News Releases

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

UB’s School of Social Work establishes Institute on Sustainable Global Engagement
3/31/14
Two professors in the University at Buffalo’s School of Social Work have launched a graduate student and research institute to encourage global activities that extend trauma-informed treatment, human rights perspectives and other themes championed by the UB school to other parts of the world.
UB medical team to deliver primary care to patients with serious mental illnesses
3/31/14
The University at Buffalo is bringing primary health care directly to individuals with serious mental illness in the same facility where they receive psychiatric care.
UB’s Singapore Student Association Holds Make-A-Wish fundraiser featuring memory expert Dave Farrow
3/31/14
The Singapore Student Association at the University at Buffalo hopes to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation while helping overburdened students study in a healthy, constructive way by sponsoring a fundraiser featuring renowned memory expert Dave Farrow on April 1.
Historic preservation the focus of new UB programs
3/31/14
New programs in the School of Architecture and Planning will leverage Buffalo’s unique architecture and planning history to teach students about preservation.
Media advisory: End-of-life expert and author to speak at UB
3/28/14
Ira Byock, the author of “The Best Care Possible,” will advocate for changes in attitudes toward death and dying and the health-care system.
Media Advisory: Aspiring entrepreneurs to compete for more than $60,000 at UB
3/28/14
More than $60,000 in startup funding and in-kind services is at stake in the final round of the Henry A. Panasci Jr. Technology Entrepreneurship Competition (Panasci TEC).
Rainbow-catching waveguide could revolutionize energy technologies
3/28/14
Breakthrough photonics research at UB could revolutionize energy technologies.
Two UB students win highly competitive Goldwater Scholarships
3/28/14
Sean Bearden and Nigel Michki, UB physics majors, will receive the prestigious national honor, which is granted through a program established by the U.S. Congress.
Beyond its clichés: Buffalo in history, imagination and fact
3/27/14
The City of Buffalo is the subject of a new and distinctive exploration, “Ineffably Urban: Imaging Buffalo” (Ashgate Publishing Ltd., Surrey, 2014), edited by art historian Miriam Paeslack, assistant professor in the Arts Management Program at the University at Buffalo.
Even if they don’t reduce body fat, obesity prevention programs can lower kids’ blood pressure
3/27/14
BUFFALO, N.Y. – One of the serious health consequences of obesity is elevated blood pressure (BP), a particular problem in children because research has found that high BP in children usually follows them into adulthood, carrying with it a wide range of possible negative consequences.