News Releases

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

  • Novel Imaging for Sudden Cardiac Arrest Could Better Identify Patients Who Would Benefit from ICDs
    5/10/12
    New research from the University at Buffalo suggests that cardiologists may have a new way to identify patients who are at the highest risk of sudden cardiac arrest, and the most likely to benefit from receiving an implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD).
  • UB Dedicates New $75 Million School of Engineering Building on North Campus
    5/10/12
    The University at Buffalo today officially opened its new $75 million, environmentally friendly School of Engineering and Applied Sciences research facility. Located on UB's North Campus, Barbara and Jack Davis Hall is named in honor of the Western New York couple in recognition of their lifetime philanthropic contributions to the university.
  • Buffalo Doctors Help Share Stories from Kashmir's Past and Present
    5/10/12
    A Kashmir native and current clinical associate professor of urology at the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences has launched the Ladi Shah Project, Kashmir's first digital oral history archive.
  • TAG and Charlie Clough -- Diggin' the Dirt, Tellin' the Tale
    5/9/12
    The Theoretical Archaeology Group -- TAG -- has been debating archaeological theory since 1979, first at universities throughout the UK and Scandinavia and, since 2008, at American institutions like Columbia, Stanford, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago and the University at Buffalo, where it will hold its 2012 annual meeting, May 17-20.
  • Media Advisory: $75 million Engineering Building on North Campus to be Dedicated on Thursday
    5/9/12
    The University at Buffalo will hold a dedication ceremony on Thursday, May 10, for Barbara and Jack Davis Hall, a $75 million School of Engineering and Applied Sciences building on the North Campus.
  • Owens Honored with Plesur Award
    5/9/12
    Bradley Owens, assistant professor of organization and human resources in the University at Buffalo School of Management, received the Milton Plesur Excellence in Teaching Award from the Undergraduate Student Association on April 18 in the Recital Room of UB's Baird Hall.
  • Knowledge-Driven New Product Development is Focus of Upcoming Seminar
    5/9/12
    UB's TCIE announces offerings this summer for professionals: a course in knowledge-driven new product development, being offered with UB's NYSCEDII, as well as a summer session in the Certified Lean Professional program.
  • UB Union President to Receive Outstanding Leader Award from New York State United Teachers
    5/9/12
    Thomas J. Tucker, president of the Buffalo Center Chapter of United University Professions (UUP) at the University at Buffalo, will receive the Regional Outstanding Leader Award from the Western New York Region of New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) at that union's 25th Annual Awards Dinner, to be held June 7 at Samuel's Grand Manor, 8750 Main St. in Williamsville.
  • Chronic Cocaine Use Triggers Changes in Brain's Neuron Structure
    5/9/12
    Chronic exposure to cocaine reduces the expression of a protein known to regulate brain plasticity, according to new, in vivo research on the molecular basis of cocaine addiction. That reduction drives structural changes in the brain, which produce greater sensitivity to the rewarding effects of cocaine.
  • UB Center for the Arts Executive Director Thomas Burrows Designated as a Distinguished Fellow by the Society for the Arts in Healthcare
    5/8/12
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo has announced that Executive Director Thomas Burrows has been designated as a Distinguished Fellow by the Society for the Arts in Healthcare. The honor was given at the organization's 23rd annual international conference, which took place May 2-5 in Detroit.