News Releases

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

  • UB Geographers Help Map Devastation in Haiti
    2/8/10
    In the wake of the earthquake in Haiti, University at Buffalo geography students are participating in a global effort to enhance the international response and recovery effort by helping to assess damage, using images hosted by Google Earth and the Virtual Disaster Viewer, which shares imagery of disasters from various sources.
  • Media Advisory: Racial Justice Champion Cornel West to Speak at UB
    2/5/10
    Cornel West, the noted intellectual, essayist, public speaker and social activist, will present the keynote address for the University at Buffalo's 34th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Event at 8 p.m. today (Friday, Feb. 5, 2010) in the Center for the Arts on the UB North Campus.
  • Blacks with MS Have More Severe Symptoms, Decline Faster than Whites, New Study Shows
    2/5/10
    Fewer African Americans than Caucasians develop multiple sclerosis (MS), statistics show, but their disease progresses more rapidly, and they don't respond as well to therapies, a new study by neurology researchers at the University at Buffalo has found.
  • Media Advisory: Racial Justice Champion Cornel West to Speak at UB
    2/4/10
    Cornel West, the noted intellectual, essayist, public speaker and social activist, will present the keynote address for the University at Buffalo's 34th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Event at 8 p.m. tomorrow (Friday, Feb. 5, 2010) in the Center for the Arts on the UB North Campus.
  • Media Advisory: UB to Announce New Council to Open Pathways to Jobs Created by UB 2020
    2/4/10
    The University at Buffalo will announce the creation of a new advisory council that will help prepare local residents for jobs created by the UB 2020 plans at a news conference to be held at 1:30 p.m. today (Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010) in the UB Gateway Complex (the former M. Wile Building), 77 Goodell St. in downtown Buffalo.
  • New UB Advisory Council to Help Open Pathways to Jobs Created by UB 2020 Expansion
    2/4/10
    The University at Buffalo today announced creation of a new advisory council that will help the university and its community partners prepare local residents for jobs created by implementation of the UB 2020 plan to grow the university and increase its regional economic impact.
  • Democratic and Republican Presidents Have Had Similar Economic Records, Concludes UB Political Scientist
    2/4/10
    In his recent book "Unequal Democracy," noted Princeton political scientist Larry Bartels reaches the controversial conclusion that Democratic presidents have generally done a better job in handling the economy. As he sees it, Democrats have had a better record across the board. But James Campbell, a University at Buffalo professor of political science and widely published author on American politics, says Bartels is incorrect.
  • Ninth Annual "Give Kids a Smile" Day Takes Place Feb. 5
    2/4/10
    Children from across Western New York who don't have access to dental care will receive free treatment Feb. 5 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine's ninth annual "Give Kids a Smile" day.
  • Media Advisory: UB to Announce New Council to Open Pathways to Jobs Created by UB 2020
    2/3/10
    The University at Buffalo will announce the creation of a new advisory council that will help prepare local residents for jobs created by the UB 2020 plans at a news conference to be held at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010) in the UB Gateway Complex (the former M. Wile Building), 77 Goodell St. in downtown Buffalo.
  • Teresa Quattrin, MD, highly regarded pediatrician and researcher, named UB pediatrics chair
    2/3/10
    Teresa Quattrin, MD, professor of pediatrics at the University at Buffalo, an internationally known physician-scientist and an expert in childhood diabetes and obesity, has been appointed chair of the UB Department of Pediatrics after a comprehensive national search.