News Releases

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

  • UB Law Students Honored At Commencement
    6/8/98
    Forty-eight graduates of the UB School of Law received awards during the law school's 1998 commencement ceremony.
  • UB to Become Computer-Based, Standardized-Testing Site
    6/8/98
    The UB Career Planning and Placement Office is one of 50 sites out of more than 200 applicants selected by the Educational Testing Services to offer computer-based testing beginning this fall.
  • Blunted Blood Pressure Response to Exercise May Predict Impending Heart Failure In Mi Patients
    6/6/98
    Results of an exercise stress test may help identify recovering heart-attack patients who could be at increased risk of heart failure and premature death, but the predictor in 651 men studied by University at Buffalo researchers turned out to be lowered blood pressure, a factor usually considered an asset.
  • Study Shows Athletes Get No Kick From Nasal Strips
    6/5/98
    Athletes who wear a nasal strip thinking it will increase their air intake and improve their performance are fooling themselves, a new study by exercise science researchers at the University at Buffalo shows.
  • UB Students Receive First Chancellor's Award
    6/4/98
    Six undergraduate students from UB have received the first annual Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence from State University of New York Chancellor John W. Ryan in conjunction with SUNY's 50th anniversary celebration.
  • UB Students Get Paid to Sit In Science Class to Evaluate Faculty Learning Case-Study Approach
    6/4/98
    Attendance rates have jumped to 95 percent in some instances when case studies -- standard practice in business, law and medicine -- are used at the University at Buffalo in science courses for nonscience majors.
  • Memorial Service Set For Seymour Axelrod
    6/4/98
    A memorial service will be held on June 14 for Seymour Axelrod, 70, a psychologist who was professor emeritus in the departments of psychiatry and psychology at UB.
  • Mistrett Honored By Council For Exceptional Children
    6/3/98
    Susan G. Mistrett, education specialist in the Department of Occupational Therapy in the School of Health Related Professions, has been awarded the 1998 Service Award by the Technology and Media Division of the Council for Exceptional Children.
  • Fischman Honored For Work With Hiv Patients
    6/3/98
    Stuart L. Fischman, D.M.D., professor emeritus of oral diagnostic sciences at the UB, recently was honored by the New York State Health Department/AIDS Institute for achievement and commitment in providing services and care for individuals with HIV and their families.
  • UB Graduate Receives Doctoral Dissertation Award
    6/3/98
    Kara Latorella, who received her doctorate from the UB Department of Industrial Engineering in 1997, has been named the 1998 winner of the Stanley N. Roscoe Award for the best doctoral dissertation in a research area related to aerospace human factors.