News Releases

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

  • Graduate Student Making the World a Safer Place for Women
    7/7/11
    When Eman Abu Sabbah, a first-year PhD candidate in nursing at the University at Buffalo, discusses domestic violence against women in Jordan her body is still and her voice is steady, but her eyes shine with a laser-like intensity. A 2011 recipient of a prestigious Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund (MMMF) grant, Sabbah has been working to help women in her home country for years.
  • Rhesus Monkeys Have a Form of Self Awareness Not Previously Attributed to Them
    7/5/11
    In the first study of its kind in an animal species that has not passed a critical test of self-recognition, cognitive psychologist Justin J. Couchman of the University at Buffalo has demonstrated that rhesus monkeys have a sense of self-agency -- the ability to understand that they are the cause of certain actions -- and possess a form of self awareness previously not attributed to them.
  • From Across the U.S., Students Attend UB's Bioscience Summer Program: CLIMB UP
    7/1/11
    Brittani Franklin attends Xavier University in New Orleans; Donteeno Todd attends Tougaloo College in Jackson, Miss.; and Caitlin Nicholson attends Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. But all are spending the summer at the University at Buffalo, along with a dozen other undergraduate students from as far away as Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, and as close as Buffalo.
  • UB Regional Institute and Urban Design Project teaming up under Architecture and Planning umbrella
    6/30/11
    The University at Buffalo Regional Institute, known for its cutting-edge policy research, and the Urban Design Project, a key contributor across two decades to planning and place-making efforts throughout the region, are joining forces.
  • Expert in Cyberwarfare Welcomes Obama's Long-Awaited Executive Orders
    6/30/11
    University at Buffalo cyberwarfare expert and ethicist Randall Dipert, PhD, is relieved that in the long-awaited executive orders on cyberwarfare, President Obama is finally using cyberattacks and other computer-based operations as part of routine U.S. espionage against our enemies in other countries.
  • At Small Scales, Tug-of-War Between Electrons Can Lead to Magnetism Under Surprising Circumstances
    6/29/11
    At the smallest scales, magnetism may not work quite the way scientists expected, according to a recent paper in Physical Review Letters by Rafal Oszwaldowski and Igor Zutic of the University at Buffalo and Andre Petukhov of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.
  • Through a Crop of Fresh Hires, School of Medicine Brings New Medical Expertise to UB and to WNY Patients
    6/28/11
    A new cadre of leaders is at the helm in departments throughout the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Of the 26 academic departments in the UB medical school, nearly half of them are either being led by new chairs or are actively engaged in a search for one.
  • Cyber Engineering Workshop Offered for Young Women
    6/28/11
    Local female high school students entering grades 10-12 will participate in a Cyber Engineering Workshop for Young Women to be held Aug. 15-19 to explore all the opportunities that the world of engineering has to offer.
  • UB Center for the Arts receives Buffalo Spree Magazine Best of WNY 2011 Award
    6/28/11
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo has been awarded "Best Large Music Venue" in Buffalo Spree magazine's Best of WNY 2011 Awards. The sixth annual awards were presented at an event on June 23 and appear in the July-August 2011 issue of Buffalo Spree.
  • Researchers Image Electron Clouds on the Surface of Graphene, Revealing How Folds in the Remarkable Material Can Harm Conductivity
    6/28/11
    A research team led by University at Buffalo chemists has used synchrotron light sources to observe the electron clouds on the surface of graphene, producing a series of images that reveal how folds and ripples in the remarkable material can harm its conductivity.