News Releases

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

  • Goldstein Student Vocalist At UB Commencement Ceremony
    5/17/99
    Dana Goldstein, a 1999 summa cum laude graduate of UB, was student vocalist on May 16 at the university's 153rd commencement ceremony.
  • Four Recognized as Outstanding Graduates of UB College of Arts and Sciences
    5/17/99
    The UB College of Arts and Sciences recognized four seniors as outstanding graduates of 1999 with Dean's Outstanding Senior Awards at the university's commencement ceremony on May 16.
  • UB Professor Susan Howe, Poet and Critic, Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
    5/17/99
    A noted literary critic as well as a celebrated poet, University at Buffalo English professor Susan Howe is one of nine literary figures from here and abroad recently elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
  • Walker Speaks, Receives Major Award At UB Commencement
    5/17/99
    Joshua W. Walker, a 1999 graduate of the UB, was student speaker and recipient of a major award on May 16 at the university's 153rd commencement ceremony.
  • UB Engineers Develop Virtual-Factory Software
    5/14/99
    Imagine walking through an assembly plant that hasn't been built yet and moving around pieces of equipment that weigh several tons just by pointing and dragging your mouse. It's now possible with new, virtual-factory software that has been developed by University at Buffalo engineers.
  • UB Lab Offers Training In Computer-Chip Testing
    5/14/99
    The first Electronic Test Design Automation Lab in Western New York has been established at UB to train students in the area of computer-chip testing.
  • Buffalo AIDS Clinical Trial to Mark National AIDS Vaccine Day With Thanks, Mayoral Proclamation
    5/14/99
    The Buffalo AIDS vaccine clinical trial will mark the 2nd Annual AIDS Vaccine Day on May 18 with a proclamation by Buffalo Mayor Anthony Masiello and certificates of appreciation to the 45 volunteers who have entered the trial so far.
  • UB Senior Alumni Luncheon to Address Y2K Issue
    5/14/99
    Voldemar Innus, senior associate vice president for university services and UB's chief information officer, will separate "cyberfact" from "cyberfiction" when it comes to the Y2K problem at a senior alumni luncheon on June 2.
  • Researcher Uses Self-Assembling Molecules as 'Legos'
    5/14/99
    Paschalis Alexandridis, Ph.D., has been awarded a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development grant to study amphiphilic molecules, which are found in substances ranging from cell membranes, to shampoo/conditioners, to the ink in your ink-jet printer.
  • $1 Million Grant to Accelerate UB Studies of Cell Protein Structures Implicated In Diseases
    5/13/99
    The California-based W.M. Keck Foundation has given a $1 million grant to the University at Buffalo that will move UB to the forefront in single-molecule and biomedical research.