News Releases

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

  • Cokie Roberts Lecture Canceled
    3/12/99
    The UB Distinguished Speaker Series lecture featuring Cokie Roberts scheduled for Wednesday, March 24, has been canceled.
  • UB's "Ice Man" Takes Time From Classroom to Study Lake Freeze, Thaw Dates As Indicators of Climate Change
    3/10/99
    At the University at Buffalo, the "ice man" cometh with an ice auger, an ice spud, a meter stick and a couple of screwdrivers that hang from a string around his neck. Kenton Stewart, Ph.D., professor of biological sciences in the UB College of Arts and Sciences, is UB's iceman.
  • UB Engineering Students Assemble And Operate A Real Water-Treatment Plant For Final Project
    3/8/99
    Imagine knowing that your master’s degree rides on getting a pilot water-treatment plant up and running. That was the final project facing four students pursuing master's degrees in the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. And they did it.
  • Students Ready For The Job Market Get Tips On Dos And Don'ts of Business-Luncheon Behavior
    3/8/99
    Proper dining manners and self-presentation skills were on the menu at last week's first annual "Etiquette Luncheon" at the University at Buffalo, hosted by the Office of Career Planning and Placement.
  • Distinguished Cognitive Scientist Michael Posner to Present Major Public Lecture
    3/8/99
    New applications of neuroimaging in the cognitive sciences will be discussed April 2 when renowned cognitive psychologist Michael I. Posner presents the 1999 Distinguished Speaker Lecture sponsored by the Center for Cognitive Science
  • UB Library School, Communication Department to Merge, Form School of Information Studies
    3/8/99
    The School of Information and Library Studies at the University at Buffalo and the university's Department of Communication will merge on July 1, creating a unit that will enable UB to conduct more productive educational programs in information and communication technology.
  • Research Institute On Addictions Slated to Become Part of UB
    3/5/99
    The Research Institute on Addictions, currently an arm of the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, is slated to become part of the University at Buffalo.
  • 13 UB Inventors to Be Honored At Reception As Tech-Transfer Office Adopts New Mission
    3/5/99
    Thirteen University at Buffalo inventors will be honored at a reception to be held on March 15 by the Office of Technology Transfer Licensing in its new role as part of the UB Business Alliance.
  • UB to Offer Another Session of Mini-Medical School
    3/4/99
    A new, five-session, mini-medical course for the lay public will be offered beginning March 16 through the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
  • Nobel Laureate Prusiner to Lecture At UB
    3/4/99
    Stanley B. Prusiner, M.D., internationally known neurologist, researcher and 1997 Nobel laureate in medicine, will speak at UB on March 22 in a combined Harrington Lecture and an Edward Fogan Lecture in Neurology.