News Releases

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

  • High-Tech WNY Businesses Connect with Potential Investors at UB Center of Excellence Forum
    6/24/10
    The focus is on the growth of jobs, high-tech business and a knowledge-based economy when the University at Buffalo's New York State Center of Excellence in the Bioinformatics and Life Sciences holds the 2010 Explore Buffalo Niagara Investor High-Tech Forum from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. today (June 24) in the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1285 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo.
  • UB's Earthquake Center Director Will Discuss Today's Earthquake
    6/23/10
    Andre Filiatrault, PhD, director of the University at Buffalo's MCEER (Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research), will be available to discuss the magnitude 5.5 earthquake that struck on the Ontario-Quebec border this afternoon and was felt throughout the state.
  • UB Poetry Collection Wins ALA Award for Joyce Exhibition Catalogue
    6/22/10
    The Poetry Collection of the University at Buffalo Libraries has received an honorable mention in the 2010 Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab "American Book Prices Current" Exhibition Awards competition.
  • UB Student Organization Wins Superior Merit Award
    6/22/10
    The University at Buffalo School of Management's student chapter of the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) has earned the SHRM Superior Merit Award. The award recognizes chapters for outstanding activities and programs that support the professional development of members as well as the SHRM organization and the HR profession. This marks the chapter's 29th consecutive year of national recognition.
  • Study Finds that Caring for an Elderly, Sick Spouse Sometimes has Positive Elements
    6/22/10
    Although long-term care of sick or disabled loved ones is widely recognized as a threat to the caregiver's health and quality of life, a new study led by University at Buffalo psychologist Michael Poulin, PhD, finds that in some contexts, helping valued loved ones may promote the well being of helpers.
  • Media Advisory: Fight like a Warrior Entrepreneur, Survive the High-tech Business Jungle
    6/22/10
    It's a jungle out there in the world of technology start-ups. And businesspeople who want to make sure that their high-tech company is the one still standing will be attending the 2010 Explore Buffalo Niagara Investor and Entrepreneur High-Tech Forum on Thursday, June 24, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1285 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo.
  • Decay of Baby Teeth May be Linked to Obesity, Poor Food Choices, Study Suggests
    6/22/10
    A preliminary study of young children undergoing treatment for cavities in their baby teeth found that nearly 28 percent had a body mass index (BMI) above the 85th percentile, indicating overweight or obesity. That percentage is more than 5 percent higher than the estimated national average, adding more fuel to the growing concern that poor food choices, including those sugary drinks and fruit juices so popular and convenient, likely are contributing to both obesity and tooth decay in very young children.
  • UB School of Architecture and Planning Will Host Turkish Scholar This Summer
    6/21/10
    This summer, the University at Buffalo Department of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Architecture and Planning, will host visiting scholar Gunes Ekin Aksan of Turkey, a PhD student in the Political and Social Sciences Department at Marmara University and a lecturer in the Communication Department at Istanbul Bilgi University.
  • Anxiety/Panic Disorder Most Frequent Disabling Comorbid Disorder in TS Patients, Study Finds
    6/17/10
    An assessment of patients with adult Tourette syndrome (TS) to identify clinical factors that contribute to psychosocial and occupational disabilities resulting from the vocal or motor tics that define TS found that anxiety/panic disorder may be the most disabling psychiatric condition associated with the disorder.
  • Cartwright Named Interim VP for Research
    6/17/10
    Alexander N. Cartwright, PhD, chair of the University at Buffalo departments of Electrical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, has been named interim vice president for research, Provost Satish K. Tripathi announced today.