News Releases

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

  • UB Department of Theatre and Dance to Present the Musical "Grease"
    3/28/12
    The University at Buffalo Department of Theatre and Dance will present Grease April 19-21 and 26-28 at 7:30 p.m. and April 22 and 29 at 2 p.m. in the Drama Theatre in the Center for the Arts, UB North Campus. The cast of Grease will be comprised of students from the UB Music Theatre and Dance programs.
  • From Hand-Washing Hygiene to Radiation Disasters, UB Researchers Mark National Public Health Week
    3/28/12
    National Public Health Week, April 2-6, will be observed by the University at Buffalo's School of Public Health and Health Professions with two seminars that are free and open to the public.
  • After 32 Years, Buffalo Authors Revisit the Tragic World of Death Row
    3/28/12
    Bruce Jackson is known in some circles as the dean of prison culture. Since the early 1960s he has been studying the little-known lives and culture of inmates in one of America's oldest penal institutions, the O.B. Ellis Unit, a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison in the Walker County, Texas.
  • New Study of Employee Substance Use Shows the Need for Supervisor Training
    3/27/12
    To curb employees' on-the-job substance use and intoxication, bosses need to do more than just be around their employees all day, according to a new study from the University at Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions (RIA).
  • Afterbirth: Study Asks If We Could Derive Benefits from Ingesting Placenta
    3/27/12
    A paper by neuroscientists at the University at Buffalo and Buffalo State College suggests that ingestion of components of afterbirth or placenta -- placentophagia -- may offer benefits to human mothers and perhaps to non-mothers and males.
  • Media Advisory: "Room at the Table" Plan to Improve Erie County Farmlands, Food System to Be Presented March 28
    3/27/12
    "Room at the Table," a detailed plan to strengthen and enhance Erie County farmlands and the county's $9.9 billion food system, will be presented to members of the Erie County Industrial Development Agency March 28 at 8:30 a.m. in the IDA offices, 143 Genesee St., Buffalo.
  • UB's Jonathan Katz to Receive Major Award from U. S. Art Critics Association
    3/27/12
    Jonathan D. Katz, associate professor and director of the doctoral program in the University at Buffalo Department of Visual Studies, will receive the 2011 annual first prize award for Best National Museum Show from the U.S section of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA/USA) in April 2 ceremonies at the Asia Society in New York City.
  • UB to Receive State Designation and Start-up Funding to Establish a Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics
    3/27/12
    BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Western New York legislative delegation informed University at Buffalo President Satish K. Tripathi today that UB will receive a state designation for a Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics, and will be awarded $200,000 in seed funding toward the establishment of the center.
  • Native Students Use Wolf-Fire Scholarship to Improve Community
    3/26/12
    When he was eight years old, Beynan Ransom protested with his parents at a General Motors plant that discharged waste into the St. Lawrence River near the Akwesasne Mohawk Indian Territory, three hours from Syracuse. More than 10 years later, Ransom is still working to improve the Native American community across New York by working with the Onondaga Nation, this time on the removal of the Onondaga Creek dam.
  • Complexions Contemporary Ballet to Perform at UB April 26
    3/26/12
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Complexions Contemporary Ballet on Thursday, April 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts, UB North Campus. There will be a pre-performance talk at 6:45 p.m. The performance is sponsored by M&T Bank.