News Releases

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

  • UB Alert: (Updated 1:30 p.m.) Downed Power Lines Near South Campus
    5/2/11
    UB Alert: Downed Power Lines Near South Campus. Traffic not allowed to exit campus onto Bailey Ave. UB Police are on the scene.
  • UB Alert (updated 2:45 p.m.): Bailey Avenue Expected to Reopen Shortly
    5/2/11
    UB Alert (updated 2:45 p.m.): Bailey Avenue is expected to reopen shortly with a single lane of traffic in each direction between Winspear Avenue and Main Street.
  • Amherst Woman Dies After Losing Consciousness in Pool
    4/29/11
    Amherst resident Hua Ge, 27, died this morning at Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital after she lost consciousness last night during a recreational swim in the pool at Alumni Arena.
  • Nancy Nielsen Is Appointed to One-Year Health Policy Role in Washington, DC
    4/29/11
    Nancy Nielsen, MD, PhD, former head of the Office of Medical Education in the University at Buffalo's School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and past president of the American Medical Association, has been named to a health policy leadership role in Washington, D.C. In her federal role, Nielsen has been recruited to serve a one-year appointment as senior advisor for stakeholder engagement at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
  • Media Advisory: Susan Dentzer to Tell UB's New Medical School Grads, "Congratulations. Now Please Go Reinvent U.S. Healthcare"
    4/28/11
    Susan Dentzer, editor-in-chief of Health Affairs, and one of the nation's most respected health and health policy journalists, will be the honored speaker at the 165th commencement of the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, which will be held April 29 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Center for the Arts on UB's North Campus.
  • Media Advisory: Ineffably Urban: Artists and Creative Thinkers Discuss Image and Identity of Buffalo in Art and Architecture
    4/28/11
    How do artists, architects, activists, and scholars creatively engage with Buffalo and other cities in similar situations? What is the image, the identity they create for those cities? Artists and creative thinkers will address these questions on April 30 at Ineffably Urban, a daylong symposium organized at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center by the University at Buffalo.
  • Two-day UB Law School Conference Explores European Union's Continuing Challenges
    4/27/11
    The ongoing challenge of uniting 27 nations, both politically and socially, into a cohesive European Union is the subject of a major interdisciplinary conference April 28-29 at the Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy at the University at Buffalo Law School.
  • Arts in Healthcare Clinical Practice Intensive to be Held Aug. 1-12
    4/27/11
    The University at Buffalo's Center for the Arts and the University of Florida Center for the Arts in Healthcare, Research & Education announce the fourth annual Arts in Healthcare Clinical Practice Intensive, to be held Aug. 1-12 in the UB Center for the Arts.
  • Waterpipe Smoking is Becoming 'Epidemic' Among Young People, Study Concludes
    4/27/11
    Students in schools and universities in the U.S. and around the world are using waterpipes to smoke tobacco at "alarmingly high" rates, according to a study published this month by University at Buffalo researchers.
  • Media Advisory: Pioneering Biologist J. Craig Venter to Present Distinguished Speakers Lecture at UB
    4/27/11
    Pioneering biologist J. Craig Venter will present the latest installment of the University at Buffalo's Distinguished Speakers Series with a lecture at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 27, in Alumni Arena on UB's North Campus.