News Releases

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

UB awarded multi-million dollar NIH funding to continue innovative HIV drug development
10/16/14
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has received three grants totaling $3.85 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the Translational Pharmacology Research Core and its HIV Clinical Pharmacology Research Program.
LPCiminelli awarded phase 2 contract for construction of new medical school
10/15/14
When the new building opens in 2017, it is expected to house 2,000 faculty, students and staff from the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
Youth advocate, bestselling author Wes Moore to speak at UB
10/15/14
Wes Moore, an Army combat veteran, social entrepreneur and youth advocate, will speak at the University at Buffalo at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 15, in Alumni Arena, North Campus, as part of the UB Distinguished Speakers Series.
In Buffalo, ‘Rust Belt radicals’ put food (policy) back on the table
10/15/14
A new UB study outlines seven factors that led one of America’s poorest cities to embrace farming, urban chickens and more.
UB Law School launches non-partisan election news and law blog, voter rights clearinghouse
10/14/14
Two innovative public service endeavors have newly invigorated the University at Buffalo Law School’s Jaeckle Center for Law, Democracy and Governance. The first is a new blog covering New York State election and voting rights issues; the second is the creation of a non-partisan voting rights project.
‘Game-changing’ hepatitis C treatments, coupled with UB faculty expertise, will transform patient care
10/13/14
A new research and clinical care center focused on liver disease is launched by faculty experts recruited as part of UB 2020.
Architect Barbie: The debate and discussion, three years later
10/13/14
Co-creators Despina Stratigakos and Kelly Hayes McAlonie will be in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 23 to reflect on how the gender debate in the profession has changed.
UB engineers explore new ways to extend smartphone battery life
10/10/14
Three research groups receive a combined $1.3 million to improve smartphone energy management.
Middle school students to become cybersleuths for a day
10/10/14
A piece of a cybersecurity display has gone missing and it’s up to a group of 50 students in grades five through eight grade to track it down using digital clues.
UB’s Gifted Math Program accepting applications for another class of future achievers
10/10/14
Anyone looking for evidence the University at Buffalo’s Gifted Math Program pays off in a big way need look no further than two of its graduates: One recently commanded a nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine; the other has the nickname “the closer” for his success in closing the deals his fellow software colleagues have started.