News Releases

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

  • To Promote HIV Research in Africa, NIH Awards UB Pharmacology Lab $2.3 Million
    11/8/10
    For more than 10 years, the University at Buffalo's HIV Clinical Pharmacology Research Program has helped fight the global AIDS epidemic by hosting visiting pharmaceutical scientists from countries like Zimbabwe and Nigeria in order to teach them how to conduct clinical trials and research on HIV/AIDS. Now, in recognition of their success and the need to expand these efforts, the National Institutes of Health has awarded a total of $2.3 million to the UB laboratory.
  • For Chinese Families, Alzheimer's Presents Unique Cultural Challenges
    11/8/10
    If dementia were a country, its economy would rank 18th between Turkey and Indonesia. The total estimated global cost of dementia in 2010 is slated to be $604 billion, according to Alzheimer's Disease International. The sharpest increase in the 35.6 million people across the world with dementia is now occurring in rapidly developing regions -- especially in China.
  • UB's Alexandridis to Receive 2010 Schoellkopf Award
    11/8/10
    Paschalis Alexandridis, PhD, a UB distinguished professor and the director of graduate studies in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering in the UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been chosen to receive the 2010 Jacob F. Schoellkopf Award.
  • OncoMed Partners with UB to Meet Growing Demands in Oncology Pharmacy
    11/5/10
    When one of the nation's largest providers of oncology pharmacy services, OncoMed, decided to expand from a New York City suburb into a new facility on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus last month, an important factor was the potential to partner with the University at Buffalo.
  • Cognitive Scientist Steve Pinker Will Inaugurate New UB Lecture Series
    11/5/10
    Steve Pinker, the uber-eminent and multiple award-winning cognitive scientist with rocker hair and a populist touch, will inaugurate the University at Buffalo Department of Philosophy's new Paul Kurtz Lecture Series on Dec. 2.
  • UB Offers Graduate and Professional Writing Courses for Adults
    11/5/10
    The Academic Writing Institute (AWI), part of Millard Fillmore College in UB's Division of Continuing and Professional Studies, will hold four non-credit courses designed to improve the writing skills of adults. The courses will feature shorter evening classes, each lasting about an hour and a half on a weeknight, making it easier for working adults to attend.
  • New Architecture and Planning Dean Wins Regional Achievement Award for Sustained Contributions to Planning Practice
    11/5/10
    The New York Upstate Chapter of the American Planning Association has awarded Robert G. Shibley, the next dean of the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning, the Michael J. Krasner Professional Planner Award.
  • UB Archives, Bureau of Jewish Education Cited For Excellence in Historical Documentation
    11/4/10
    The University Archives, University at Buffalo, and the Jewish Buffalo Archives Project, Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Buffalo, have received the New York State Archives' 2010 Debra E. Bernhardt Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Documenting New York's History.
  • Experience Rescuing Teenagers Caught in Sex Trafficking Motivates Student's Research
    11/4/10
    When University at Buffalo School of Social Work doctoral candidate Bincy Wilson tried to rescue teenage women from sexual trade slavery working the streets of Goa, India, she was the frequent target of threats made by the pimps -- some of them family members of the women -- whose livelihood relied on keeping these women in sexual servitude.
  • "UB Reads" Author Greg Mortenson and Civic Engagement Fair to Highlight UB Distinguished Speakers Program
    11/4/10
    Greg Mortenson, co-author of this year's "UB Reads" selection, "Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time," will be the featured guest at the latest installment of the University at Buffalo's Distinguished Speakers Series to be held Wednesday, Nov. 10, at 8 p.m. in Alumni Arena on the UB North Campus.