News Releases

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

UB applications up significantly
1/22/16
Applications to UB are 10.3 percent higher than at this time last year, and university officials are attributing the increase partly to greater awareness of UB’s status as one of the nation’s top public universities.
Media Advisory: Conference for Buffalo parents to focus on creating opportunities for girls in STEM
1/22/16
UB Engineering Dean Liesl Folks will be keynote speaker.
Clinical trials treat epilepsy patients in WNY with medical marijuana
1/21/16
The trials, conducted through UB and WCHOB, aim to fill gaps in knowledge about the drug’s safety, efficacy.
UB and Erie County join forces to fight opioid abuse
1/21/16
Partnership to emphasize interprofessional education focused on safe prescribing practices and culture change.
UB law expert calls Supreme Court’s decision on class action lawsuits a ‘big win for consumers’
1/20/16
A Supreme Court decision ruling a class action lawsuit can continue, even after a business offers to fully pay the first person who brought suit is a “big win for consumers,” according to a UB law expert.
Media Advisory: UB students to flex new entrepreneurship skills and pitch big business ideas
1/19/16
UB students will pitch their entrepreneurial ideas as part of Entrepreneurship Lab (eLab), a business boot-camp-style course that gives students the skills to develop and manage a successful new venture.
Media Advisory: UB’s Prosperity Fellows to get behind-the-scenes taste of the energy driving Buffalo’s resurgence
1/15/16
Thirty-four of the University at Buffalo’s most promising students take a five-day tour of projects and personalities reshaping Buffalo in a week-long seminar designed to groom and educate future area leaders.
Media Advisory: The crowdfunding game is changing. Are you ready?
1/15/16
Whether you have a business in need of funding or are an investor looking for your next deal, crowdfunding regulations are changing.
Study of altruism during the Ebola outbreak suggests good intentions are in the details
1/14/16
A study of risk communication as it relates to altruistic behavior has found that portraying an event as a distant risk fails to prompt altruistic behavior intention among the U.S. public.
SUNY sponsors “fair and impartial policing” training for university police
1/14/16
UB Assistant Chief of Police Chris J. Bartolomei took part in SUNY-sponsored training designed to “train the trainer” in “fair and impartial” policing that addresses issues of bias in law enforcement.

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