News Releases

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

  • Teaching Will Never Rise In Reward System In Higher Education, UB Sociologist Says
    11/12/96
    Teaching will never be as lucrative as research in the reward system of higher education and continuing to blame the emphasis on research for a perceived neglect of teaching is foolish and counterproductive, a University at Buffalo sociologist maintains.
  • UB JAMA Study Says Genetics May Explain Why Some Women Smokers Develop Breast Cancer
    11/12/96
    The answer to the question of whether smoking increases a women's risk of developing breast cancer may lie in her genes, researchers at the University at Buffalo and the National Cancer Institute have found.
  • UB Management School Rated Among Nation's Best
    11/11/96
    The MBA and undergraduate business programs in the University at Buffalo School of Management are among the best nationwide, according to a recent rating of the top business schools in America.
  • Corder Named Major Gifts Officer For UB Medical School
    11/11/96
    Linda J. Corder, Ph.D., has joined the staff of the University at Buffalo Office of University Development as major gifts officer for the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
  • Shippam Named to Senior Director Post In Office of University Development
    11/11/96
    The University at Buffalo Office of University Development has appointed Michael J. Shippam as senior director of development.
  • Spagnoli Named Senior University Fellow
    11/8/96
    John J. Spagnoli, former director of the Buffalo region of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), has been named a senior university fellow at the University at Buffalo and research associate professor in the UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
  • Center Focusing On Assistive Devices For Older Persons Awarded $2.5 Million Grant
    11/7/96
    The only center in the U.S. devoted to the study and development of assistive devices for older persons with disabilities, housed at the University at Buffalo, has received $2.5 million in federal funds to continue its work through 2001.
  • Assisting Arthritis Patients to Walk After Hip-Replacement Surgery Focus of UB Study
    11/7/96
    Developing new methods to correct unhealthy walking patterns in patients with degenerative joint disease who have received hip replacements is the focus of a study being conducted at the University at Buffalo.
  • Professor of Chemical Engineering Named Asee Fellow
    11/7/96
    Thomas W. Weber, Ph.D., professor and acting chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University at Buffalo, has been named a fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education.