News Releases

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

  • Media Advisory: Dental Workshop to Stage Medical Emergencies in Simulation Center
    6/16/11
    The University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine will host two hands-on workshops to teach Western New York's practicing dentists how to assume the role of first responder during office medical emergencies on Friday, June 17, at the UB Behling Simulation Center, on the fourth floor of Farber Hall, South Campus. Press are welcome to arrive for interviews or photos from noon to 1 p.m.
  • Majority of Consumers Oppose Wine in Supermarkets, Study Reveals
    6/16/11
    A survey of wine drinkers conducted by the University at Buffalo School of Management has found that 54 percent say they are opposed to a New York State proposal to sell wine in supermarkets.
  • "Largest Number of UB Students in Recent Memory" Win 2011-12 Fulbright Grants
    6/15/11
    The University at Buffalo has produced eight Fulbright student finalists for the 2011-12 academic year and, to date, four have received Full Fulbright Grants for Study and Research cultural exchange grants and one has received a Full Fulbright Teaching Assistantship Grant to study and/or teach in Europe, Africa, South America and Canada.
  • UB Faculty Inventiveness Attracts Awards
    6/15/11
    The University at Buffalo was well-represented and -recognized at the 36th annual Inventor of the Year Award Dinner, a ceremony hosted by the Niagara Frontier Intellectual Property Law Association to acknowledge outstanding and creative inventors.
  • Study Suggests Drug Significantly Improves Glycemic Control in Type 1 Diabetics on Insulin
    6/15/11
    Results of a small, observational study conducted at the University at Buffalo suggest that liraglutide, an injectable medication used to treat type 2 diabetes, also helps type 1 diabetics on insulin achieve optimal control of their blood glucose levels. If the findings are confirmed in a larger, prospective, randomized study now being planned by the UB researchers, they could mean the first significant, new treatment for type 1 diabetes since insulin was discovered and made available in the 1920s.
  • Energy Drinks Linked to Substance Use in Musicians, Study Shows
    6/15/11
    Frequent use of energy drinks is associated with binge drinking, alcohol-related social problems and misuse of prescription drugs among musicians, according to researchers at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions.
  • 43 Graduate from UB Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership
    6/14/11
    Forty-three Western New York business owners, operators and high-level managers have graduated from the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) Core program in the University at Buffalo School of Management.
  • Under Pressure, Sodium and Hydrogen Could Undergo a Metamorphosis, Emerging As a Superconductor
    6/13/11
    In the search for superconductors, finding ways to compress hydrogen into a metal has been a point of focus ever since scientists predicted many years ago that electricity would flow, uninhibited, through such a material.
  • Conference to Explore "The Pub, the Street and the Medicine Cabinet"
    6/13/11
    If you crave facts about addiction, abjection and the search for love, 60 years of opium smoking in New York City or ancient Roman dinners featuring magic mushrooms, you're in luck. These are just a few of the subjects on the program of "The Pub, the Street and the Medicine Cabinet," the 6th Biennial Meeting of the Alcohol and Drug History Society, which will take place June 23-26.
  • To Keep Patients Safe, Innovative UB Nursing Course Teaches Students to Speak Up
    6/10/11
    Every time you are admitted to a hospital, you place your life in the hands of health care professionals. You trust them to provide the best treatment for you during your stay. You have no other choice.