News Releases

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

  • Anonymous Donor's Gifts Now Total $4.8 Million In Support of UB's Distinguished Honors Scholars Program
    2/17/99
    The anonymous donor whose generosity launched the University at Buffalo’s Distinguished Honors Scholars Program in 1995 has given UB an additional $800,000 to fund 15-20 full scholarships for freshmen entering UB this coming fall.
  • Visiting Artist to Present Slide Lecture Exploring Links Between Art Forms
    2/17/99
    Award-winning artist Joann Maier, professor of art and printmaking director at Carnegie-Mellon University, will present a slide lecture of her work March 1 in the Center for the Arts.
  • Law School to Host Symposium On Regionalism
    2/17/99
    The potential and the problems associated with regionalism will be the focus of a symposium to be held March 6.
  • Department of Clinical Laboratory Science Rated Among Top 15 By Professional Journal
    2/17/99
    The Department of Clinical Laboratory Science (CLS) in the School of Health Related Professions has been rated among the top 15 such departments in the nation in faculty-research productivity by the journal Clinical Laboratory Science.
  • Chemist Named Associate Director of Center For Computational Research
    2/16/99
    Thomas Furlani has been appointed associate director of the Center for Computational Research, where he will oversee daily operations of the center, as well as develop opportunities for partnerships and collaborations in Western New York.
  • Computer Scientist Appointed Director of Center For Computational Research
    2/16/99
    Russ Miller has been appointed director of the new Center for Computational Research where he will oversee all operations of the center.
  • Beutner to Be Honored For Reseach In Skin Disorders
    2/16/99
    Internationally known immunologist and UB professor emeritus Ernst H. Beutner, Ph.D., has been named co-recipient of a prestigious research award from the American Skin Association.
  • Alumni Association to Hold Spanish Wine And Tapas Festival
    2/16/99
    More than 50 wines from four regions in Spain will be featured during the Spanish Wine & Tapas Festival, to be held March 11 in the Atrium of the Center for the Arts.
  • Art Historian Elected President of International Center of Medieval Art
    2/16/99
    Dorothy F. Glass, professor of art history and a distinguished historian of the Italian art of Europe's Middle Ages, has been elected to a three-year term as president of the International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA).
  • Attorney Leonard Weinglass to Address Controversial Mumia Death-Penalty Case In Lecture
    2/15/99
    Noted civil rights attorney Leonard Weinglass will discuss the death penalty in America, with special focus on the controversial case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, whose judicial cause is tied to the campaign to abolish the death penalty, during a talk set for Feb. 23.