News Releases

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

Media advisory: Splinting, suturing, tooth waxing are on the agenda for Health Sciences Charter School students
4/25/14
Buffalo, N.Y. – Splinting a friend’s finger, waxing teeth until they shine and suturing will be on the agenda on Tuesday, April 29 when nearly 100 University at Buffalo medical and dental students visit ninth and tenth graders at the Health Sciences Charter School (HSCS).
Media Advisory: School of Dental Medicine hosts its third annual UB Dental Run for Smiles 5K
4/25/14
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The annual UB Run for Smiles, created by students at the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine to raise community awareness about the dental clinic’s affordable oral health care, will take place on Saturday, April 26 at 10 a.m. in the Health Sciences Quad on the South Campus.
UB to present public reading by poet Carl Dennis on May 21
4/24/14
On May 21, the University at Buffalo Department of English will present a free public reading by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Carl Dennis from his new collection, “Another Reason,” at the Jacobs Executive Development Center, 672 Delaware Ave., Buffalo.
Students bank on money skills in financial literacy competition
4/24/14
Students from Dunkirk, West Seneca West and John F. Kennedy high schools beat out nearly 700 registered competitors to finish in the top three for MoneySKILL Mania®, an in-school financial literacy competition sponsored by the University at Buffalo School of Management and M&T Bank.
Media Advisory: UB to honor dozens of students at 10th annual Celebration of Student Academic Excellence
4/23/14
Hundreds of University at Buffalo students and faculty will gather to recognize the scholarly, research and creative achievements of students at the 10th annual Celebration of Student Academic Excellence.
Novel compound halts cocaine addiction and relapse behaviors
4/23/14
A novel compound that targets an important brain receptor has a dramatic effect against a host of cocaine addiction behaviors, including relapse behavior, a University at Buffalo animal study has found.
Sustainability dashboard tracks UB’s real-time power consumption
4/22/14
Shows energy use in user-friendly terms, such as dollar amount and equivalent hamburgers consumed
UB elevator pitch competition winners take big ideas to small screens
4/18/14
Two business ideas for smartphone apps took first place and a prize of $1,000 each in the University at Buffalo’s second annual Elevator Pitch Competition, held April 16 in the Student Union Theater on UB’s North Campus.
Media Advisory: UB’s Plasma series to examine relationship between media art and social activism
4/18/14
Media artist Alessandra Renzi will be the guest of the University at Buffalo Department of Media Study (DMS) and the UB Gender Institute when she presents a free public talk about her work at 6:30 p.m. on April 21 in the Screening Room, 112 Center for the Arts, UB North Campus.
UB to celebrate student research and successes
4/18/14
University at Buffalo students and faculty will gather on April 23 to recognize the scholarly, research and creative achievements of the university’s students at the 10th annual Celebration of Student Academic Excellence.