News Releases

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

  • African-American Servicewomen During World War II Played Role In Changing Segregationist U.S. Military Policy Book By UB Sociologist Documents Historic 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
    1/9/96
    BUFFALO, N.Y. -- African-American women who served in the Women's Army Corps during World War II played a role in bringing about changes in segregationist U.S. military policy, a new book by a University at Buffalo sociologist has found.
  • UB Reading Clinic Seeks Children With Reading Problems For Diagnosis And Remediation
    1/9/96
    BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The University at Buffalo Reading Clinic is seeking children who have serious reading and/or learning problems for enrollment in the clinic's diagnostic and remedial program that begins Jan. 29.
  • Development of "Smart" Materials Focus of University At Buffalo Engineering Research
    1/8/96
    BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Imagine road surfaces never sullied by potholes or a construction material that could detect internal cracks as soon as they begin to form. Think of a pacemaker battery that could warn its host that it is losing power or a material that could prevent electromagnetic interference in electronic devices.
  • Laboratory Tests By UB Professor Reveal That "Rustproofing" Treatment Does Not Live Up to Claims
    12/14/95
    BUFFALO, N.Y. -- While some corrosion-control treatments may be beneficial, a University at Buffalo professor has proven in laboratory experiments that one rust-proofing treatment billed as protecting motor vehicles against the ravages of rust -- "Rust-Evader" -- just isn't worth its salt.
  • UB Professor's Theory Explains Why A Football Does Not Fly Like A Guided Missile How They Work, Complexities of Blood Pressure
    12/5/95
    BUFFALO. N.Y. -- Contrary to what sports fans might think, a football launched by an NFL quarterback does not fly like a missile or a bullet, according to a University at Buffalo professor who has used the science of ballistics to study a pigskin's flight.
  • Research Team Quantifying The Sense of Touch
    12/1/95
    BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Our tactile capabilities are central to almost all that we do. "Touch is the first sensory system that goes on-line when you're born, and it's probably the last one to go," says Jonathon Bell, Ph.D., mathematics professor at the University at Buffalo.
  • Computational Study of Kidneys Aims to Identify How They Work, Complexities of Blood Pressure
    12/1/95
    BUFFALO, N.Y. -- By regulating the concentrations of hundreds, or even thousands, of substances in blood plasma and by releasing hormones to regulate blood pressure and other critical functions, the kidneys maintain an organism's chemical balance.
  • New Book is First Study of Strategies Used By NGOS to Protect Human Rights In Africa
    11/17/95
    BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Political scientist Claude E. Welch, Jr. has completed the first major comparative study of how non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have wrought a revolutionary change in Africa by uncovering human-rights abuses and advocating for reform.
  • Early Metabolic Changes In Rats That Make Them Obese Later In Life Are Passed On to Their Offspring
    11/17/95
    BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Can changes in the diets of newborns that cause them to be obese later in life predispose their offspring to be obese as well?
  • Lopos Named Dean of Millard Fillmore College and Summer Sessions at UB
    11/16/95
    George John Lopos, Ph.D., has been appointed dean of Millard Fillmore College and summer sessions at the University at Buffalo by Muriel A. Moore, Ph.D., vice president for public service and urban affairs.