News Releases

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

Media advisory: Hackathon offers $18,000 in prizes for apps that benefit Western New York community
9/9/14
Details to be unveiled Wednesday morning at dig, downtown Buffalo’s new co-work space.
UB breaks into the ‘top 50’ among the best public universities in the nation
9/9/14
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Top-notch academics and the lowest possible debt: That’s the win-win value offered to students by the University at Buffalo, according to U.S. News and World Report. The magazine today released its popular annual ranking of the best colleges and universities in America for undergraduate students.
UB conference to help nonprofits build entrepreneurial, strategic leadership skills
9/5/14
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Nationally recognized experts will show local nonprofit leaders how to think like entrepreneurs and effectively use social media to advance their organizations at a conference this month hosted by the University at Buffalo School of Social Work and the UB School of Management’s Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL).
Republicans predicted to make significant gains in November
9/5/14
Nationally regarded election prognosticator forecasts Democrats to lose 16 House seats and eight Senate seats
UB sports law expert Nellie Drew discusses her love of teaching, law and the Buffalo Bills
9/4/14
University at Buffalo Law School adjunct professor Nellie Drew is the utility player of sports law. She can devise an imaginary world of NFL expansion in her classroom and she takes a decisive stance in the ongoing sales of the Buffalo Bills.
Co-inventor of nicotine patch to visit UB, discuss smoking treatments
9/4/14
Jed E. Rose, PhD, renowned smoking researcher and co-inventor of the nicotine patch, will visit the University at Buffalo on Sept. 11 to discuss new methods for smoking cessation.
Coffee genome sheds light on the evolution of caffeine
9/4/14
The newly sequenced genome of the coffee plant reveals secrets about the evolution of man’s best chemical friend: caffeine.
Cocaine rewires the brain: New study to unlock keys that could disrupt addiction
9/3/14
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Why do cocaine addicts relapse after months or years of abstinence? The National Institute on Drug Abuse has awarded a University at Buffalo scientist a $2 million grant to conduct research that will provide some answers.
NFL likely to act soon in Ray McDonald domestic violence case, UB women’s legal rights expert says
9/3/14
The NFL’s new “test case” for pro football players accused of domestic violence could lead to increased scrutiny and more education about the issue outside of professional sports, according to the director of the Domestic Violence and Women’s Rights Clinic at the University at Buffalo’s Law School.
UB’s proven QUIT smoking cessation program makes another offer smokers cannot refuse
9/2/14
For years, the University at Buffalo’s QUIT program attained an impressive success rate in helping smokers –especially heavy smokers – stop the deadly habit and staying off permanently. Now, the program is making victory over tobacco even easier, and more affordable.