News Releases

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

  • UB Psychologist Urges Abandonment of Corporal Punishment Nonpunitive Methods Are Just As Effective, But Not Morally Objectionable
    11/24/97
    Corporal punishment should be abandoned as a form of disciplining children because it is morally objectionable and because there are effective, non-punitive alternatives available, a University at Buffalo psychologist maintains.
  • New Book Says Homicides Within Families Increasing; Investigates Dynamics of Intrafamilial Homicide
    11/21/97
    Dozens of cases of intrafamilial homicide are examined in "Fatal Families: The Dynamics of Intrafamilial Homicide" a new book by Charles Patrick Ewing, professor of law and adjunct professor of psychology at the University at Buffalo.
  • Nancollas Appointed Larkin Chair of Chemistry At UB
    11/19/97
    George Nancollas, D.Sc., Ph.D., SUNY Distinguished Professor in the UB Department of Chemistry, has been appointed the Larkin Chair of Chemistry for a five-year term
  • University Libraries Honored For Digital Initiative
    11/14/97
    The UB Libraries have received the 1997 Joseph F. Schubert Moving Towards Excellence Award from the New York State Library for its "Digital Library Initiative."
  • Newman Reappointed Chair of UB Foundation Board
    11/14/97
    Reginald B. Newman II, president of NOCO Energy Corp., has been reappointed chair of the board of trustees of the University at Buffalo Foundation, Inc.
  • University Libraries Honored For Digital Initiative
    11/14/97
    The UB Libraries have received the 1997 Joseph F. Schubert Moving Towards Excellence Award from the New York State Library for its "Digital Library Initiative."
  • New Book Explores Research On Plant Defense Systems
    11/14/97
    The discovery that plants respond actively to specific attacks by herbivores and pathogens is the topic of a new, state-of-the-discipline critical overview co-authored by Ian T. Baldwin, University at Buffalo associate professor of biological sciences and a specialist on plant defense systems.
  • New Book Explores Research On Plant Defense Systems
    11/14/97
    The discovery that plants respond actively to specific attacks by herbivores and pathogens is the topic of a new, state-of-the-discipline critical overview co-authored by Ian T. Baldwin, University at Buffalo associate professor of biological sciences and a specialist on plant defense systems.
  • Toronto Design Firm to Exhibit Work In UB Art Gallery
    11/14/97
    An exhibit featuring the innovative, multidisciplinary graphic designs of the Toronto firm Dinnick & Howells will be on display from Nov. 20 through Dec. 12 in the Art Department Gallery in the UB Center for the Arts.
  • Toronto Design Firm to Exhibit Work In UB Art Gallery
    11/14/97
    An exhibit featuring the innovative, multidisciplinary graphic designs of the Toronto firm Dinnick & Howells will be on display from Nov. 20 through Dec. 12 in the Art Department Gallery in the UB Center for the Arts.