News Releases

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

  • Studies Define Effectiveness of Two Mouthwashes
    3/24/95
    Mouthwashes can do more than make your tongue tingle and keep your breath fresh.
  • Genco Receives Isadore Hirschfeld Memorial Award
    3/23/95
    Robert J. Genco, D.D.S., Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of periodontics and oral biology at the University at Buffalo, has received the 1995 Isadore Hirschfeld Memorial Award and Certificate from the Northeastern Society of Periodontists (NESP).
  • UB Center Boosts Business In Western New York By Helping Companies Improve Their Competitiveness The Center For Industrial Effectiveness Has Assisted 125 Firms Since 1987
    3/23/95
    Birdair, Inc., the Amherst company whose air-supported and fabric-membrane structures include the elegant, white-peaked roof of the new Denver airport, knew it had a winning design proposal for the new Shanghai Stadium in China.
  • Dias Receives Young Clinician Investigator Award
    3/23/95
    Mark S. Dias, M.D., assistant professor of neurosurgery at the University at Buffalo and chief of pediatric neurosurgery at Children's Hospital, has received the 1995 Research Foundation Young Clinician Investigator Award.
  • UB's Howard Wolf Publishes 10th Book, "Broadway Serenade"
    3/22/95
    A new novel by Amherst resident Howard Wolf, professor of English at the University at Buffalo, will be published next month by the Academic Foundation of Delhi, India.
  • Study Shows Genetic Connection Between Cigarette Smoking And Breast-Cancer Risk In Some Women
    3/19/95
    Research at the University at Buffalo has yielded further evidence of a genetic link between cigarette smoking and breast-cancer risk in humans.
  • New Book By UB Law Professor Explores Her Life As A "White" Black Woman
    3/17/95
    Judy Scales-Trent, professor of law at the University at Buffalo, is a light-skinned black woman whose new book, "Notes of a White Black Woman" (1995, Penn State Press), describes a painful and hidden part of the black experience in America.
  • Historian And Reporter Team Up to Examine How The U.S. Defines Itself Through Its Schools Charge That Elitists Eliminate Multi-Ethnic, Multi-Racial America From Curriculums
    3/16/95
    The brand of American history taught to the nation's school children once again is at the heart of a heated and often-explosive nationwide debate. This time around, it pits "neo-nativists" against "multiculturalists" from New York to California.
  • UB Study Shows Weightlessness Should Not Hinder Astronauts' Physical Activity In Space
    3/15/95
    Prolonged exposure to a weightless environment should not hinder astronauts from doing work requiring physical exertion in space, results of a new study by researchers at the University at Buffalo have shown.
  • Study Reaffirms That Use of An Electric Blanket Does Not Increase The Risk of Breast Cancer
    3/15/95
    Premenopausal women who sleep under an electric blanket do not significantly increase their risk of developing breast cancer, a study conducted by researchers at the University at Buffalo has shown.