News Releases

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

  • Breast-Feeding For At Least 12 Months During Their Lifetime Lowers Women's Risk of Breast Cancer, UB Study Finds
    6/13/96
    Breast-feeding for at least 12 months during their lifetime appears to offer women some protection against developing breast cancer later in life, a new study by epidemiologists at the University at Buffalo has found.
  • Grant to Fund Research On Injury Preventiion In Elderly
    6/12/96
    A $37,000 grant from the American Federation for Aging Research will fund a University at Buffalo study on the skeletal muscles of the elderly that ultimately may help prevent injuries and reduce medical costs.
  • UB Researchers Find Differences In Birth Outcomes Among Women In Hispanic Subgroups
    6/12/96
    Studies being conducted by researchers at the University at Buffalo of low birth weight and premature births among Hispanic mothers, and of failure rates and side effects of IUD use among women from the Jilin Province of China, are adding to information about the state of female reproductive health.
  • Obesity Puts People At Risk For Early Death, UB Study Finds
    5/31/96
    Researchers at the University at Buffalo have shown that obesity stands alone as a risk factor for death, particularly from heart disease, and that the risk increases as people put on pounds.
  • UB to Hold Commencement Ceremonies May 12, May 17-19
    5/2/96
    Robert E. Rich, Sr., founder and chairman of the board of Rich Products Corp., will receive the University at Buffalo's most prestigious award, the Chancellor Charles P. Norton Medal, at the university's sesquicentennial commencement ceremony on May 19.
  • Six to Receive UB Alumni Association Awards
    4/19/96
    A former member of the State University of New York Board of Trustees, the speaker of the Canadian House of Commons and an Emmy Award-winning director will be among those honored when the University at Buffalo Alumni Association holds its annual awards dinner in May.
  • Bringing Kids Into Adult Justice System Has Done Little to Hold Them Accountable For Offenses or Reduce Crime, UB Books Claims
    4/2/96
    Although implementation of a law that lowered the age at which juveniles in New York State can be prosecuted as adults for some crimes has calmed many critics of the juvenile-justice system, it has done little to hold juveniles accountable for their offenses or reduce the rate of violent juvenile crime, a University at Buffalo sociologist maintains.
  • UB Dental Researchers Pinpoint Possible Mechanism That Causes Severe Gum Disease In Smokers
    3/27/96
    If you think people who talk on cellular phones while driving are asking for trouble, a new preliminary study by researchers at the University at Buffalo and Rochester Institute of Technology suggests you¹re probably right.
  • New Materials Developed At UB Represent Breakthrough In Photonics Results Include Storing A Bugs Bunny Animation In A Cube The Width of A Human Hair
    3/20/96
    A cancer therapy that flattens deep tumors using only light as its weapon. A "stacked" CD that could easily pack a thousand times more data than today's hard drives. The ability to see for the first time thick samples in three-dimensions with a microscope, whether it's DNA molecules undergoing replication or layers of paint on an aircraft component.
  • Opportunity to Say "Good-Bye" to Loved One Promotes Healing In Bereaved, UB Researchers Find
    3/19/96
    The opportunity to say "good-bye" to a loved one -- either before or after his or her death -- is significantly related to an individual's outlook and ability to cope with the bereavement process, according to a study by researchers at the University at Buffalo.