News Releases

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

  • UB Faculty Member Cleans Up As Soap Opera Expert
    1/23/97
    Mary Cassata, UB professor and co-author of a new book on "The Young and The Restless,² knows some of the on-screen characters in today¹s television soap operas better than she knows most of her real-life neighbors.
  • Study Suggests White, Working-Class Women's Livesare "Saturated" With Domestic Violence Surprising Levels of Physical Abuse Reported In Stable White Families
    1/22/97
    A study of white, working-class women in relatively stable families co-authored by a University at Buffalo professor has revealed what the researchers call a horrific picture "of lives saturated with serious domestic violence."
  • Jackson Appointed to UB Endowed Chair In American Culture
    1/22/97
    Bruce Jackson, State University of New York Distinguished Professor at UB, has been appointed to the Samuel P. Capen Chair in American Culture at UB, effective Feb. 1.
  • Researchers Testing Emergency-Room Intervention As A Way to Prevent Repeat Domestic-Violence Injuries
    1/22/97
    Researchers at the University at Buffalo are looking at whether identifying the victims of domestic violence in the emergency room and providing intervention can help prevent battered women from ending up in the hospital again.
  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to Speak At King Commemoration At UB
    1/22/97
    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a member of the National Basketball Association Hall of Fame and six-time winner of the NBA's Most Valuable Player Award, will speak at UB¹s 21st annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration on Feb. 20.
  • High-Fat Diet Raises "Good Cholesterol" In Trained Runners
    1/21/97
    Athletes training on a high-fat diet have a healthier cholesterol profile than when they eat the traditional low-fat, high-carbohydrate training diet and they do not gain weight or body fat in the process, new data from researchers at the University at Buffalo have shown.
  • "How Cold Can Cold Be?" to Be Subject of Talk
    1/21/97
    "Baby, it's cold outside" takes on a new dimension in an environment that is even colder than outer space. It may sound inhospitable, but for the past 100 years, some physicists -- driven by the desire to observe new phenomena -- have made such low temperatures the focus of their work.
  • "How Cold Can Cold Be?" to Be Subject of Talk
    1/21/97
    "Baby, it's cold outside" takes on a new dimension in an environment that is even colder than outer space. It may sound inhospitable, but for the past 100 years, some physicists -- driven by the desire to observe new phenomena -- have made such low temperatures the focus of their work.
  • Pataki Appoints Castellani to Serve As Chair of UB Council
    1/17/97
    Lawrence P. Castellani, president and chief executive officer of Tops Markets, Inc., has been appointed chair of the University at Buffalo Council by Gov. George E. Pataki.
  • Book By Education Researchers Focuses On Transformation of School District
    1/10/97
    A new book by education researchers at the University at Buffalo offers a detailed account of how one community turned its middle-of-the-road school district into one of the most exemplary in the United States.