News Releases

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

  • UB Offers Evening Program In Architecture
    12/4/96
    The University at Buffalo has reopened its evening undergraduate program leading to a bachelor of professional studies degree (BPS) in architecture. The program is offered through Millard Fillmore College, UB's evening division.
  • Wright Named Interim Vp, Medical-School Dean
    12/3/96
    John R. Wright, M.D., chair of the Department of Pathology, has been appointed interim vice president for clinical affairs and dean of the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, effective Jan. 1.
  • $200,000 Gift to Support School of Pharmacy
    11/25/96
    The University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy has received a $200,000 bequest from the late William M. Palmer, Jr., a 1959 graduate of the school who entered the pharmacy program as a nontraditional student at age 37.
  • Leading Researcher In Cell Communication to Speak At UB
    11/25/96
    David L Garbers, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and a leading researcher into the mechanisms cells use to communicate with each other, will be the speaker at two distinguished lecture series during a three-day visit to the University at Buffalo on Dec. 4-6.
  • Earthquake Engineer Named Chair of Civil Engineering
    11/22/96
    Andrei M. Reinhorn, Ph.D., professor of civil engineering at the University at Buffalo and internationally recognized expert in earthquake engineering, has been named chair of the Department of Civil Engineering in the UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
  • Welch's Book Receives National Honors
    11/22/96
    A book written by Claude E. Welch Jr., Ph.D., SUNY Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University at Buffalo, has been recognized for special honors by two major national organizations.
  • Castellani And Andriaccio to Perform At White House
    11/22/96
    Buffalo's Castellani/Andriaccio Duo -- critically cited as one of the greatest guitar duos of our time -- has been invited to perform at the White House on Thursday, Dec. 19, at a private affair for invited dignitaries who will be touring the house by special invitation of the First Family.
  • Pet Scans Reveal Abnormal Brain Activity After Concussions -Condition May Last Months
    11/19/96
    BUFFALO, N.Y. ­ Researchers at the University at Buffalo have shown that a concussion results in abnormal brain activity within the first few weeks post-injury, and that the abnormality can last for months. This activity correlates with patient complaints of physical and emotional discomfort early on, and later with various cognitive impairments, researchers found.
  • New Compound Developed At UB May Be Effective Against Hiv, Even When It Mutates
    11/17/96
    AIDS researchers have long sought a treatment that would work, even in the face of the virus' uncanny ability to mutate.
  • New Technique Provides First Look At Atomic Interactions Between Proteins
    11/15/96
    In an experiment that they expect will prove applicable to the whole cascade of biological communications known as signal transduction, researchers at the University at Buffalo's Center for Structural Biology have for the first time produced and observed the separation of two kinds of atomic interactions between proteins.