News Releases

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

  • Cancer Cells' Growth, Death to Be Focus of UB Research
    11/25/97
    A $5,000 grant from The Buffalo Foundation will fund research at the UB into the reproduction and self-destruction mechanisms of cancerous cells.
  • UB Primary Care Externship Program Bolstered With $150,000 Grant
    11/25/97
    An innovative program providing real-life clinical learning opportunities in primary care for UB medical students has received a $150,237 three-year grant from the Charles E. Culpeper Foundation of Stamford, Conn.
  • Transmission Improvements at WBFO to be Supported by Foundation Grant
    11/25/97
    New telecommunications technology to improve its broadcast sound quality in electronic feeds to National Public Radio and other radio syndicators will be implemented by WBFO 88.7 FM with the support of a $5,000 grant from The Buffalo Foundation.
  • NCEER Names Soong Interim Deputy Director
    11/24/97
    Tsu-Teh Soong, Samuel Capen Professor of Engineering Science and professor in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, has been named interim deputy director of the National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research.
  • Stomach Acid In Lungs, A Leading Killer of Pregnant Women, is Focus of UB Anesthesiology Research Condition Also Believed to Have Contributed to The Death of Popular Actor, Rock Stars
    11/24/97
    Researchers in the University at Buffalo's Department of Anesthesiology have found that inhaled nitric oxide, a new therapy being tested to treat serious respiratory ailments, may do more harm than good if used for aspiration pneumonia.
  • 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.