News Releases

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

2020 in review: How UB’s faculty, staff and students fought COVID-19
12/18/20
Members of the UB community found an abundance of ways to fight the pandemic in Western New York and beyond.
WNY patients can access COVID-19 clinical trials via UB partnership
12/18/20
The UB Center for Integrated Global Biomedical Sciences and clinical trial services provider Circuit Clinical have partnered to provide Western New York patients access to clinical studies that investigate COVID-19 diagnostics, prevention and treatment.
UB researchers report quantum-limit-approaching chemical sensing chip
12/17/20
The chip may have uses in food safety monitoring, anti-counterfeiting and other fields where trace chemicals are analyzed.
UB to start spring semester Feb. 1 under modified in-person format
12/17/20
UB's spring operations will again follow a modified in-person format, with courses delivered using a mix of in-person (and physically distanced) instruction, as well as remote learning.
UB professor’s book inspires Canada’s largest Black-led television production in history
12/17/20
CBC and BET+ co-producing a new TV series inspired by Cecil Foster’s 2019 acclaimed groundbreaking book, “They Call Me George: The Untold Story of Black Train Porters and the Birth of Modern Canada.”
Introducing UB Fast 46: Business leaders and owners wanted!
12/16/20
Named in honor of UB’s founding in 1846, the program will celebrate 46 of the fastest-growing businesses owned or led by UB alumni or former students.
UB launches the Cancer Research Consortium
12/16/20
The first meeting of the UB Cancer Research Consortium was held virtually on Dec. 10.
UB industry partners step up to fight COVID-19
12/15/20
UB is connecting its academic community with industry partners to foster innovation in the life sciences.
UB art historian wins major book award
12/15/20
Elizabeth Otto’s “Haunted Bauhaus” has won the Northeast Popular & American Culture Association’s 2020 Peter C. Rollins Book Prize, awarded annually for innovative scholarship in the fields of American and popular culture.
New drug moves closer to becoming first treatment for Fragile X Syndrome
12/11/20
A new drug discovered through a research collaboration between the UB and Tetra Therapeutics took a major step toward becoming a first-in-class treatment for Fragile X Syndrome, a leading genetic cause of autism.