News Releases

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

  • 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.
  • Poland's Jagiellonian University Presents Highest Award to UB President Greiner
    10/16/95
    BUFFALO, N.Y. -- University at Buffalo President William R. Greiner received the Medal Merentibus -- the highest distinction conferred by Poland's Jagiellonian University -- in ceremonies held Oct. 2 at the university in Crakow.
  • University At Buffalo Asked to Assist In Bosnian Social Reconstruction Effort
    10/13/95
    The English Language Institute of the University at Buffalo is exploring the possibility of opening an intensive English language program at Tuzla University once the Bosnian war has ended.
  • Philip Coppens to Receive First Harker Award From Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute
    10/12/95
    BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Philip Coppens, Ph.D., SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University at Buffalo, has been selected as the first winner of the Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute's David Harker, Ph.D., Award.
  • First Evidence That Sex Differences In Brain Organization Exist Early In Life Reported By UB Neuroscientists
    10/11/95
    BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A study of brain organization in prepubertal children by University at Buffalo neuroscientists has demonstrated for the first time that differences in the way the male and female brains process information are present early in life, and are not laid down during the hormonal surges of puberty, as previously thought.