News Releases

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

  • UB Hosts Conference On Using Lean Six Sigma To Transform Healthcare
    7/22/10
    Healthcare managers interested in operational excellence are invited to the University at Buffalo's healthcare improvement conference, "Sustaining Improvement: Using Lean Six Sigma as a Path to Excellence"on Sept. 30 at the Buffalo/Niagara Marriott, 1340 Millersport Highway, Amherst from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
  • How Do Cells Die? Biophotonic Tools Reveal Real-Time Dynamics in Living Color
    7/21/10
    In research featured on the cover of the current issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, University at Buffalo scientists have developed a biophotonic imaging approach capable of monitoring in real-time the transformations that cellular macromolecules undergo during programmed cell death.
  • Family Chats Can Help Students Learn, Especially in Richer Countries, Study Shows
    7/21/10
    Taking the time to talk to your children about current events like the Gulf Oil spill -- and using mathematical terms to do so -- can help students develop better reasoning and math skills and perform better in school, according to a study by a University at Buffalo professor.
  • UB Center Receives $11 Million to Dramatically Boost Computational Research
    7/20/10
    As it passes its 10th year in operation, the University at Buffalo's Center for Computational Research has plenty to celebrate: in the past 12 months, it has received more than $11 million in new funding, including two major competitive federal grants for advancing computational science and a New York State grant to make supercomputing more environmentally friendly.
  • Commissioner Ruttledge to Speak at Region 2 Technical Assistance and Continuing Education Center Meeting
    7/19/10
    The University at Buffalo's Region 2 Technical Assistance and Continuing Education (TACE) Center, housed under the Graduate School of Education Center on Rehabilitation Synergy, hosts its second advisory committee meeting on July 20-21 in Buffalo.
  • Haiti's Engineers Begin New Chapter of Study: Seismic Design and Construction
    7/15/10
    Before the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake, Haiti's engineers and architects had received little, if any, formal training in seismic design and construction principles. Haitian universities didn't offer any courses or programs that were dedicated to earthquake engineering.
  • UB's Millard Fillmore College to Hold Workshops on Career Opportunities in Life Sciences
    7/15/10
    The University at Buffalo's Millard Fillmore College will hold a workshop, "Career Opportunities in the Life Sciences," from 6-8 p.m. on July 20, Aug. 24 and Sept. 21 in 147 Diefendorf Hall on the UB South Campus.
  • UB School of Nursing Wins Scholarship Grant to Boost Diversity and Help Displaced Workers
    7/15/10
    The University at Buffalo School of Nursing has received an $80,000 scholarship grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) to expand enrollment and increase diversity among students seeking to receive a nursing degree through accelerated nursing programs.
  • UB's Most Dangerous Artists Will Be Well-Represented at Buffalo Infringement Festival
    7/15/10
    "Art Under the Radar," Buffalo's sixth annual infringement festival, featuring 350 art projects and 700 performances, concerts, exhibitions, films and plays, will take place July 22 to Aug. 1 in more than 50 venues throughout the city, and University at Buffalo artists will be in the thick of it, saving the city's historic Scajaquada Drain, offering comic books on demand and much, much more.
  • Just Announced: Rodrigo Y Gabriela to Perform at UB
    7/14/10
    Acclaimed guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela will perform in the Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 11.