News Releases

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

  • New Program Puts Chemical Data At Scientists' Fingertips
    10/19/93
    The University at Buffalo has been named one of four sites in the United States for a new, on-line teaching-partnership program sponsored by Chemical Abstract Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society and a key source of published data.
  • UB Sponsors Scholars Conference On Martin House
    10/14/93
    The University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning will hold a scholars conference and workshop on the Darwin D. Martin House on Saturday, Oct. 30, and Sunday, Oct. 31. Invited scholars will review and discuss aspects of the restoration plan for the property and make recommendations for its operation as a house museum.
  • United Way Kicks Off Success By 6 Program; Greiner to Chair Organizing Effort
    10/14/93
    The United Way of Buffalo & Erie County has begun a community-wide effort to aid the early childhood development of all children in Erie County.
  • International Union of Crystallography Elects UB Chemistry Professor As President
    10/13/93
    Philip Coppens, Ph.D., distinguished professor of chemistry at the University at Buffalo, has been elected president of the International Union of Crystallography, the body that brings together 38 national crystallographic organizations, encompassing about 10,000 crystallographers worldwide.
  • North American New Music Festival -- 10th Anniversary Gala Presents New Music From Around The World
    10/5/93
    "The Book of Moves" • "The melody. And the Melody inside that" • "More Confused Clown" • "Slap Your Neighbor's Face" • "L'Escalier du Diable" • "De Amore, a 12th- Century Love Letter" • "Pleiades" • "Hockey" ...titles of works to be performed at the1993 North American New Music Festival
  • Demonstration of New System to Protect Computers And Equipment During An Earthquake Slated At UB
    10/1/93
    Just because a building is designed to resist earthquake forces doesn't mean that the computers and medical equipment inside of it will come through an earthquake unscathed.
  • UB Dental School Campaign Raises $1.7 Million; Centennial Effort Surpasses Goal By 74 Percent
    10/1/93
    In conjunction with the celebration of its 100th anniversary during 1992-93, the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine and its dental alumni association set out to raise $l million to provide a permanent endowment fund to support programs and activities of the school for which state funding is limited or unavailable.
  • Occasionally Acting Like the Opposite Gender Is Normal for Girls and Boys, UB Study Shows
    4/6/93
    Parents concerned that sons who occasionally play with dolls and daughters who roughhouse with boys will grow up to become homosexual or bisexual can be reassured such behavior is normal, a study by a University at Buffalo researcher has shown.
  • UB "Link" Program Helps Improve Quality of Life For Elderly Persons With Disabilities
    3/5/93
    A popular course in critical thinking in which undergraduate students at the State University of New York at Buffalo analyze their personal learning styles has dramatically and consistently improved the academic performance of those who complete it, even students who start out with failing grades.
  • UB's Oren Lyons Inducted into Lacrosse Hall of Fame
    2/12/93
    Oren R. Lyons, associate professor of American studies and director of the Native American Studies Program at the State University of New York at Buffalo, has been inducted into the Lacrosse Hall of Fame.