News Releases

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

UB’s Jerold Frakes named a 2013-14 Guggenheim Foundation fellow
4/18/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Jerold C. Frakes, PhD, professor of English at the University at Buffalo, a highly-regarded scholar of medieval literatures, has received a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship to support his study of the emergence of early Yiddish literature during the 2013-14 academic year.
Winners Named in UB School of Management DEAL Expo
4/18/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A student research study exploring recent organizational behavior theories took top honors in a new University at Buffalo School of Management event designed to showcase undergraduate achievement.
UB Statement of Freedom of Speech and Assembly
4/17/13
UB promotes understanding and sensitivity between and among our diverse student body and we empathize with their concerns. The university also embraces the important concepts of freedom of speech and expression. Indeed, these freedoms are a powerful tradition in America, and nowhere does it have greater or more significant power than in universities.
Kids, get your China on at UB!
4/16/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Confucius Institute in the University at Buffalo Asian Studies Program (UBCI) will offer a K-12 immersion day camp in Chinese language and culture this summer, as well as an immersion experience in China for high school students.
What’s the meaning of nothing? Find out on April 24
4/16/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. — God, math, numbers and art. These are some of the topics that scientists, artists and a retired pastor will discuss on April 24 at an event titled “Nothing.”
UB MBAs use ‘Alternative Spring Break’ to lend a hand
4/16/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A group of MBA students in the University at Buffalo School of Management spent their spring break in New Orleans, helping ongoing efforts to rebuild the hurricane-devastated area.
Twenty years later, the legacy of the Women’s Health Initiative lives on at UB
4/16/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – It was, admittedly, a long shot. Twenty years ago, faculty in the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences applied for a large NIH contract, the Women’s Health Initiative, the landmark women’s health study and the largest clinical trial ever undertaken in the U.S.
The Big Thaw: Scholars, experts, address policy, governance and climate change in the Arctic
4/15/13
As climate change transforms the planet, researchers examine imminent and long-term consequences
Media advisory: UB lecture featuring Welch Allyn will share best practices for marketing biomedical products internationally
4/15/13
Susan Mangicaro, director of clinical affairs at Welch Allyn, will share information and advice on marketing across borders at a lecture designed to help biomedical companies who are selling or plan to sell their products internationally. The lecture is part of a free series hosted by the University at Buffalo’s New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences.
SoftBank Capital Partner, Z80 Labs founder Jordan Levy to speak to students on entrepreneurship
4/15/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Jordan Levy — venture capitalist, entrepreneur, Synacor board member and co-founder of Buffalo’s Z80 Labs technology incubator — will speak with University at Buffalo students on April 17, offering his take on why we need to change the way we think to foster entrepreneurship.