News Releases

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

  • Study Shows Nagging Undermines Success of Stop-Smoking Efforts
    2/15/94
    Researchers at the University at Buffalo have shown what persons trying to quit smoking have known all along -- nagging doesn't help.
  • Size of School, Racial Makeup of Faculty Related to Success of High-Risk Students, Study Shows
    2/15/94
    Students at high risk of academic failure are more likely to be behaviorally and psychologically engaged in the academic process if their school has a small enrollment, a study by education researchers at the University at Buffalo has found.
  • UB's Nolan Begins Term As Chair of American College of Physicians Board of Regents
    2/11/94
    James P. Nolan, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Medicine in the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has been elected to a one-year term as chair of the American College of Physicians Board of Regents.
  • UB's Granger Receives Krusen Award From American Academy of Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation
    2/11/94
    Carl V. Granger, M.D., professor of rehabilitation medicine in the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has received the Frank H. Krusen Award from the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
  • UB First University Law Enforcement Agency to Participate In Progressive, Problem-Oriented Policing Program
    2/9/94
    The University at Buffalo Department of Public Safety is the first university law enforcement agency in the nation to participate in a policing program devoted to problem-solving that has been developed by the Police Executive Research Forum.
  • $230,000 In Gifts From UB Alumnus Endows Scholarships For UB School of Pharmacy Largest Gift From An Individual In The School's History
    2/9/94
    Two recent gifts of Walgreen Co. common stock from Mr. and Mrs. Cecil J. Newton of Bradenton, Fla., have been received by the School of Pharmacy at the University at Buffalo to permanently endow The Cecil J. and Violet W. Newton Scholarship Fund.
  • One of Four Universities Chosen Nationwide, UB Opens On-Line Chemical Data System to Community
    2/9/94
    Researchers and manufacturers, as well as students and faculty in the Western New York region who want to perform chemical-information computer searches faster and more efficiently, are invited to take advantage of a new, on-line training program now operating at the University at Buffalo.
  • UB Researchers Receive $1.1 Million Grant to Continue Work On Development of Synthetic Hemoglobin
    2/7/94
    The University at Buffalo has received a $1.1 million grant to continue its research into developing a synthetic form of hemoglobin, an element essential to the creation of a human-blood substitute.
  • UB Researchers Receive $1.1 Million Grant to Continue Work On Development of Synthetic Hemoglobin
    2/7/94
    The University at Buffalo has received a $1.1 million grant to continue its research into developing a synthetic form of hemoglobin, an element essential to the creation of a human-blood substitute.
  • UB Researchers to Conduct Health Survey Involving 700 Households On Buffalo's Lower West Side
    2/3/94
    A team of University at Buffalo researchers will undertake the first comprehensive health survey of Buffalo’s Lower West Side beginning Feb. 6, aided by a $75,000 grant to UB and Columbus Hospital from the Margaret E. Wendt Foundation.