News Releases

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

  • Major Grant Will Fund Study to Improve Lives of Kids in Foster Care
    2/2/12
    Making tax dollars devoted to child welfare work most effectively for children is the focus of a promising two-year study led by a University at Buffalo Law School professor.
  • UB's New Medical Research Building Will Benefit Patients and the Region
    2/2/12
    The stage is set for some important medical advances at the University at Buffalo's Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC). The new UB facility will be housed in the top four floors of the new $291 million joint UB-Kaleida Health building now under construction at Goodrich and Ellicott streets on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.
  • School of Dental Medicine Hosts Third Annual "Give UB a Smile Day"
    2/2/12
    A free dental check up and cleaning will be available to UB employees and students at the third annual, "Give UB a Smile Day""hosted by the School of Dental Medicine on Saturday, February 18 beginning at 9 a.m. in the UB dental school clinics.
  • Media Advisory/Photo Op: "Give Kids a Smile Day" Takes Place on Feb. 3
    2/2/12
    Dental exams for Teddy Bears and a proclamation by Mayor Byron Brown will be just a few of the highlights when the University at Buffalo holds its 11th annual "Give Kids a Smile Day" from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 3, in the Squire Hall lobby and dental clinics on the first and third floors of the dental school on UB's South Campus.
  • Struggle and Hope for Pakistan's Women: Activists Challenge Gender Violence
    2/1/12
    An active and forceful grass roots movement committed to expanding democratic freedom for women is essential to curbing the dramatic and widespread violation of women's rights in Pakistan, a University at Buffalo School of Social Work researcher has concluded.
  • UB, Women and Children's Hospital Played Key Role in Development of new Cystic Fibrosis Drug Approved by FDA
    1/31/12
    The Cystic Fibrosis Therapeutics Development Center of the University at Buffalo and Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo played a critical role in the development of the new breakthrough drug called Kalydeco, which the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved today for the treatment of a less-common mutation of cystic fibrosis.
  • Eleventh Annual "Give Kids a Smile Day" Set for Feb. 3
    1/30/12
    The University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine will mark eleven years of providing free treatment to Western New York children who don't have access to dental care when they hold their annual "Give Kids a Smile Day" on Feb. 3 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Squire Hall on UB's South Campus.
  • UB Department of Theatre and Dance to Present Caryl Churchill's Fen
    1/30/12
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Fen from Wednesday, Feb. 29, to Saturday, March 3, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, March 4, at 2 p.m. in the Black Box Theatre in the Center for the Arts, UB North Campus.
  • Media Advisory: Lecture to Examine 37 Years of Shakespeare in Delaware Park
    1/30/12
    Saul Elkin, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Theatre and Dance at the University at Buffalo and founding director of Buffalo's "Shakespeare in Delaware Park," will deliver the 2012 Gray Matter Lecture presented by the UB Humanities Institute on Feb. 1.
  • Ballet Folklorico de Antioquia, Colombia to Perform Feb. 28 at UB
    1/25/12
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Ballet Folklorico de Antioquia, Colombia on Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 7:30 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts, North Campus. The performance is sponsored by M&T Bank.