News Releases

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

  • UB Undergrad Students Selected for Scholar Showcase in Albany
    3/30/10
    Four University at Buffalo undergraduate students have been selected to participate in "SUNY Undergraduates Shaping New York's Future: A Showcase of Scholarly Posters at the Capitol," to be held April 13 in the Legislative Office Building in Albany.
  • Flavonoids in Orange Juice Suppress Oxidative Stress from High-Fat, High-Carb Meal
    3/30/10
    Eating foods containing flavonoids -- orange juice, in this case -- along with a high-fat, high-carbohydrate fast-food meal neutralizes the oxidative and inflammatory stress generated by the unhealthy food and helps prevent blood vessel damage, a new study by University at Buffalo endocrinologists shows.
  • Media Advisory: Small businesses to attend UB seminar, "They are Interested, What Next?"
    3/30/10
    A dozen Western New York companies will attend a presentation by Judy Albers of Excell Partners Inc. titled "They are Interested, What Next?" on Wednesday, March 31, from 8:30-10 a.m. in rooms 206 and 208 of the UB Technology Incubator in Baird Research Park, 1576 Sweet Home Rd., Amherst.
  • Top UB Students Nominated for Prestigious Scholarships
    3/30/10
    Five outstanding students from the University at Buffalo have been nominated for the prestigious Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, respectively.
  • Media Advisory: UB President John Simpson to Hold News Conference Today
    3/29/10
    University at Buffalo President John B. Simpson will hold a news conference at 11 a.m. today, March 29.

    He will discuss threats to the UB 2020 plan in the wake of current and projected budget cuts, and their impact on UB and all of Western New York.

    Where: UB's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, 701 Ellicott St. in Buffalo.

    On site media contact: John DellaContrada, 361-3006

  • UB's Food and Emerging Media Speaker Series Returns with 'Food in the City'
    3/29/10
    The Food and Emerging Media Speakers Series -- designed to address issues of food and technology, and food and sustainability -- will continue its 2010 program with "Food in the City," a talk by Amanda McDonald Crowley, executive director of the non-profit Eyebeam art and technology center in New York City, at 7 p.m. April 1 in the Burchfield Penney Art Center, 1300 Elmwood Ave.
  • 'Let's get it done'
    3/29/10
    University at Buffalo President John B. Simpson called a news conference today to implore the New York State legislature to pass the Public Higher Education Empowerment and Innovation Act (PHEEIA) proposed in the governor's budget. Below is the statement he gave to members of the media.
  • Media Advisory: UB Unveils Today its World-Class Cravens Collection
    3/28/10
    The University at Buffalo will unveil its recently donated multimillion-dollar collection of archaeological and ethnographic objects -- from 6,000 year-old anthropomorphic figurines from Europe and the Near East , to ceremonial African dolls from the mid-20th century -- at a premiere public opening from 1 to 5 p.m. today (Sunday, March 28), at the university's Anderson Gallery, One Martha Jackson Place in Buffalo.
  • Four to Receive SUNY Honorary Degrees at UB
    3/26/10
    A visionary who developed the world's most popular mapping Web site, an internationally beloved spiritual leader and humanitarian, a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and a pioneering leader in drug discovery have been selected to receive honorary degrees from the State University of New York.
  • Media Advisory: UB President John Simpson to Hold News Conference on Monday
    3/26/10
    UB President John B. Simpson will hold a news conference at 11 a.m. on Monday, March 29. He will discuss threats to the UB 2020 plan in the wake of current and projected budget cuts, and their impact on UB and all of Western New York.