News Releases

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

  • 19th-Century Spirit Photos -- A Marriage of Technology and the Irrational
    6/16/10
    In the latter part of the 19th century, a range of powerful new visual technologies were developed that used the intrinsic mechanics of light-sensitive media to achieve spiritual allusions and illusions. Elizabeth Otto, PhD, an award-winning art historian at the University at Buffalo, is particularly interested in "spirit photographs" and the cultures of the paranormal as they relate to the Romantic tradition of spirit or Geist in late 19th- and early 20th-century Austria and Germany and the rise of modernism.
  • UB School of Management Graduates 32 Executive MBAs
    6/15/10
    Thirty-two Western New York business professionals have graduated from the Executive MBA program in the University at Buffalo School of Management.
  • Use Caution Near Falcon Nest on South Campus
    6/14/10
    The Department of Environmental Conservation has informed the university about two incidents where falcons nesting in MacKay Tower on UB's South Campus swooped down near passersby and a dog causing minor injuries.
  • UB Planner Samina Raja Earns National Recognition for Healthy Communities Research
    6/11/10
    Samina Raja, PhD, associate professor of urban and regional planning in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning, is a community-based scholar whose work continues to earn national visibility and prestige in the fields of food security planning and community health.
  • Uninsured More Likely to Die from Trauma than Patients with Insurance, Study Finds
    6/11/10
    Trauma patients without insurance are more likely to die of their injuries from auto accidents and gunshot wounds than privately insured patients with similar injuries, according to findings of an analysis of 193,804 patients from 649 facilities conducted by University Buffalo emergency medicine physicians.
  • UB Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Holds Graduation
    6/10/10
    Thirty-six Western New York business owners, operators and high-level managers have graduated from the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) Core program in the University at Buffalo School of Management.
  • Community Members Sought to Serve on UB Human Research Boards
    6/10/10
    The University at Buffalo is seeking community members willing to serve on UB's human research review boards, which review and approve human research studies that involve biomedical, social, behavioral and educational research.
  • UB to "Rock the Casbah" with New Summer Concert Series
    6/10/10
    The University at Buffalo will open its doors to the public with a six-part summer concert series featuring hometown groups and musicians including Babik, the Latin Jazz Project and Dee Adams.
  • Work by UB Architecture Students Will be Presented at 2010 Venice Biennale
    6/10/10
    Two former fellows of the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning have been selected to participate in the 12th annual International Architecture Exhibition at the 2010 Venice Biennale, Aug. 29 to Nov. 2.
  • UB Partners Day Honors Housing 'Venture Capitalist' and Pharmacy Faculty Entrepreneur
    6/9/10
    A University at Buffalo community partnership that is bringing $28 million in affordable housing and new jobs this year to Buffalo and a new technology that could take the "ouch" out of checking blood sugar were honored today at UB Partners Day in the Adam's Mark Hotel in Buffalo.