News Releases

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

  • UB Restructures Research Office to Emphasize Economic Development
    1/11/12
    The University at Buffalo has reorganized its research office to better reflect the university's continued commitment to economic development.
  • Women Are 'Socially' Networked, Study Shows
    1/10/12
    Bloggers and other social network users are more likely to share knowledge online where the qualities of trust, strong social ties and reciprocity are present, according to a study forthcoming in the Journal of Management Information Systems.
  • UB's MCEER Sets Foundation for Rebuilding Haiti, One Engineer at a Time
    1/10/12
    A new building on the Quisqueya University (UniQ) campus in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, provides some of the most powerful evidence yet that Haiti's engineering community, with international assistance from the University at Buffalo and MCEER, is undergoing a dramatic transformation.
  • An Invitation to Lose Your 21st Century Western Mind
    1/10/12
    The University at Buffalo Intermedia Performance Studio, in collaboration with Buffalo's Subversive Theatre Collective, will present several free public events this weekend designed to help members of the audience not only understand, but actually experience, three very different theories of how the mind works.
  • National Institute Director Ranks UB Researcher's Work In Top Five Findings of 2011
    1/10/12
    Thomas R. Insel, MD, director of the National Institute for Mental Health of the National Institutes of Health, has selected research by a University at Buffalo professor as one of the top five most important findings of 2011. In his Director's blog on the "NIMH's Top Ten Research Advances of 2011," Insel includes at number five "Epigenomics: How Experience Alters Behavior" and references research by David Dietz, PhD, assistant professor of pharmacology and toxicology in the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
  • UB's Millard Fillmore College Returns to Downtown Buffalo
    1/9/12
    The administrative offices of the University at Buffalo's Millard Fillmore College (MFC) have moved to the UB Downtown Gateway, formerly the M. Wile & Co. building, at 77 Goodell St. in Buffalo.
  • In the Brain, "ORMOSIL" Nanoparticles Hold Promise as a Potential Vehicle for Drug Delivery
    1/9/12
    In the images of fruit flies, clusters of neurons are all lit up, forming a brightly glowing network of highways within the brain. It's exactly what University at Buffalo researcher Shermali Gunawardena was hoping to see: It meant that ORMOSIL, a novel class of nanoparticles, had successfully penetrated the insects' brains.
  • University of Oregon's Hubbard Selected to Join UB as Vice President for Finance and Administration
    1/9/12
    Laura E. Hubbard, associate vice president for budget and finance at the University of Oregon, has been named vice president for finance and administration at the University at Buffalo.
  • Building a Bridge to Practice: UB Offers January Bridge Courses
    1/7/12
    January is the season for one of University at Buffalo Law School's most distinctive traditions: the intensive learning experiences known as bridge courses.
  • Suspension Bridges, a Home for Snakes, 3-D Window Shades
    1/6/12
    With the assistance of Buffalo-area professional architects, their teachers and University at Buffalo architecture and planning students, elementary school children in several City of Buffalo schools have worked all semester to come up with a treat for you.