News Releases

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

  • UB Regional Institute, Border Policy Research Institute of Western Washington University Release 'Border Barometer' Measuring Economic Trends Along U.S.-Canadian Border
    2/11/10
    An analysis released today of economic activity along the U.S.-Canadian border likely reflects the impact of economic recession and tighter border controls, as the value of trade between the two nations dropped 9 percent in 2008 and auto and truck traffic declined nearly 5 percent.
  • Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy -- Masters of the Fiddle to Perform March 7
    2/11/10
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy -- Masters of the Fiddle on March 7 at 8 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts, UB North Campus. The performance is sponsored in part by Monaco's Violin Shop & Music Center.
  • First Blinded Study of Venous Insufficiency Prevalence in MS Shows Promising Results
    2/10/10
    More than 55 percent of multiple sclerosis patients participating in the initial phase of the first randomized clinical study to determine if persons with MS exhibit narrowing of the extracranial veins, causing restriction of normal outflow of blood from the brain, were found to have the abnormality.
  • Silver Nanoparticles May One Day Be Key to Devices That Keep Hearts Beating Strong and Steady
    2/10/10
    Diamonds and gold may make some hearts flutter on Valentine's Day, but in a University at Buffalo laboratory, silver nanoparticles are being designed to do just the opposite.
  • "Artpark: 1974-84" -- A Major UB Gallery Exhibition to Open in September
    2/9/10
    The University at Buffalo Art Gallery will mount the exhibit "Artpark: 1974-84," the first comprehensive historical overview of the seminal years of the innovative Visual Artists Program at Artpark in Lewiston, N.Y.
  • Flight 3407 Anniversary Likely to Trigger Anxiety and Grief, Says UB Trauma Expert
    2/8/10
    Friday's one-year anniversary of the crash of Continental Flight 3407 will almost certainly trigger anxiety and fear among those personally affected by the tragedy. And a University at Buffalo expert on trauma and loss says those with a less-immediate, but still important connection to the tragedy can also expect a recurrence of anxiety or grief.
  • 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.