News Releases

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

  • Alert Update: (7 p.m.) UB Police Continue Search of Library at this Hour
    2/16/10
  • (Update 8:30 p.m.) Search of Library Completed; No Suspicious Person Found
    2/16/10
    At 7:45 p.m. the UB Police Department completed their search of Lockwood Library and no suspicious person was found. UB Police say that there is no threat to the campus. The library will remain closed for the evening. UB Police are available until 9:30 p.m. tonight to escort any student or staff member who may have left belongings in the building.
  • Jump Rhythm Jazz Project to Perform as Part of UB's M&T Bank Dance Series
    2/16/10
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Jump Rhythm Jazz Project on March 19 at 8 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre, Center for the Arts, North Campus. The performance is sponsored by M&T Bank. There will be a pre-performance talk at 7 p.m.
  • Alert Update: (6 p.m.) Lockwood Library Evacuated; Report of Gunman Unconfirmed
    2/16/10
    UB Police have evacuated Lockwood Library on the North Campus. There will be a media briefing at 6 p.m. in the lobby Baird Hall on the UB North Campus. Reports of a gunman on campus remain unconfirmed.
  • UB Police Chief Gerald Schoenle to Brief Media on Completed Search of Lockwood Library
    2/16/10
    University at Buffalo Police Chief Gerald Schoenle will hold a briefing at 9:30 p.m. in the lobby of Baird Hall on the UB North Campus to bring members of the media up to date on the completed search of Lockwood Library. He will discuss the search University Police conducted in the six-story library.
  • UB Police Continue to Investigate Lockwood Incident
    2/16/10
    On Feb. 16 at approximately 4:03 p.m. University Police received a call reporting that a man with a rifle was seen in Lockwood Library. The description of the suspect is as follows: White male, early 20s, short brown hair but not a brush cut, 5-foot-6 or taller, light facial hair, Navy pea coat, carrying what appeared to be a rifle. University Police evacuated the library to search for the suspect.
  • Doo Wop Rocks to Perform March 14 in CFA
    2/12/10
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo welcomes Doo Wop Rocks starring Donny Most (Ralph Malph from "Happy Days") on March 14 at 4 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre, Center for the Arts, UB North Campus. The concert is presented by Scaptone Productions.
  • Kaleida Health, UB Construction Project Moves Forward
    2/12/10
    Despite a difficult economy, state budget woes and the ever-challenging weather, Kaleida Health and the University at Buffalo's $291 million construction project is moving full speed ahead. Today, the two organizations ceremonially marked the first sequence of steel being raised and put into place.
  • Law Dean to Speak Against Homophobia During Week-long African Trip
    2/12/10
    Internationally renowned human rights scholar and activist Makau W. Mutua, dean of the University at Buffalo Law School, will deliver public lectures on sexual orientation and human rights during a week-long trip to Africa. He will depart Saturday, Feb. 13, to travel to Nairobi, Kenya, and Kampala, Uganda. He will return to the U.S. on Saturday, Feb. 20.
  • Photo Opp: Kaleida Health and UB to Celebrate Construction Milestone
    2/12/10
    Leaders of Kaleida Health and the University at Buffalo will gather today (Fri., Feb. 12) for brief remarks as the first sequence of steel is erected at the construction site of a new combined $291 million clinical care, research and business incubation building to be located next to Buffalo General Hospital at Goodrich and Ellicott streets.