News Releases

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

  • Media Advisory: 212th Birthday of Millard Fillmore to be Commemorated
    1/5/12
    The University at Buffalo will once again honor its first chancellor and the 13th president of the United States, Millard Fillmore, in a ceremony to take place at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 6, at Fillmore's gravesite in Buffalo's Forest Lawn Cemetery.
  • UB TCIE Announces Spring 2012 Course Lineup
    1/5/12
    Western New York business professionals striving to save money and boost efficiency in their organizations can register now for a variety of business improvement workshops and training courses being offered this spring by the University at Buffalo's TCIE.
  • Statement from UB President Satish K. Tripathi on Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's State of the State Address
    1/5/12
    University President Satish K. Tripathi has issued a statement regarding Gov. Andrew Cuomo's State of the State address.
  • Taking Smoking Cessation Medication for Several Weeks Before Quitting May Make it Easier to Stay Tobacco-Free, UB and Roswell Park Clinical Trial Shows
    1/5/12
    Smokers planning to kick the habit may have more success if they begin using a cessation medication several weeks before they actually try to quit. Those are the results of a clinical trial conducted by researchers at the University at Buffalo Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) and other institutions published recently in Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
  • Wells to Bring Extensive Experience as UB's New Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations
    1/5/12
    Nancy L. Wells has been named vice president for development and alumni relations at the University at Buffalo. She will lead the university's fundraising efforts and its engagement with the more than 218,000 alumni worldwide.
  • UB Confucius Institute, Chinese Club of WNY to Celebrate Chinese New Year Jan. 28
    1/4/12
    The University at Buffalo Confucius Institute (UBCI), in partnership with the Chinese Club of Western New York (CCWNY), will present an exciting Chinese New Year celebration, full of color and music, on Jan. 28, 2:30-4:30 p.m., in the Mainstage Theatre, UB Center for the Arts on the North Campus.
  • UB to Present Kaleidescopika, featuring LehrerDance & Cordis, a World Premiere Music, Dance and Multimedia Performance
    1/3/12
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Kaleidescopika on Thursday, Feb. 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts, UB North Campus.
  • Murphy Named Director of UB's New Clinical and Translational Research Center
    12/29/11
    The University at Buffalo has named Timothy F. Murphy, MD, director of UB's Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC), which will be located in the new $291 million joint UB-Kaleida Health building under construction at Goodrich and Ellicott streets on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.
  • UB Regional Institute Study: Blind and Visually Impaired New Yorkers Contribute to State Economy
    12/27/11
    Employment statistics suggest bleak economic realities for New Yorkers who are blind. Nearly two in three are out of work, a level in line with national unemployment figures for individuals who are blind and other populations with disabilities. But a more promising picture emerges from the Industries for the Blind of New York State (IBNYS) and its eight affiliated agencies, which are breaking down employment barriers from Buffalo to Brooklyn through a program that creates jobs to produce goods and services needed by government agencies.
  • Eight UB Inventions from 2011 That You Won't Want to Miss
    12/23/11
    University at Buffalo researchers racked up a diverse list of inventions in 2011, spanning fields from medical imaging to green energy. As of mid-December, UB was issued 14 new U.S. patents and filed 43 provisional patent applications in 2011.