News Releases

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

  • Curator of UB Poetry Collection Wins Fulbright Award
    8/5/94
    Robert J. Bertholf, curator of the University at Buffalo Poetry/Rare Books Collection, has been awarded a senior lectureship by the Fulbright Commission to teach American Studies at Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey, during the Fall 1994 semester.
  • Study Shows Most With Condition Do Not Develop Sepsis, Contrary to Definitions Set By Medical Groups
    8/2/94
    To identify hospital patients at risk for severe sepsis, the most common cause of death in hospital intensive-care units, the American College of Chest Physicians and the Society for Critical Care Medicine two years ago adopted new definitions of sepsis and conditions that precede it.
  • Human Brain Chemical Inhibits Sea-Urchin Spermin Same Way As Active Ingredient In Marijuana
    8/1/94
    University at Buffalo researchers have discovered that anandamide, a human brain chemical, produces the same negative effect on fertility in sea-urchin sperm as delta-9-tetrahydracannabinol (THC), the active ingredient in marijuana, by prohibiting the sperm from fertilizing the egg.
  • UB Sociologist Says Internet Replacing Personal Contact
    8/1/94
    Gabbing at the water cooler or over the back fence may become a thing of the past, thanks to the information "superhighway," a University at Buffalo sociologist says.
  • Government Downsizing Threatens Growth of Black Middle Class
    8/1/94
    The growth of the black middle class -- achieved primarily through public-sector employment -- is threatened by downsizing at all levels of government, a study by a University at Buffalo sociologist has concluded.
  • Politics Fuels Possible U.S. Invasion of Haiti, UB Historian Says
    8/1/94
    Political interests are motivating even the consideration of a U.S. military intervention in Haiti, a University at Buffalo historian says.
  • Yang Named Fellow of American Institute of Chemical Engineers
    7/29/94
    Ralph T. Yang, Ph.D., Praxair professor and chair of the University at Buffalo Department of Chemical Engineering, has been named a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
  • UB Launches 'green-Computing' Campaign Designed to Cut Energy Waste, Costs Related to Campus Pc Use "We Should Treat Pcs More The Way We Do Light Bulbs…" -- Walter Simpson, University At Buffalo Energy Officer
    7/29/94
    The University at Buffalo has launched a "green-computing" campaign aimed at cutting as much as 50 percent from its $300,000 annual cost for operating the estimated 8,000 personal computers in use on its two campuses.
  • Governmental Regulations May Cause More Deaths Than They Prevent, UB Study Finds
    7/25/94
    Many governmental regulations designed to protect the health and safety of citizens actually cause more deaths than they prevent, a study by a University at Buffalo economist has found.
  • Antibiotic Fibers to Treat Gum Disease to Be Marketed In U.S.
    7/22/94
    Antibiotic-containing fibers capable of delivering 60-100 times the amount of medication to infected gum tissue than can be delivered with oral medication have been cleared for marketing in the United States.