News Releases

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

  • UB President John B. Simpson to Retire
    8/30/10
    University at Buffalo President John B. Simpson announced today he plans to retire as UB's 14th president, effective Jan. 15, in order return to the West Coast with his wife, Katherine, and spend more time with family.
  • Media Advisory: UB Honors Students to Visit Buffalo ReUse on Sunday to Kick Off a Semester of Service Learning
    8/27/10
    Freshman honors students from the University at Buffalo will stop at Buffalo ReUse on Sunday, Aug. 29, as they tour the city to kick off a semester-long course during which they will perform up to nearly 10,000 hours of community service.
  • Back To Buffalo 2: UB Dance Alumni All-Star Concert to Be Held Sept. 25
    8/27/10
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Back To Buffalo 2: UB Dance Alumni All-Star Concert on Sept. 25 at 8 p.m. in the Drama Theatre in the Center for the Arts, North Campus. The performance is sponsored by the UB Alumni Association.
  • It's Back-to-School Time at the University at Buffalo
    8/27/10
    Students will be welcomed back to the University at Buffalo campus this weekend with a variety of activities, including fairs, food, music and movies designed to get the academic year off to an enthusiastic start.
  • What Have Engineers Learned from Katrina?
    8/26/10
    Five years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, James N. Jensen, PhD, University at Buffalo professor of civil, structural and environmental engineering, says that probably the biggest lesson learned from that disaster was that municipalities and citizens now take orders to evacuate much more seriously. Jensen was one of six UB researchers that visited the Gulf Coast soon after Katrina hit, as part of a National Science Foundation-funded reconnaissance mission organized by UB's Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research.
  • University at Buffalo Partners with Zipcar to Offer Green Transportation Option
    8/26/10
    Today the University at Buffalo (UB) launched a new partnership with Zipcar Inc., providing the campus with access to the world's leading car-sharing service. The cost-effective and convenient transportation option is now available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to all students, faculty and staff members, ages 18 and older. Zipcar is an environmentally friendly alternative that supports UB's Climate Action Plan and its efforts to improve campus sustainability. Every Zipcar takes 15 to 20 privately owned vehicles off the road.
  • UB's Social Work Students to Experience the Plight of the Poor through 'Poverty Simulation'
    8/26/10
    This year's incoming University at Buffalo Master's of Social Work class will have a unique chance to imagine what it is like to live one month of poverty during the school's first-ever "poverty simulation" incorporated in the school's student orientation.
  • Never Mind the 'Freshman 15,' How Do You Prevent the 'Freshman $15,000'?
    8/26/10
    College freshmen nationwide are heading to campus armed with credit cards and ready to rack up debt. They know how to squeeze the trigger on purchases but often they don't have experience in handling the aftermath of debt. And many of them are making financial decisions for the first time.
  • Our Best and Worst Moments Occur Within Social Relationships, Research Shows
    8/26/10
    In the first study of its kind, researchers have found compelling evidence that our best and worst experiences in life are likely to involve not individual accomplishments, but interaction with other people and the fulfillment of an urge for social connection.
  • Media Advisory: UB on the Green to Open Fourth Season Tonight
    8/25/10
    The fourth season of UB on the Green, the University at Buffalo's free outdoor performance series, will open tonight with a performance by The Rockas with special guest Caitlin Albe Koch.