Occurred Along A Fault Similar To San Andreas Fault
    8/23/99
    The "twin quake" that struck western Turkey last week occurred on a fault that is a "textbook example" of a transform fault like California's San Andreas Fault, according to an engineering seismologist at the University at Buffalo.
  • Engineers Find Volcanic Mineral’s Affinity For Strontium-90 Makes It Ideal Choice For West Valley Cleanup
    8/23/99
    Starting this month, the same material cat-lovers use to sanitize their pets' litter boxes will be used to remove strontium-90 from groundwater in a pilot project at the West Valley Demonstration Project that is based on successful testing of the technology at the University at Buffalo.
  • UB Expert, Member Of Reconnaissance Team In Turkey, Says Infrastructure Is Key To Recovery in Quake Aftermath
    8/20/99
    While news reports have focused on the shoddy construction methods that caused thousands of buildings to fail in Tuesday's earthquake in Turkey, a key to the country's recovery from the disaster is the condition of its roads and bridges in the quake's aftermath, according to a University at Buffalo engineer who is part of a reconnaissance team that is in Istanbul to evaluate the earthquake damage.
  • 5 Named To Blue And White Club’s Board Of Directors
    8/19/99
    Five new members have joined the board of directors of UB's Blue and White Club for three-year terms beginning July 1, 1999.
  • Human Resource Management Certificate Program To Be Offered By UB School Of Management
    8/18/99
    A 10-week Human Resource Management Certificate Program, focusing on how organizations can better manage their employees, is being offered by the UB School of Management.
  • UB School Of Management Schedules Team Performance Certificate Program
    8/18/99
    A 10-week Team Performance Certificate Program, focusing on the development of team skills and an in-depth understanding of team environments, is being offered by the UB School of Management.
  • Building Codes In Turkey, As In U.S., Need Improvement
    8/18/99
    Building collapses following Tuesday's earthquake in Turkey probably were caused, in part, by inadequate building materials and by problems with establishment and enforcement of proper building codes, according to researchers at the University at Buffalo and the university's Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER).
  • UB Opens First New Housing On Campus In 25 Years
    8/17/99
    Hadley Village, the first new student housing built on the University at Buffalo campus in 25 years and the university's first apartment-style housing for undergraduates, opened today (Aug. 17, 1999) with a ceremony at the complex on the North (Amherst) Campus.