News Releases

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

  • Govindaraju named SUNY Distinguished Professor
    11/18/10
    Venugopal Govindaraju of Williamsville, University at Buffalo Distinguished Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been named a SUNY Distinguished Professor, the highest faculty rank in the State University of New York system.
  • UB Now Ranks 12th Among Top U.S. Campuses In International Enrollment
    11/17/10
    The University at Buffalo, long a leader among major American research universities in the percentage of international students enrolled, ranked 12th among the top 25 U.S. campuses hosting international students in 2009-10, up from 2008-09, when it ranked 17th.
  • Center for the Arts receives $116,675 grant from the Roswell Park Alliance Foundation
    11/17/10
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo has received a grant of $116,675 from the Roswell Park Alliance Foundation Quality of Life Committee. The funds will benefit the center's Arts in Healthcare Program at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, now in its third year.
  • UB Alert: Attempted Purse Snatching
    11/17/10
    University Police are investigating an attempted purse snatching that occurred on the UB's North Campus in Jacobs "A" parking lot. UB Police and Amherst Police are on the scene and recommend that all students, faculty and staff exercise caution and do not walk alone. Call 645-2222 if you need assistance or have information to aid the investigation.
  • UB Alert Update: Attempted Purse Snatching
    11/17/10
    University Police believe the suspects in an attempted purse snatching that occurred tonight have fled campus. Anyone with information that may be helpful to the investigation should call UB Police at 645-2222.
  • Are Corporate Bailouts Effective?
    11/17/10
    Do corporate bailouts actually work? According to a recent study, some bailouts work better than others, depending on the conditions surrounding them.
  • Graduate School of Education Receives Grant to Train Special Education Faculty Members
    11/16/10
    Six University at Buffalo doctorate students in the University at Buffalo/Buffalo State College Joint Doctoral Program in Special Education will receive up to $40,000 a year apiece in tuition assistance and a modest stipend, thanks to a highly competitive four-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education designed to address a national and local shortage of highly skilled special-education teacher-educators.
  • Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree Program Approved by State
    11/16/10
    The University at Buffalo School of Nursing has received New York State Education Department approval to offer a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree (DNP) program.
  • Best Judicial Candidates Need not Apply -- And They Don't
    11/16/10
    Gubernatorial appointment of judges to New York's highest court -- a process many legal scholars and officials believe is better than popular election -- has choked off access for most of the best candidates the state has to offer, according to a legal scholar from the University at Buffalo Law School.
  • Media Advisory: West Side Residents to Receive Care from UB School of Dental Medicine Today and Tomorrow
    11/15/10
    For the seventh year in a row, more than 200 residents of Buffalo's Lower West Side neighborhood will receive dental care from UB School of Dental Medicine faculty and dental-student volunteers over the course of two days at the Judge Joseph S. Mattina Community Health Center, 300 Niagara St. in Buffalo. UB faculty and students will attend to patients from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. today and tomorrow (Nov. 15 and 16).