News Releases

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

  • UB School of Engineering Announces Graduation Guarantee
    1/30/97
    Beginning this fall, the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences will offer all entering freshmen and some new transfer students a new "graduation guarantee."
  • Growing Cancer Threat Among Native Americans Receiving Scant Attention, UB Studies Show Tribal, Urban Health Directors Allot Few Funds For Prevention, Control
    1/30/97
    While cancer is a leading cause of death among Native Americans, providers of health care to these populations give cancer a low priority and commit few funds to its prevention, two University at Buffalo studies have shown.
  • School of Engineering Offers New Co-Op Education Program, Seeks Participation of Local Companies
    1/30/97
    The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has launched a co-operative education program to provide students with nearly a year of paid, full-time work experience in their chosen fields at engineering firms.
  • Marcus, Shechner Receive Fulbrights to Teach Abroad
    1/28/97
    Two UB faculty members will teach abroad during the spring semester under the auspices of the prestigious Fulbright scholar program.
  • Hopkins to Discuss Stroke At UB At Sunrise Series
    1/27/97
    L. Nelson Hopkins, M.D., will address a UB at SUNRISE program to be held at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 19, in the Center for Tomorrow on the North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Zodiaque Dance Company Sets February Performances
    1/27/97
    Zodiaque dance company will present a concert of new works at 8 p.m. on Feb. 13 in the Drama Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the North Campus. Performances will continue on Thursdays through Sundays through Feb. 23.
  • Stegner Heads UB Sciences Alumni Association
    1/27/97
    Randall K. Stegner has been elected president of the board of directors of the Sciences Alumni Association of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.
  • Technology Developed At UB to Read Handwritten Addresses Being Introduced By Postal Service Across The U.S.
    1/24/97
    Beginning this winter in selected post offices across the U.S., handwritten addresses on envelopes will be read and interpreted by a sophisticated, new technology developed at the University at Buffalo.
  • Leppert to Head UB Department of Gynecology-Obstetrics
    1/23/97
    Phyllis C. Leppert, M.D., Ph.D., has been named chair of the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics in the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
  • New Novel By UB's Raymond Federman Published In Paris
    1/23/97
    A new novel titled "Fourrure de ma Tante Rachel" ("Aunt Rachel's Fur") by Raymond Federman, SUNY Distinguished Professor and Melodia Jones Chair in French at UB, has been published in France.