News Releases

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

  • New System Boosts Yield of Isoflavonoids That Bind Estrogen Receptors
    5/14/10
    The promise of new pharmaceutical treatments from a class of powerful plant compounds called isoflavonoids has remained unfulfilled because of problems biosynthesizing sufficient quantities of the compound in pure forms or well-defined mixtures.
  • Media Advisory: Aspiring Engineers Race Fuel Cell Cars at UB
    5/14/10
    Sixty of Western New York's best and brightest high school students will compete in BEAM TREK, an all-day, brain-teasing race on the University at Buffalo's North (Amherst) Campus on Saturday, May 15, 2010.
  • Media Advisory: UB Volunteers to Help Beautify Homes, Gardens in University District
    5/14/10
    University at Buffalo faculty, staff and students will gather from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday, May 15) to help make a difference in the community surrounding the UB South Campus as part of the second annual UB Community Day.
  • Media Advisory: UB Volunteers to Help Beautify Homes, Gardens in University District (Updated Information)
    5/14/10
    University at Buffalo faculty, staff and students will gather from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday, May 15) to help make a difference in the community surrounding the UB South Campus as part of the second annual UB Community Day.
  • UB's Granfield Named Fulbright Research Chair in International Humanitarian Law
    5/13/10
    Robert Granfield, PhD, of Youngstown, N.Y., professor and chair of the Department of Sociology, University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences, has been named the Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in International Humanitarian Law at the Human Rights Research and Education Center (HRREC), University of Ottawa, Ontario.
  • Media Advisory: Obama Event to be Attended by UB Entrepreneurship Grads
    5/13/10
    Two graduates of programs in the UB School of Management Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) will be in attendance today during President Obama's visit to Buffalo.
  • Many Changes In the Offing for UB's Oscar A. Silverman Library
    5/13/10
    The University at Buffalo's Oscar A. Silverman Library, located on the ground through third floors of Capen Hall, has been reconstituted and is undergoing redesign to better accommodate the collections and services of the UB Undergraduate Library, the Science and Engineering Library, two cybraries and the UB Libraries' Multimedia Center, plus more and better study spaces.
  • Obama in Buffalo: What's the likely political impact?
    5/12/10
    A University at Buffalo political scientist is available to comment on President Obama's visit to Buffalo Thursday during a stop on his "White House to Main Street Tour."
  • Self Directed Behavioral IBS Treatment Rapidly Relieves Even the Most Severe Symptoms
    5/12/10
    Nearly one-third of patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) who underwent a novel behavior treatment developed by a University at Buffalo behavioral scientist achieved significant relief within four weeks of beginning treatment.
  • Obama's Buffalo Visit Underscores Success of Recovery Act Investment in UB
    5/12/10
    Although President Obama's visit to the region Thursday is intended to highlight the successes of a small manufacturing plant in Buffalo, his arrival also presents an opportunity to underscore the success of his administration's major investment in scientific research at the University at Buffalo.