News Releases

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

  • Drinking Patterns And Gender, Not Quantity, May Determine Alcohol’S Effect On Health, New UB Study Shows
    11/14/95
    BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A new study to be presented tomorrow will report that the effect of alcohol on long-term health may depend as much on the way it is consumed and on the gender of the drinker, as on how much is consumed.
  • New Software Translates Chinese to English, "Understands" What It Translates
    11/10/95
    BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A software package that translates Chinese to English and comprehends what it's translating has been developed by a graduate student in the University at Buffalo Center for Cognitive Science.
  • In Fiscal Hard Times, Colleges And Universities Find That Environmental Measures Pay Off
    11/8/95
    BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Environmental issues on campus are sparking as much interest from university administrators as from students, according to a new book, Ecodemia: Campus Environmental Stewardship at the Turn of the 21st Century, published by the National Wildlife Federation.
  • UB Approved to Offer First SUNY Ph.D. Program In Physical Therapy/Exercise Science
    11/3/95
    BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The University at Buffalo will offer a Ph.D. program in the Department of Physical Therapy and Exercise Science beginning in Fall 1996, making it the only campus in the SUNY system approved to confer a doctor of philosophy degree in this field.
  • Children Do Better Than Their Parents When It Comes to Taking Weight Off And Keeping It Off Longer, UB Study Shows
    11/3/95
    BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Obese children take pounds off easier and keep them off longer than their obese parents, the first study to compare weight loss and weight-loss maintenance of children and adults enrolled in the same treatment program has shown.
  • Researcher Wins Grant to Study Migraine Headache; Seeks Volunteers to Participate In Project Researcher Wins Grant to Study Migraine Headache; Seeks Volunteers to Participate In Project
    11/3/95
    A university at Buffalo researcher has received a $114,000 two-year grant to study the underlying mechanism causing migraine headaches, and is looking for migraine sufferers to take part in the study.
  • UB Scientist Gets $1 Million Grant For Retina Study
    10/24/95
    BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Malcolm M. Slaughter, Ph.D., associate professor of biophysical sciences, physiology and ophthalmology, has been awarded a $1 million grant by the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health to conduct research on how the retina works.
  • UB Researcher Receives “First” Award From NIH to Investigate Role of Physical Activity In Disease Prevention
    10/24/95
    BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Joan Dorn, Ph.D., research instructor of social and preventive medicine at the University at Buffalo, has received a $350,000 five-year First Independent Research Support and Transition (FIRST) Award from the National Institutes of Health.
  • White House Review Panel Selects UB Professor As Presidential Faculty Fellow
    10/23/95
    BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Christina L. Bloebaum, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University at Buffalo, has been named a Presidential Faculty Fellow.
  • UB Researchers Use Randomization In Unusual Way And Prove A Conjecture In Complexity Theory
    10/20/95
    BUFFALO, N.Y. -- University at Buffalo computer scientist Jin-Yi Cai and a computer science graduate student, D. Sivakumar, have proven one of the oldest conjectures in the field of complexity theory.