News Releases

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

  • 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.
  • Petrie to Present Public Address On Governor's Special Commission On Education
    2/2/94
    Hugh G. Petrie, professor and dean of the Graduate School of Education at the University at Buffalo and a member of the New York State Special Commission on Educational Structure, Policies and Practices, will discuss the findings of the commission at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 3, in 17 Baldy Hall on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Gresham Named Associate Vice President At UB
    2/2/94
    Mary Harley Gresham has been named associate vice president for public service and urban affairs at the University at Buffalo.
  • UB Students Find "Disturbing Deficits" In Compliance With Americans With Disabilities Act Sites Audited Included Hotels, Shopping Malls And Restaurants
    1/31/94
    A study conducted by students in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning has found "a compelling and disturbing picture of continuing discrimination against people with disabilities" in violation of Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which deals with access to public accommodations.
  • During An Earthquake, "Smart Concrete" Could Fare Better Than Conventional Materials
    1/26/94
    A new formulation of concrete that is stronger than conventional concrete and has the unique ability to tell humans about tiny cracks that occur within it might be a better alternative to conventional materials for buildings and bridges, particularly during an earthquake, according to a University at Buffalo engineer.
  • UB Expands Partnership With Buffalo's Hamlin Park School 74 Program to Be Pilot For UB Partnerships With Other Area Public Schools
    1/26/94
    The University at Buffalo and the Buffalo Public Schools today signed a memorandum of agreement designed to strengthen and expand UB's involvement with Hamlin Park School 74, one of Buffalo's few remaining neighborhood schools.
  • Engineer Stresses There is No "One-Size-Fits-All" Solution to Preventing, Mitigating Earthquake Damage to Buildings
    1/26/94
    Extensive damage to buildings caused by the Northridge earthquake underscores the need for structural or civil engineers to have input on the design and construction of residential and commercial buildings in earthquake-prone areas, according to an engineer who was part of a reconnaissance team that last week inspected damaged buildings in Los Angeles.
  • Member of Reconnaissance Team Says Los Angeles Earthquake Involved Unusual Ground Motions Vertical Motion Greater Than 1g Preceded Horizontal Ground Motion
    1/26/94
    First-hand assessments of damage inflicted by last week's quake reveal that the 6.6 temblor had an unusual signature, according to Andrei Reinhorn, Ph.D., a member of a reconnaissance team sponsored by the National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (NCEER), headquartered at the University at Buffalo.