News Releases

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

  • Symposium To Honor Ruckenstein, National Medal of Science Recipient
    5/25/99
    A Chemical Engineering Symposium in honor of Eli Ruckenstein, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the University at Buffalo Department of Chemical Engineering and 1998 winner of the prestigious National Medal of Science, will be held June 18-19 at UB.
  • Is Handwriting Truly Individual? UB Computer Scientists Are Finding Out
    5/25/99
    Ransom notes, like the one left behind in the JonBenet Ramsey murder case, and other handwritten documents that provide clues to criminal cases may soon be easier to analyze, thanks to research being conducted by University at Buffalo computer scientists.
  • 46 UB Students Receive Grace Capen Academic Awards
    5/25/99
    The Grace P. Capen Academic Awards have been presented by the University at Buffalo Women's Club to 46 sophomores who have completed three semesters of full-time work and a minimum of 45-50 hours at UB and earned a quality-point average of 3.9.
  • Very-Low-Fat Diet May Compromise Immune Function, Increase Infection Rate in Trained Runners, UB Study Finds
    5/22/99
    Trained runners who severely limit the amount of fat in their diets may be suppressing their immune system and increasing their susceptibility to infections and inflammation, a University at Buffalo study has shown.
  • Institute Showcases Regional Information Network
    5/20/99
    The University at Buffalo's Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth has compiled a 5,300-page Western New York Regional Information Network Web site at http://rin.buffalo.edu.
  • Patients Give Vote of Confidence to Pharmacies Operated by UB School of Pharmacy and Local Supermarket
    5/19/99
    An innovative program that operates community pharmacies jointly through the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Tops Markets, Inc., has resulted in better care for patients and better use of pharmacists' skills, and also is responsible for significantly increasing business in the pharmacies -- in one case, more than doubling the number of prescriptions filled.
  • "Smart Concrete" Would Determine Weight of Trucks as They Travel on a Highway
    5/19/99
    Truck-weighing stations on highways could become a thing of the past as a result of a new application for "smart concrete" developed by University at Buffalo engineers.
  • Pharmacy Student's Classroom Lesson Saves Life
    5/19/99
    University at Buffalo pharmacy student Brian Olney didn't expect to save anyone's life when he reported to his internship job one Friday last month.
  • UB Computer Scientist Cai Wins Humboldt Research Award
    5/19/99
    Jin-Yi Cai, Ph.D., a professor of computer science and engineering at the University at Buffalo, has been awarded the Humboldt Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
  • Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Wins Coleman Grant
    5/18/99
    The Coleman Foundation has awarded a $25,000 grant to the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership in the School of Management for development of a program that partners the center with the school's undergraduate internship program.