News Releases

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

  • $250,000 Gift From Eleanor Millonzi to Help UB Attract Top Students In Art And Music
    5/6/98
    Eleanor V. Millonzi, a longtime organizer and supporter of the arts in Buffalo, has created an exciting opportunity for the University at Buffalo to recruit and educate the best artists/scholars-in-training.
  • UB Students Win Capen Awards For Academic Achievement
    5/4/98
    Fifty-two University at Buffalo students are recipients of the 1998 Grace Capen Memorial Award in recognition of high academic achievement.
  • 1998 June In Buffalo Festival Will Be One of Largest And Liveliest In History
    5/4/98
    JUNE IN BUFFALO, the celebrated festival and conference dedicated to emerging composers of new music, will be held June 1-7 at the University at Buffalo.
  • Eminent Physician, Scientist to Present 7th Hermann Rahn Lecture At UB
    5/4/98
    Warren M. Zapol, M.D., internationally known anesthesiologist, physiologist and researcher, will deliver the 7th annual Hermann Rahn Memorial Lecture on May 7.
  • UB to Hold 13 Commencement Ceremonies May 15-17
    5/1/98
    About 5,000 students will be candidates to receive degrees during 13 ceremonies to be held May 15-17. The School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences will hold its commencement ceremony on May 22.
  • Earthquake Engineering Center Changes Name to Emphasize Multidisciplinary Nature of Its Work
    5/1/98
    The National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (NCEER), headquartered at the University at Buffalo, has been renamed the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, a national center of excellence in advanced technology applications.
  • UB Researcher to Conduct First Study of Possible Link Between Prostate Cancer And Estrogen Metabolism
    5/1/98
    The first investigation of the role of estrogen metabolism in the development of prostate cancer will begin at the University at Buffalo in October, funded by a $450,000 grant from the U.S. Army's Medical Research and Material Command.
  • Wilson Greatbatch to Speak At Dental School Seminar
    4/30/98
    Wilson Greatbatch, a member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame whose research led to the development of the implantable pacemaker, will be featured speaker at a seminar titled "The Coalescence of the Sciences" on May 14.
  • Lawrence W. Chisolm Dies At 69; Founded UB Department of American Studies
    4/30/98
    Lawrence Washington Chisolm, Ph.D., 69, humanities scholar and professor of American studies at the UB since 1968 died on April 29.
  • UB Law Alumni Association to Recognize 7 At Annual Dinner
    4/30/98
    Five graduates of the University at Buffalo School of Law will receive Distinguished Alumni Awards at the 36th annual UB Law Alumni Association meeting and dinner on May 14. Dean Barry Boyer and state Sen. Mary Lou Rath also will be honored.