News Releases

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

UB Police investigating hit-and-run accident
11/3/18
Police are searching for vehicle involved in a hit-and-run that occurred Thursday night on North Campus, critically injuring a female student.
UB is developing a new data science librarian training program, thanks to NLM grant
11/2/18
Goal is to improve the employability of librarians in the 21st century by developing skills working with big data.
CRIA awarded more than $4 million from NIH to study effects of prenatal alcohol and drug use
11/2/18

Scientists at UB’s Clinical and Research Institute on Addictions recently received more than $4 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health to study the effects of drinking, smoking and marijuana use during pregnancy.
UB School of Law Mitchell Lecture to address power and varying forms of capitalism in society
11/2/18
The challenge of tempering power in a world of “variegated capitalisms” is the topic of the Fall 2018 Mitchell Lecture to be held Nov. 9, sponsored by the University at Buffalo School of Law.
Opioid addiction is focus of UB grad student who received an NIH Diversity in Neuroscience award
11/2/18
BUFFALO, N.Y — A University at Buffalo graduate student studying how heroin changes cells in the brain has received a prestigious award from the National Institutes of Health.
UB School of Law trial team wins Queens District Attorney’s Mock Trial Competition
11/1/18
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The University at Buffalo School of Law received first place at the Queens District Attorney’s Annual Mock Trial Competition. The fifth annual competition held on Oct. 27-28 in Kew Gardens, N.Y. brought 16 teams from across the country together to compete.
UB oral biology researchers receive a combined $6.6 million to study gum disease, Sjögren’s syndrome, bone loss
11/1/18
Researchers within the University at Buffalo Department of Oral Biology were recently awarded six grants totaling $6.6 million, helping to double funding received by the department from the previous year.
Opioid crisis: UB researcher hopes to provide clues on women’s shift to heroin
10/31/18
Study funded by University of Rochester Center for AIDS Research is part of a concerted strategy to improve substance use disorder outcomes and decrease HIV infections.
LORD Corporation turns to WorkKeys® assessments at UB to verify skills of production hires
10/31/18
The assessments are facilitated by a local licensed provider, UB's Center for Industrial Effectiveness.
Grant will help UB scientists identify patients most at-risk for future opioid misuse
10/30/18
Researchers at UB's Clinical and Research Institute on Addictions will work with the state Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services to assess what risks may occur for people with alcohol use disorder who use prescription painkillers.