News Releases

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

  • High School Research Program Wins National Award for Investigating Niagara County Waters
    10/5/12
    University at Buffalo Professor of Chemistry Diana Aga, PhD, and Lewiston-Porter High School teachers Michelle Hinchliffe and Colleen Glor have won a national science education award for their efforts to train student scientists to measure pharmaceutical contamination in Niagara County waterways.
  • Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Celebrates Global Entrepreneurship Week
    10/4/12
    Aspiring entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to network, listen and learn as the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) in the University at Buffalo School of Management celebrates Global Entrepreneurship Week, Nov. 12-18.
  • The Brief but Violent Life of Monogenetic Volcanoes
    10/3/12
    A new UB-led study in the journal Geology is shedding light on the brief but violent lives of maar-diatreme volcanoes, which erupt when magma and water meet in an explosive marriage below the surface of the earth.
  • UB Ranked One of the World's Best Universities by Times Higher Education
    10/3/12
    Times Higher Education has named the University at Buffalo as one of the world's top 200 universities. UB is ranked 198th in the 2012-13 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, up from last year's ranking among the top 201 to 225 universities worldwide. The assessment uses 13 performance indicators to analyze how well a university is doing in core missions including teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.
  • UB Names Executive Director of Institute for Healthcare Informatics
    10/2/12
    Peter Winkelstein, MD, professor of pediatrics at the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, chief medical informatics officer for UB/MD and former chief of the division of general pediatrics, has been appointed executive director of the UB medical school's Institute for Healthcare Informatics.
  • Zodiaque Dance Company to Present 1.2.3.4 -- Countdown to Celebration 40
    10/2/12
    The University at Buffalo Department of Theatre and Dance will present Zodiaque Dance Company Oct. 17-21 in the Drama Theatre in the Center for the Arts, UB North Campus.
  • Professor to Launch Dental Clinic in Turkey to Treat Syrian Refugees
    10/2/12
    "We have friends in Syria who were visited by police because their son had attended a rally. When they told the police that their son wasn't home, the police proceeded to shoot the three children who were there, in front of their mother, as a warning. One of those children was three years old." This is just one of the many stories about conditions in Syria told by UB's Othman Shibly.
  • UB Law School Conference Marks Progress Against Domestic Violence
    10/2/12
    A conference and symposium being held at the University at Buffalo Law School on Oct. 19 will pay tribute to two landmark anniversaries in the fight against domestic violence: the 20th anniversary of the Law School's Women, Children and Social Justice Clinic, and the 50th anniversary of New York State Family Court.
  • UB Department of Medicine Names New Chief of Nephrology Division
    10/1/12
    Richard J. Quigg Jr., MD, professor of medicine at the University of Chicago and former chief of its nephrology section, has been named the inaugural Arthur M. Morris Chair in Nephrology and chief of the division of Nephrology in the Department of Medicine in the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
  • UB TCIE Helps Prevent Older Adults in Genesee County from Falling
    10/1/12
    Genesee County Office for the Aging (OFA) Director Pamela Whitmore admits that until two years ago, little focus was placed on preventing falls among the county's older adults in home and community-based settings. One-third of the elderly population experience a fall each year, a leading cause of injuries for those 65 and older, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.