News Releases

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

  • Hyperreal Environments Could Offer Consumers Authentic Cultural Insights, Says UB Researcher -- You May Be Able to Order Shrimp Quesadilla With Epistemology On The Side
    4/15/98
    A University at Buffalo associate professor of planning says that themed environments often decried by intellectuals as cheesy attempts to excite jaded consumers have the potential to awaken our understanding of just how we make sense of our world.
  • 'UB Explorer' Helps Students Pick From Scores of Options, Customize Their Visit During Open House For Accepted Students -- UB Web Team Scores Breakthrough In Using Web Site For Event Scheduling
    4/15/98
    No one-size-fits-all schedule for the more than 1,500 accepted students who will visit the University at Buffalo on Preview Day 1998. Thanks to a new Web-based program called UB Explorer, each one has the opportunity to develop a customized schedule designed to meet his or her needs and interests.
  • Exhibit By Soto is On Display At Buffalo Arts Studios
    4/14/98
    "Ceremonial Lands," an exhibit by Leandro Soto, U artist-in-residence in the Department of Theatre and Dance, is on display through May 30 at Buffalo Arts Studios.
  • UB's Student Alumni Board Receives Awards From International Student Alumni Association Anna Furgiuele Named Outstanding Student Member In District II
    4/14/98
    The University Student Alumni Board, the student affiliate of the UB Alumni Association, recently was recognized for its program, leadership and enthusiasm at the Spring 1998 District II Student Alumni Association/Student Foundation Conference.
  • Taller Does Not Necessarily Mean Happier, A New UB Study of Growth-Hormone Patients Shows
    4/14/98
    Although popular culture continues to presume that height is a measure of personal satisfaction in life, a new study by a team of psychologists and endocrinologists at the University at Buffalo refutes the idea that taller is necessarily better.
  • Yager Wins Outstanding Senior Award At UB
    4/14/98
    Elowyn M. Yager, a senior majoring in geological sciences and minoring in physical geography, has won the annual Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Dean's Outstanding Senior Award.
  • More to Dental X-Rays Than Cavities And Gum Disease; UB Researcher Says They Indicate The Risk of Stroke
    4/13/98
    Thanks to Laurie Carter’s research, the question is no longer whether susceptibility to stroke is indicated by standard dental X-rays, but to what degree.
  • Smoking's Effects On Pregnancy Not Mitigated By Prenatal Vitamins, UB Study Finds
    4/13/98
    Pregnant women who continue to smoke, thinking their prenatal vitamins will offset the known adverse effects of smoking on the developing fetus, are deluding themselves, a new study by University at Buffalo researchers shows.
  • UB Offering Graduate Tax Certificate Program
    4/13/98
    Registrations are being accepted for the Spring term of the Graduate Tax Certificate Program offered by the Institute for Tax Studies in the University at Buffalo School of Management.
  • UB to Offer Team Performance Certificate Program
    4/13/98
    The Center for Management Development in the University at Buffalo School of Management is offering a "Team Performance" certificate program from April 20 through June 29.