News Releases

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

First Niagara provides land for new UB medical school project
3/27/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The University at Buffalo and First Niagara Financial Group Inc. announced today that First Niagara has given to UB a parcel of land to be used in the construction of the university’s new School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.
UB Police earn ‘gold standard’ of law enforcement recognition
3/26/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – University at Buffalo Police earned the approval of the Commission on Accreditation of Law Enforcement Authorities (CALEA), becoming the only police department in Erie County and one of five in the state to receive national accreditation.
Architectural historians worldwide to explore Buffalo during annual society meeting
3/26/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. — When architectural luminaries from around the world come to Buffalo this April for the Society of Architectural Historians annual conference, experts from the University at Buffalo will be on hand to introduce out-of-town guests to the marvels that make Buffalo unique, and to the innovative ways in which the city is planning for the future.
News Conference: UB and First Niagara will make important announcement about UB medical school move downtown
3/26/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – First Niagara Bank and the University at Buffalo will make an important announcement about the construction of the new UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.
UB Police campaign focuses on campus seat belt compliance, safe driving
3/25/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – University at Buffalo Police will pay close attention to seat belt compliance on campus this spring, patrolling campus roadways and setting up checkpoints during peak traffic times.
16 to be honored by the UB Alumni Association
3/22/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The University at Buffalo Alumni Association will honor a physicist and a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph during the UB Alumni Association Achievement Awards ceremony to be held at 6 p.m. April 12 in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall on the UB North Campus.
Can alcohol and drug abuse clinician skills be assessed over the phone?
3/22/13
UB RIA awarded grant to develop telephone-based clinical skill assessment tool
UB Nursing School offers new master’s program in nursing leadership
3/22/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. –The University at Buffalo School of Nursing has received approval by New York State to offer a master’s degree in Nursing Leadership in Health Care Systems beginning this summer.
UB’s Ninth Annual Indigenous and American Studies Storytellers Conference evokes the Two Row Wampum Belt Treaty of 1613
3/22/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Among indigenous peoples across America and Canada there is outrage and a strong activist movement provoked by what they consider the destructive ongoing violations of the 400 year-old Two Row Wampum-Belt Treaty by American and Canadian governments and entities protected by them – violations Native Peoples say threaten not only indigenous health and culture but life on earth.
Multiple Sclerosis research: the thalamus moves into the spotlight
3/21/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – A growing body of research by multiple sclerosis (MS) investigators at the University at Buffalo and international partners is providing powerful new evidence that the brain’s gray matter reflects important changes in the disease that could allow clinicians to diagnose earlier and to better monitor and predict how the disease will progress.