News Releases

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

  • Instruments Developed By UB Dental Researchers Measure Bone Regeneration, Eliminate Additional Surgery
    3/21/94
    Bone regeneration after periodontal surgery can be accurately assessed without additional surgery by using X-rays and two instruments developed by University at Buffalo dental researchers.
  • Selective Antibiotics Can Save Dental Implants, Study Finds
    3/21/94
    Penicillin G and amoxicillin appear more effective than either tetracycline or erythromycin in preventing and treating bacterial infections that can undermine dental implants, a team of Italian and University at Buffalo researchers has found.
  • Nyberg Book On Lying Named to Choice Magazine List of Books
    3/21/94
    "The Varnished Truth: Truth Telling and Deceiving in Ordinary Life," a book authored by David Nyberg, professor of education at the University at Buffalo, has been named to the list of Outstanding Academic Books of 1994 by Choice magazine.
  • Physical Activity Appears to Reduce Mortality Risk, But Not In Those Who Are Obese, Study Shows
    3/18/94
    A University at Buffalo study on the relationship between physical activity and mortality provides new evidence that life as a couch potato may bring an early death.
  • Agreement Between UB, State Office of Mental Health Makes Two Psychiatric Centers University Teaching Sites
    3/18/94
    The Buffalo Psychiatric Center and the Western New York Children’s Psychiatric Center in West Seneca became formal clinical teaching sites of the University at Buffalo in a contract-signing ceremony held today on UB’s North (Amherst) Campus.
  • UB Medical School Ranked No. 7 By U.S. News & World Report Among Nation's Comprehensive Medical Schools
    3/16/94
    The University at Buffalo has earned the distinction of having three of its five professional health schools ranked among the top 10 schools in their field in the United States by U.S. News & World Report.
  • Coppens Receives Award From Crystallographic Association
    3/15/94
    Philip Coppens, Ph.D., distinguished professor of chemistry at the University at Buffalo, has received the 1994 Martin J. Buerger Award from the American Crystallographic Association (ACA).
  • New Technique Helps Social Workers Overcome Biases
    3/14/94
    A University at Buffalo researcher and her colleague at Barry College have developed a new technique to improve social workers' effectiveness by enabling them to recognize their individual biases and those they make about clients.
  • Study Shows Mouthrinse Reduces Overgrowth of Gum Tissue
    3/14/94
    Gingival hyperplasia, a side-effect of long-term use of some prescription drugs, can be reduced by using a chlorhexidine mouthrise, University at Buffalo dental researchers have determined.
  • Levine Named to Federal Panel On Child Abuse And Neglect
    3/14/94
    Murray Levine, Ph.D., professor of psychology and adjunct professor of law at the University at Buffalo, has been appointed to the U.S. Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect by Donna E. Shalala, U.S. secretary of health and human services.