News Releases

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

  • Seven Faculty Members Receive Meyerson Awards
    9/21/12
    The University at Buffalo Faculty Award for Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity has been renamed the President Emeritus and Mrs. Martin Meyerson Award for Distinguished Teaching and Mentoring.
  • Techne Institute Promotes Research at Intersections of Arts and New Technologies
    9/21/12
    The realms in which creativity and information technologies meet are dynamic areas of research. They depend, however, on new kinds of creative collaboration to provoke a greater understanding of our world, generate jobs, produce revenue and improve quality of life. To encourage the development of the creative economy of this region and to establish the University at Buffalo as a leader in this field, the university has established the Techne Institute for Arts and Emerging Technologies.
  • RIA Takes the Challenge on Reducing College Student Substance Use
    9/20/12
    No longer considered an innocent rite of passage, binge drinking among college students contributes to approximately 1,800 deaths and nearly 600,000 injuries each year.
  • Media Advisory: Filmmaker, Composer and UB to Honor Bruce Jackson
    9/20/12
    The life's work and accomplishments of University at Buffalo scholar Bruce Jackson will be honored in a special tribute titled "A Celebration of the Arts to Honor Bruce Jackson: Working in Time" on Friday, Sept. 21, from 1-5 p.m. in Slee Hall on the North Campus. A reception in the Center for the Arts Atrium will follow from 5-6 p.m.
  • Grand Opening of UB's Clinical and Translational Research Center Marks Move Downtown of UB Medical School Researchers
    9/20/12
    The University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences today held the grand opening of its Clinical and Translational Research Center in the joint UB-Kaleida Health building at Goodrich and Ellicott streets in downtown Buffalo.
  • Progress Report: Tripathi Discusses UB 2020, NYSUNY 2020
    9/19/12
    As Satish K. Tripathi begins his second academic year as president of the University at Buffalo, he is working with faculty, staff and students to move ahead with the next phase of the UB 2020 plan for academic excellence. He answers a few questions about UB 2020 and NYSUNY 2020, and their transformative impact on the university.
  • Media Advisory: Grand Opening of UB's Clinical and Translational Research Center in Downtown Buffalo to be held Thursday
    9/18/12
    On Sept. 20, at 2 p.m., UB will hold a grand opening ceremony for its new Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC), a biomedical research facility in downtown Buffalo, designed to narrow the gap between discovery and cure.
  • UB Awarded $1.6M Grant for Students to Study Cybersecurity
    9/18/12
    The University at Buffalo has received a $1.6 million federal grant to teach students how to protect the United States from cyberattacks.
  • Campbell Predicts Small Inroads for Democrats in House Elections
    9/17/12
    James E. Campbell, a University at Buffalo political scientist nationally recognized for his highly accurate election-prediction models, says that this year the Democrats are likely to pick up between three and 14 seats in elections for the U.S. House of Representatives.
  • Discovery of Essential Genes for Drug-Resistant Bacteria Reveals New, High-Value Drug Targets
    9/14/12
    By studying A. baumannii under "clinically relevant" conditions, the researchers have a more precise understanding of how the bacteria infects humans -- and how best to fight it.