News Releases

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

  • 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.
  • 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