News Releases

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

  • UB Student Wins National Science Foundation Fellowship
    6/9/11
    Claire Lochner, who graduated from the University at Buffalo this spring with a degree in electrical engineering and mathematics, has been chosen to take part in the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship.
  • Free Tax Service at UB Brings More than $1 Million Back to WNY
    6/9/11
    During the 2011 tax season, 155 IRS-certified accounting students from the University at Buffalo School of Management brought $1,030,353 back into the Buffalo community through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program.
  • UB, Brock University Team Up to Educate Government Staff on Both Sides of the Border
    6/8/11
    The University at Buffalo and Brock University in Ontario will co-sponsor an intensive five-day seminar, "Binational Executive Seminar on Canada-U.S. Relations" June 13-17 at UB and Brock, and at border sites in Fort Erie, Ontario, and Niagara Falls.
  • Buffalo's Rankings as a Top Science City in the State Reflect UB's Strategic Strengths
    6/8/11
    Researchers at the University at Buffalo are pleased -- but not surprised -- that a recent national study of "hot spots" for scientific disciplines ranks Buffalo as one of the state's top cities for physics and chemistry. An additional ranking found that UB's Department of Chemistry is among the best in the nation.
  • Media Advisory: Bright Forum Brings Great Lakes High-Tech Investors and Entrepreneurs to Buffalo for a Day of Networking and Deal-Making
    6/6/11
    Bright Buffalo Niagara, a high-tech initiative re-launched earlier this year, will bring Great Lakes investors, entrepreneurs and community leaders to Buffalo on June 9 for the Bright Forum -- a full day of networking and deal-making across the life sciences, energy, IT and advanced manufacturing sectors.
  • New System Screens Heart Disease Patients for Severe Sleep Apnea
    6/6/11
    A new computer screening tool developed and patented by a University at Buffalo physician is helping to detect severe obstructive sleep apnea in cardiovascular patients who have not yet been diagnosed with this common and potentially dangerous condition.
  • UB Played Major Role in International Study on Drug that Reduces Breast Cancer in High-Risk Women
    6/4/11
    Today's major announcement at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting that the drug exemestane significantly reduces the risk of breast cancer in high-risk, postmenopausal women is the result of an international, randomized double-blind phase III clinical trial in which University at Buffalo researchers and hundreds of Western New York women played a critical role.
  • UB Expert Co-Chairs International Conference on Best Practices in Universal Design
    6/3/11
    As baby boomers reach retirement, University at Buffalo Professor of Architecture Edward Steinfeld will co-chair an international conference on a topic that could improve the quality of life for aging populations around the world: universal design.
  • UB Celebrates Excellence in Postdoctoral Research at 2011 Postdoc Research Symposium
    6/3/11
    The University at Buffalo's postdoctoral scholars and their contributions to research on campus will be celebrated June 7 from 2-6 p.m. in the Center for Tomorrow on the North Campus as part of UB's 2011 Postdoc Research Symposium sponsored by the UB Office of Postdoctoral Scholars. During the symposium, Margarita Dubocovich will receive the 2011 Distinguished Postdoc Mentor Award.
  • Many UB Undergraduate History Department Awards Go To Local Students
    6/3/11
    The University at Buffalo Department of History awarded scholarships and grants in the amount of more than $50,000 to 17 undergraduate history majors this spring, many of them from the Buffalo area.