News Releases

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

  • Shock! Knock! Mock! -- The Secret World of Comix
    1/27/99
    The UB Art Gallery will offer a peek into the '90's version of the global netherworld of alternative and underground "comix" with an exhibition of work by insurgent comic-book artist and writer Joe Sacco, whose award-winning documentary work has garnered praise far outside his field.
  • UB Libraries Strategy Aims to Increase Minority Librarians
    1/26/99
    An original and aggressive racial/ethnic diversity recruitment strategy initiated by the University at Buffalo Libraries in 1992 has infused fresh new blood into the libraries and is helping to change the face of librarianship in the United States.
  • "UB Today" Cable Tv Show Sets February Schedule
    1/26/99
    A mind-expanding wall mural that resembles a cartoon equivalent of a blockbuster movie and carbon nanotube research that could contribute to more affordable wall-hung television screens are two of the features that will air on cable television in February on "UB Today."
  • Niagara County Environmental Fund Seeks Proposals
    1/26/99
    The Niagara County Environmental Fund, administered by the New York State Center for Hazardous Waste Management at UB, is seeking proposals for its 1999 funding cycle.
  • UB Researchers to Study Health Risks of Police Work With Help of Buffalo Police Officers
    1/25/99
    Researchers in the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences have received a one-year federal grant to conduct a pilot study on health and psychological stress among police officers.
  • Toles to Simplify Economics During UB Talk
    1/25/99
    Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist and University at Buffalo alumnus Tom Toles will speak on "Economics Made Simpler than Economists Make It..." at UB on Feb. 1.
  • UB to Offer Telecourse On "The American Presidency"
    1/25/99
    UB’s Millard Fillmore College and Adelphia International Cable will help Western New Yorkers better understand the presidential impeachment proceedings in Washington by offering a telecourse on "The American Presidency."
  • UB Opens Exchange Programs With Universities in Cuba, India, China And South Africa
    1/22/99
    The University at Buffalo has expanded its student/faculty international-education effort to include formal academic exchange programs with the University of Havana, Cuba; China's Hangzhou University; Maharaja Sayajirao University in India's Vadordara Gujaret State and South Africa's University of the Western Cape.
  • Noh Actors to Visit UB From Japan For Week of Workshops, Classes And Performance
    1/20/99
    Two renowned actors of Japanese Noh theater will perform, teach and demonstrate the elements of the 600-year-old theatrical form during a week-long residency at the UB on Feb. 17-23.
  • New UB Professor to Speak On Darwin And Feminism As Part of Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series
    1/20/99
    The exploration of possible connections between Darwin's theories of biological evolution and feminism will be the topic of the first UB Institute for Research and Education on Women and Gender Distinguished Faculty Spring 1999 Lecture Series.