News Releases

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

  • South African Minister For Justice to Speak At UB
    3/31/97
    Abdullah Mohamed Omar, the South African minister for justice and a key figure in his nation's transition from apartheid, will speak at UB on Friday, April 11.
  • UB's First Summer Alumni College Program to Be Held At Chautauqua Institution
    3/31/97
    College will be "in session" from June 29 through July 5 at the Chautauqua Institution when the UB Alumni Association holds its first Summer Alumni College Program, focusing on "The Built Environment."
  • Literary Genius Louis Zukofsky to Be Focus of UB Conference
    3/25/97
    UB will present a celebration of the work of modernist poetic genius Louis Zukofsky on April 25 and 26 designed to illuminate various aspects of the poet's life, work and considerable importance as a writer.
  • UB Will Open Polish Academic Center During National Conference On Polish Studies
    3/25/97
    The University at Buffalo will open its new Polish Academic Information Center during the Second National Conference on Polish Studies in the United States, to be held at UB on April 12 and 13.
  • Lectures to Celebrate "Birthday" of Hal, The 2001 Computer
    3/25/97
    The Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics is marking the "birthday" of the infamous talking computer, HAL, of the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey," by presenting two lectures by David G. Stork on Monday, April 14.
  • UB Will Open Polish Academic Center During National Conference On Polish Studies
    3/25/97
    The University at Buffalo will open its new Polish Academic Information Center during the Second National Conference on Polish Studies in the United States, to be held at UB on April 12 and 13.
  • UB to Hold Sesquicentennial Symposium On Hispanic Studies
    3/24/97
    Several graduates of the UB doctoral program in Spanish who are now highly respected scholars in their field will join UB faculty on April 11 and 12 for a symposium on Hispanic studies.
  • Raymond Jackson to Perform In UB Piano Festival
    3/24/97
    Internationally acclaimed concert pianist and music educator Raymond Jackson will participate in UB¹s eighth Piano Festival, to be held on April 17 and 18 on the North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Multi-Center Trial Shows Common Antibiotic Halts Progression of Gum Disease, Puts It In "Holding Pattern"
    3/24/97
    A University at Buffalo dental researcher has reported that a multi-center study has shown that daily low doses of a common antibiotic can halt the progression of adult periodontal disease.
  • Study Implicates Smoking In New Cases of Periodontal Disease
    3/24/97
    People who have healthy gums are highly likely to develop gum disease within two to five years if they smoke cigarettes, dental researchers from the University at Buffalo have found.