News Releases

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

  • Growing Hispanic Population Will Result in "News U.S. Culture" in Next 50 Years, Professor Predicts
    10/28/94
    Alfredo Matilla, Puerto Rican scholar and professor and chair of the Department of American Studies at the University at Buffalo, predicts a marriage "in flesh and bone" of North America's Anglo and Hispanic cultures within 50 years. Hispanic groups from throughout Latin America and the Caribbean are expected to comprise 30 percent of the U.S. population by 2020, but Matilla says the merger of which he is speaking will produce more than numbers. He predicts the emergence of "new U.S. culture," one distinguished by new ways of using and understanding the English language and of experiencing the world itself.

  • Knight Named to NIH Surgery, Anesthesiology Study Section
    10/25/94
    Paul R. Knight, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Anesthesiology in the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has been named to the Surgery, Anesthesiology and Trauma Study Section of the Division of Research Grants of the National Institutes of Health.
  • Trained Runners Perform Better On Diet Moderately High In Fat Than On High-Carbohydrate, Low-Fat Regimen, Study Shows
    10/25/94
    Highly trained runners hoping to improve their performance by slashing fat from their diets may be heading down the wrong nutritional path, a small pilot study by University at Buffalo researchers implies.
  • UB Research In Space Shows How Astronauts' Bodies Regulate Blood Pressure In Adjusting to Zero Gravity The Longer The Space Flight, The More Extended Astronauts' Adjustment Period On Return
    10/25/94
    Results of two NASA Space Lab 2 research projects on cardiovascular functioning and deconditioning in microgravity, designed by scientists from the University at Buffalo, have confirmed that blood pressure in flight is regulated by a decrease in vascular resistance in response to an increase in cardiac output induced by microgravity.
  • UB Sociologist Named to Battle Monuments Commission
    10/24/94
    Brenda L. Moore, assistant professor of sociology at the University at Buffalo, has been appointed to the American Battle Monuments Commission by President Clinton.
  • Marine Midland Establishes $1 Million Endowment to Fund Center For International Leadership In UB Management School
    10/24/94
    The University at Buffalo today announced the creation of the Marine Midland Endowment Fund for the new Center for International Leadership in the UB School of Management.
  • Ending Insect-Sting Treatments Too Soon May Be Dangerous
    10/24/94
    Close encounters with certain summertime insects can be painful, sometimes fatal, for people allergic to their stings.
  • Prasad Named Fellow In Optical Society of America
    10/21/94
    Paras N. Prasad, Ph.D., Photonics Science Professor of Chemistry at the University at Buffalo, has been named a fellow in the Optical Society of America.
  • More UB Announces Plans to Close Nuclear Reactor Facility
    10/20/94
    The University at Buffalo has announced plans to cease operating the nuclear reactor facility on its South (Main Street) Campus by the end of June and to take steps that will lead to its eventual decommission.
  • University At Buffalo Course In Research Ethics Focuses On Scientific Dishonesty And Fraud
    10/20/94
    Richard Hull, associate professor of philosophy