News Releases

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

  • Jazz Group Spyro Gyra to Perform On Oct. 29 Jazz Group Spyro Gyra to Perform On Oct. 29
    9/29/98
    WBFO 88.7 FM, the National Public Radio affiliate operated by UB, will co-sponsor a performance of the jazz group Spyro Gyra on Oct. 29.
  • Minority Student Graduate School Conference Set For Oct. 10
    9/29/98
    Minority college students and graduates interested in applying to graduate school are invited to attend the second annual Minority Student Graduate School Awareness Conference on Oct. 10.
  • Bernardino to Discuss Health Care At "UB At Sunrise"
    9/29/98
    Michael E. Bernardino, M.D., vice president for health affairs at the University at Buffalo, will discuss "How an Academic Health Center Copes in a Chaotic Environment" during a "UB at Sunrise" breakfast program on Oct. 13.
  • NSF Grant Funds First-of-Its-Kind Program For Doctoral Education In Geographic Information Science
    9/28/98
    A new multidisciplinary, doctoral-level concentration in geographic information science -- believed to be the first in the nation -- has been established at the University at Buffalo with the support of a five-year, $2.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
  • UB Receives NSF Grant For High-Speed Computer Connection
    9/28/98
    The University at Buffalo has received $350,000 from the National Science Foundation as its share of a $1.75 million grant to a consortium of New York State research universities that will allow the group to hook into the VBNs, the very-high-speed backbone network service that ties together the supercomputing sites in the country.
  • Computer Instructor Looking At Whether Students Who Own A Computer Perform Better In College
    9/28/98
    Do college students who own computers perform any differently in school than those who don't?
  • Institute For Local Governance And Regional Growth to Host October Conference On Sprawl
    9/25/98
    UB’s Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth at the University at Buffalo will host a conference on sprawl in Western New York on Oct. 7.
  • Atwood Named Chair of UB Department of Chemistry
    9/24/98
    Jim D. Atwood, Ph.D., a professor of chemistry who conducts research in inorganic and organometallic chemistry, has been named chair of the Department of Chemistry.
  • Noted Indian Musicians to Perform At UB On Oct. 4
    9/24/98
    An evening of classical Indian music featuring noted performers Ustad (master) Rais Khan, Ustad Rashid Khan, Samar Saha and Jyoti Goho will be held on Oct. 4 in Slee Concert Hall.
  • Grant to UB's Toshiba Stroke Research Center Fuels Advances In Blood-Flow Dynamics, High-Powered Imaging
    9/24/98
    The Toshiba Stroke Research Center at the University at Buffalo has received a three-year, $500,000 grant to further its pioneering work in improving prevention and treatment of strokes.