News Releases

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

  • Rosenthal Named Chair of Department of Family Medicine At UB
    7/13/94
    Thomas C. Rosenthal, M.D., associate professor of family medicine at the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and a 1975 graduate of the UB medical school, has been named chair of the Department of Family Medicine.
  • Kids Learn From Each Other In Multi-Age Classrooms, Study Finds
    7/12/94
    A little mixing and mingling never hurt anyone. In fact, major socialization benefits can result from grouping children of different ages in the same learning environment, a study conducted by researchers at the University at Buffalo Early Childhood Research Center has found.
  • Shapiro Elected Fellow of Artificial Intelligence Association
    7/6/94
    Stuart C. Shapiro, Ph.D., professor of computer science at the University at Buffalo and chair of the Special Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence of the Association for Computing Machinery (SIGART), has been elected a fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence.
  • Breast-Feeding May Help Protect Premature Infants From Potentially Fatal Bowel Inflammation
    7/4/94
    University at Buffalo alumnus Arthur W. Woelfle, Jr. is providing generous support for UB student-athletes meeting specific academic standards by giving the university $1 million to create a new scholarship fund that will help them prove themselves in the classroom, as well as on the playing field.
  • Premature Infants Who Will Have Later Neurologic Problems Can Be Identified By Exam When They Are 18 Months Old
    7/1/94
    A study by a University at Buffalo researcher has shown that physicians can identify most of the prematurely born children among their patients who will experience sensory and/or motor deficits at 4 to 5 years of age by referring to the results of a standard neurologic examination administered routinely to premature babies at age 18 months.
  • UB Medical School Gets $600,000 Grant to Fund Efforts to Increase Number of Primary-Care Physicians Initiative One of 14 Funded Nationally By Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
    6/29/94
    The School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo will receive approximately $600,000 over three years from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to support the medical school’s efforts to redesign its medical-education curriculum and to increase the number of primary care physicians it graduates.
  • UB Develops Guidelines For Reporting Bias-Related Incidents
    6/22/94
    In an attempt to encourage students to report bias-related incidents that occur on campus, the University at Buffalo has developed specific guidelines for students to consult when reporting such incidents.
  • Severo is Fellow of Institute of Matehmatical Statistics
    6/21/94
    Norman C. Severo, Ph.D., professor of statistics at the University at Buffalo, has been elected as a fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics.
  • UB Researcher Recommends Widespread Screening For Chlamydia
    6/20/94
    Widespread screening for chlamydia among sexually active, single women under the age of 25 is needed to reduce the incidence of illness associated with untreated chlamydial cervicitis, a University at Buffalo medical researcher recommends.
  • Family With Long-Time UB Ties Gives Gift to Fund Scholarships For Medical Students
    6/17/94
    The University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences has received a $508,000 gift from a trust created by Helen Hekimian, whose family has helped UB in many ways since its earliest days.