News Releases

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

  • 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.
  • As Pool of Workers Declines, Employers Will Offer "Incentives" to Lure Workers, UB Social Worker Says
    7/22/94
    On-site day-care centers, stress management classes and counseling are some of the ways business and industry can minimize employee stress on the job, which, in turn, may help attract new employees in a dwindling labor pool, a University at Buffalo social work researcher says.
  • Study Testing Whether Music Can Replace Physical Restraints For Controlling Hospital Patients
    7/22/94
    If music has charms to soothe a savage beast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak, as playwright William Congreve wrote, might it also have charms to calm a restless patient, or bring confused patients to their senses?
  • Laser Center to Expand Services, Facilities to Researchers, Physicians In WNY And Ontario
    7/21/94
    A comprehensive, multi-facility laser "center without walls," headquartered at the University at Buffalo, promises to make available expanded services and state-of-the art facilities to researchers and clinicians in Western New York and Ontario.
  • Kids Learn From Estudy By UB Professor Finds That Community Policing Has Advantages Over Traditional Methods
    7/20/94
    Community policing -- a concept that is being embraced by an increasing number of municipalities -- has distinct advantages over the traditional method of law enforcement, although it requires officers to alter their traditional role, a study by a University at Buffalo researcher has concluded.
  • In Computer Age, Librarians Must Maintain The Human Touch
    7/19/94
    While the electronic revolution has meant wonders to reference librarians, it has been bewildering to many undergraduate students. It is now more important than ever for librarians to maintain personal contact with their patrons, says Gemma DeVinney, Ph.D., an academic reference librarian in the Lockwood Library at the University at Buffalo.
  • Advertising Shapes Consumers' Views of Grocery Products
    7/19/94
    Store-brand grocery products are judged by consumers to be of lower quality than grocery products with national-brand names, even when actual ingredients are comparable, marketing researchers at the University at Buffalo have found. They attribute this widespread attitude -- that national brands are of better quality than private-label brands -- to the ways in which both types of products are advertised.
  • UB's Farhi Named Fellow of American Institute of Medical And Biological Engineering
    7/18/94
    Leon E. Farhi, M.D., distinguished professor and former chair of physiology at the University at Buffalo, has been named a fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering.