News Releases

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

  • Biogen Endows $1.5 Million Chair In Neurology At UB Lawrence D. Jacobs, Professor of Neurology, to Be First Holder
    6/22/98
    Biogen, a leading international biotechnology company headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., has established the Irvin and Rosemary Smith Chair in Neurology in the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences through an endowment of $1.5 million.
  • W. Howard Mann, 87, Law School Professor Emeritus
    6/19/98
    A memorial service was held in Missoula, Mont., for W. Howard Mann, who served as a professor of constitutional law in the Law School from 1967-85.
  • 2 UB Professors Named SUNY Distinguished Professors
    6/18/98
    Two faculty members at the University at Buffalo -- J. Ronald Gentile, Ph.D., and Wolfgang Wölck, Ph.D. -- have joined the ranks of distinguished professors appointed by the State University of New York Board of Trustees.
  • Poor Young Adults Speak of Their Lives In A "Bleak And Poignant Volume" Their Numbers Are Legion, Their Losses Unimaginable, They Are Sinking Fast
    6/17/98
    A groundbreaking study of poverty-stricken young Americans that offers compelling evidence that despite a continuous flow of sunny, upbeat economic reports that imply that we are all doing better than ever, millions in this group are doing very poorly has been co-authored by a University at Buffalo sociologist.
  • Medical Rehabilitation Conference Set For July 12-13
    6/16/98
    A conference on strategies to move patients successfully from acute care back into the community will be held July 12-13 in the Sheraton Inn Buffalo Airport.
  • Graduating UB Dental Students Honored
    6/16/98
    Thirty-one graduating seniors in the School of Dental Medicine recently received awards at the school's annual Senior Awards Banquet.
  • School of Health Related Professions Honors Graduates
    6/16/98
    Twenty-four new graduates of the School of Health Related Professions were honored with scholarships and awards recently during the school's recent commencement ceremony.
  • Program to Help Western New York Schools Cope With Education Reform, Solve School Problems Assistance Available to Any Teacher, School Or Administrator In WNY
    6/15/98
    The Collaborative Research Network has been established by the UB Graduate School of Education to work with local schools, teachers and administrators to reform their curriculums and teaching methods and solve problems.
  • UB Center For Earthquake Engineering Research Receives $12 Million to Study Transportation Systems
    6/10/98
    The Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, headquartered at the University at Buffalo, will receive $12 million over the next six years from the U.S. Department of Transportation to apply its expertise to improving the seismic performance of the nation's surface transportation system.
  • Creativity, Leadership, Lifelong Learning -- Howard Gardner Will Explores Them All Noted Researcher, Author Will Speak At UB On June 21
    6/10/98
    Howard Gardner -- MacArthur Foundation fellow, an award-winning scientist and one of the most provocative theorists in the fields of social psychology and education today – will speak at UB on June 21.