News Releases

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

  • A Life Sciences Phoenix: QuaDPharma Rises, Led By Experts from Departed WNY Firm
    12/11/12
    With help from UB, former employees of Contract Pharmaceuticals Limited have launched QuaDPharma, a Clarence-based pharmaceuticals manufacturer.
  • Media Advisory: Dogs in the Library? UB's Unusual Way to Help Students Cope with Stress During Final Exams
    12/10/12
    For college students, it doesn't get much more stressful than finals week. Entire semesters can hang in the balance. Thankfully, the University at Buffalo Libraries has found a way to ease the tension: therapy dogs. For three days this week more than a dozen pooches will visit two UB libraries, offering students a chance nuzzle with something aside from their schoolwork.
  • UB Law Professor Project Aims to Improve Seniors' Access to Services
    12/7/12
    To keep Buffalo's senior citizens healthy and active in the community, they must be able to live comfortably in their own homes.
  • UB Undergraduate Receives American Society for Microbiology Fellowship
    12/7/12
    University at Buffalo senior Courtney Szyjka has been awarded the American Society for Microbiology's 2012 Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
  • Severe Morning Sickness Patients Get Relief from Anti-Seizure Drug, UB Professor Has Found
    12/7/12
    Good news may be on the horizon for Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, and other women stricken with severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, thanks to the work of a University at Buffalo professor who is conducting research on a drug that is showing success treating pregnant women with this condition.
  • EPA Recognizes Buffalo's Larkin District for Smart Growth Achievement, 'Urban Village' Concept Envisioned in Master Plan by UB School of Architecture and Planning
    12/6/12
    The Larkin District and its development and planning team, including the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning, won an honorable mention at the prestigious National Award for Smart Growth Achievement ceremony Dec. 5 in Washington, D.C.
  • Exports to Canada Program a Cross-Border Success
    12/6/12
    Business, education and government leaders on Nov. 30 celebrated the success of the inaugural Exports to Canada program, a collaboration between the University at Buffalo School of Management and the Erie County Industrial Development Agency (ECIDA).
  • National Documentary Project Features Buffalo Science Education Program
    12/5/12
    A program that's bringing Android apps and miniature racecars into science classrooms in Buffalo schools is the latest subject of Bus 52, a national documentary project that is traveling across America to film people who are confronting community challenges in inventive ways.
  • UB's Gifted Math Program Challenges Buffalo's Brightest Students
    12/5/12
    David Wang was underachieving in math class because he was too smart. The seventh grader at Transit Middle School simply lost interest in the subject. What he needed was a challenge. His father decided to reignite his son's curiosity in math by enrolling him in the Gifted Math Program (GMP), an after-school, advanced mathematics program for middle and high school students at the University at Buffalo.
  • Media Advisory: HiggsFest! Physicists to Celebrate Discovery of Higgs Boson
    12/4/12
    UB physicists who contributed to the hunt for the Higgs boson are hosting "HiggsFest," a free, public celebration. The event will include short presentations -- in plain English -- on the famed boson and its discovery.