News Releases

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

  • UB Participating In First Large-Scale Trial of Hiv Vaccine
    1/11/99
    The University at Buffalo's Division of HIV Medicine is one of 50 centers across the U.S. participating in the first nation wide trial of a vaccine to prevent infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
  • Four UB Students Receive Fulbright Scholarships
    1/8/99
    Four University at Buffalo graduate students have been awarded Fulbright scholarships for the 1998-99 academic year.
  • Allen D. Sapp, Jr., Dies, Former Chair of UB Music Department
    1/8/99
    Memorial services will be held Jan. 9 in Corbett Auditorium on the University of Cincinnati campus for Allen Dwight Sapp, Jr., former professor and chair of the University at Buffalo Department of Music and a noted composer.
  • Sexually Abused Children At High Risk of Developing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, UB Psychiatrist Shows
    1/7/99
    Children who have been sexually abused are at high risk of developing post traumatic stress disorder and should be screened routinely for the disorder, even when they show no outward signs of psychological trauma, a University at Buffalo child and adolescent psychiatrist has shown.
  • Gifted Math Program Seeks Nominations For Fall 1999 Class
    1/7/99
    The Gifted Math Program at the University at Buffalo is accepting nominations of outstanding sixth-grade mathematics students submitted by schools and parents for its Fall 1999 entering class.
  • UB Legal Scholar Attacks Fear of Feminism
    12/24/98
    A University at Buffalo associate professor of law says that despite protests to the contrary, the mainstream media have not gone far enough to shed light on the laws, beliefs, practices and behaviors that support the ongoing oppression of women in American society and abroad.
  • "Donnie Brasco" to Speak At UB On March 27
    12/24/98
    Joseph D. Pistone, the FBI agent who infiltrated the Bonanno crime family in New York City as jewel thief "Donnie Brasco," will speak at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 27, in the Center for the Arts.
  • Foit-Albert Associates to Present Lecture And Exhibit At UB
    12/24/98
    An exhibit by Foit-Albert Associates, an architecture, engineering and surveying firm headed by Beverly Foit Albert, clinical associate professor of architecture in the School of Architecture and Planning, will be on display in the architecture school's James Dyett Gallery from March 16 until April 18.
  • UB Mini-Medical School Returns For Second Year With New And Repeat Courses
    12/24/98
    UB’s popular Mini-Medical School will begin its second year of classes in March, offering one new and one repeat lecture series.
  • $2.5 Million Bequest From Anonymous Donor to Benefit UB Engineering Scholarships
    12/15/98
    A $2.5 million bequest commitment that represents one of the largest bequests ever made to the University at Buffalo will fund scholarships for outstanding undergraduate and graduate students in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.