News Releases

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

  • UB Choral Conductor Rosenbaum to Receive Honorary Doctorate from Queens College
    6/2/11
    Harold Rosenbaum, conductor of the University at Buffalo choruses and one of the most critically acclaimed choral conductors of our time, will receive an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Queens College on June 2, during the college's 87th commencement.
  • UB Student Organization Lauded for 30th Consecutive Year
    6/2/11
    The University at Buffalo School of Management's student chapter of the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) has earned the SHRM Superior Merit Award for the 30th consecutive year.
  • UB Law Partners with Other Stakeholders to Hold Medical-Legal Partnership Event
    6/2/11
    Seeking to help navigate the gap between law, health care and community services for low-income patients and their hospitals, a consortium of Western New York schools and non-profit agencies is banding together to bring the Medical Legal Partnership (MLP) to Buffalo, where they will hold their first local conference on June 9 from 1-4 p.m. at Hospice Buffalo, 225 Como Park Blvd., Cheektowaga.
  • State University of New York Stepping Forward to Build New York's Economy
    6/1/11
    A comprehensive statewide study finds that the State University of New York is positioned to be the critical force in building a new innovation economy for New York -- with a broad and diverse array of economic development activities already in place across the 64-campus system, and with a growing potential to do more in the future.
  • Media Advisory: Learn About UB's New Downtown Research Facility and Much More at UB Partners Day
    5/31/11
    A presentation on UB's newest downtown facility -- the Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC) -- will be among the highlights of this year's UB Partners Day.
  • Art Historian One of 26 Statewide SUNY Grant Recipients
    5/31/11
    Art historian Elizabeth Otto, PhD. assistant professor of modern and contemporary art, Department of Visual Studies, University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences, has received a $5,000 Conversations in the Disciplines (CID) grant from the State University of New York for the 2011-12 academic year.
  • For Children, There's No Place like (a Dental) Home
    5/26/11
    Tooth decay is the most chronic disease among children. In one year, more than 51 million hours of school is missed because of tooth decay or other dental-related illness. And even when children with dental problems can attend school, research shows that these problems are distracting enough to impair classroom learning and behavior. The children of Chautauqua County, however, have not gone without dental care -- in fact, the care comes to them.
  • Chameleon Magnets: Ability to Switch Magnets "On" or "Off" Could Revolutionize Computing
    5/26/11
    What causes a magnet to be a magnet, and how can we control a magnet's behavior? These are the questions that University at Buffalo researcher Igor Zutic, a theoretical physicist, has been exploring over many years.
  • Media Advisory: WNY Health Care Community Helps UB's School of Nursing Celebrate its 75th Anniversary
    5/25/11
    More than 200 nurses, faculty members and hospital administrators will help the University at Buffalo School of Nursing mark 75 years of excellence in nursing education and research at an anniversary cocktail reception to be held on Wednesday, May 25, from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, 25 Nottingham Terrace, Buffalo.
  • Media Advisory: Major UB Study to Document SUNY's Broad Economic Impact Across New York State and its Role in the Innovation Economy
    5/25/11
    A comprehensive report on the State University of New York's economic impact across New York State will be released on Wednesday, June 1, at the University at Albany's Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, 411 State St., Albany.