News Releases

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

  • Gift to UB Pharmacy School to Benefit Student Scholarships
    4/10/98
    A new scholarship for students in the School of Pharmacy has been established through a $150,000 gift from June Larwood to honor the memory of her late husband, Lorren, a 1939 graduate of the school.
  • UB Plans 'take Our Daughters to Work' Program
    4/10/98
    UBwill hold its third annual Take Our Daughters to Work Day on April 23 as part of a national celebration organized by the Ms. Foundation.
  • UB Sociologist to Discuss 'the Theming of America'
    4/10/98
    Americans' obsession with themed environments will be discussed by Mark Gottdiener, Ph.D., in a "UB at Sunrise" program from 7:30-9 a.m. on April 28 in the Center for Tomorrow.
  • UB Library Media Specialist Selected to Develop Standards For Teaching Profession
    4/10/98
    Nancy P. Zimmerman, Ph.D., has been named to the Library Media Standards Committee of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
  • Mahoney Receives First Place In National Competition
    4/10/98
    Martin C. Mahoney, Ph.D., M.D., clinical instructor in the Department of Family Medicine, has received the first-place award in the 1998 American Academy of Family Physicians Resident Scholars Competition.
  • Fiedler Receives National Award For Lifetime Achievement In Arts And Letters
    4/10/98
    Leslie Fiedler, SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Samuel L. Clemens Professor of English at the UB, recently received the Ivan Sandroff Award from the National Book Critics Circle.
  • UB Projects Reveal Strong Foundation For Increased Regional Collaboration In Western New York
    4/9/98
    Western New York governments and other public-service entities have an "impressive and encouraging" record of cost-effective collaboration and a growing interest in more such efforts as an approach to building a stronger region, according to two reports released by the Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth at the University at Buffalo.
  • 8 to Be Honored By UB Alumni Association
    4/9/98
    A physician known internationally for his pioneering work in developing dermatology as a medical specialty and a man considered the most powerful individual in talent management in the entertainment industry are among eight individuals to be honored at the University at Buffalo Alumni Association's annual awards dinner.
  • Photo Exhibit At UB Focuses On Appalachian Blacks
    4/9/98
    Blacks in two rural Appalachian communities will come to life in a exhibit of photographs on display through May 29 outside the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts.
  • Effects of Lead Poisoning On The Brain to Be Topic of Annual Neurology Lecture At UB
    4/9/98
    Gary W. Goldstein, M.D., a pediatric neurologist at Johns Hopkins University, will deliver the annual Edward Fogan Lecture in Neurology on April 21.