News Releases

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

  • Drawing Death: In UB's Gross Anatomy Lab, Artists Explore the Human Body
    9/7/11
    The life-sized drawing of the cadaver is titled "Table 8." About six feet long, it shows the human body in a state of partial dissection, with flaps of leathery skin peeled back to reveal the flesh below. Lines of pen and ink capture intricate details: the sinews in the muscles, the texture of the bones. This study of a corpse is one of three that artist Joan Linder has completed since 2006 in an unusual location: the University at Buffalo's Gross Anatomy Lab.
  • Inauguration Week to Celebrate UB's Past, Present and Future
    9/7/11
    A colorful ceremony rich in tradition and pageantry will mark the formal investiture of Satish K. Tripathi as the University at Buffalo's 15th president at 3 p.m. Sept. 23 in the Center of the Arts on the UB North Campus. The ceremony will be followed by a public reception in the center's atrium.
  • UB's "Fluid Culture" Series Will Feature Stars in the Ecological Firmament
    9/7/11
    "Fluid Culture," a free public lecture, arts and media series, will be presented by the University at Buffalo Humanities Institute beginning in September and extending through April. The interdisciplinary series will bring acclaimed environmental scholars to Buffalo for a series of lectures on water, globalization and culture, with a special focus on the Buffalo Niagara region.
  • UB School of Management to Host Speakers on White Collar Crime, Ethics
    9/7/11
    U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. and Enron whistleblower Sherron Watkins will speak at the University at Buffalo School of Management on white collar crime and ethics in accounting, respectively.
  • UB Honors College's '9/11 Day of Service' Grant to Focus on Buffalo's East Side
    9/7/11
    The University at Buffalo Honors College was awarded a $500 9/11 "Day of Service" grant from State Farm and Youth Service America to learn about, remember and honor 9/11 through community service-learning projects. On Sept. 11, at 10 a.m., 50 UB Honors College students will gather on the East Side of Buffalo to help local activist Elizabeth Triggs create a new garden in a vacant lot recently turned over to the community by the city. Triggs leads the None Like You/We Care Block Club.
  • Medical Acoustics, UB Reaching COPD Patients with New Lung Flute
    9/6/11
    An easy-to-use device developed by a local biomedical company, with UB's help, is providing relief to Buffalo-area patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
  • UB on the Green Celebrates Fifth Season on South Campus
    9/6/11
    The University at Buffalo will hold its fifth season of UB on the Green, a free outdoor performance series on the South Campus, with free music and dance performances from 6-8 p.m. on three Wednesday evenings: Sept. 7 on Hayes Hall lawn, Sept. 14 on Rotary Field along Bailey Avenue and Sept. 21 on Hayes Hall lawn.
  • Keb' Mo' Band to Perform Oct. 2 at UB
    9/6/11
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Keb' Mo' Band on Sunday, Oct. 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts, UB North Campus.
  • UB Creates New Chief Sustainability Officer Post
    9/1/11
    The University at Buffalo has created a new position of chief sustainability officer to provide leadership and direction for sustainability initiatives as the university works to implement ambitious environmental objectives.
  • Discussions, Exhibition to Explore Life and Work of Louisa May Alcott
    9/1/11
    The University at Buffalo Libraries will continue its series of programs designed to reintroduce audiences to author Louisa May Alcott with two events in September