News Releases

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

  • Media Advisory: UB Presentation of Memorial Bench Postponed
    2/3/10
    The University at Buffalo has postponed the presentation of a memorial bench to the Buffalo Fire Department originally scheduled for 8 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010). The presentation will be made at a later date and time to be announced.
  • Media Advisory: Memorial Bench in Honor of Fallen Firefighters to be Presented by UB Architecture Students
    2/3/10
    A memorial bench designed and built by students in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning, will be presented at 8 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010) to the Buffalo Fire Department in honor of firefighters Charles "Chip" McCarthy and Jonathan Croom who died Aug. 24 in a Genesee Street fire.
  • Media Advisory: UB to Celebrate the Life and Legacy of William R. Greiner
    2/2/10
    The University at Buffalo will celebrate the life of its former president and tireless champion William R. Greiner at 3 p.m. today (Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010) in a community-wide tribute that will include Greiner's successor and predecessor, his children, friends and colleagues.
  • Residence Hall to Be Named for William R. Greiner
    2/2/10
    The University at Buffalo will name its newest and most innovative residence hall after William R. Greiner, who devoted 42 years of service to the institution as president, provost and longtime Law School faculty member
  • UB Exhibition Celebrates a New Architecture Created for the 2010 Winter Olympics
    2/1/10
    The Richmond Oval, designed for the 2010 Winter Olympics, is the focus of a new, specially created exhibition at the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning. The exhibition, which traces the design process from early conceptual sketches to technical drawings, also includes photographs of the construction and the completed building, together with a large model built by graduate students in the architecture program at UB.
  • UB's TCIE providing new process improvement programs
    2/1/10
    Professionals who want to help their organizations become more efficient can take advantage of two new business improvement training courses offered by the University at Buffalo's Center for Industrial Effectiveness (TCIE) that blend independent, online learning with classroom sessions.
  • Media Advisory: UB to Celebrate the Life and Legacy of William R. Greiner
    2/1/10
    The University at Buffalo will celebrate the life of its former president and tireless champion William R. Greiner at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2, in a community-wide tribute that will include Greiner's successor and predecessor, his children, friends and colleagues.
  • Carter to Step Down as Dean of Architecture and Planning
    1/29/10
    Brian Carter announced today that he will step down as dean of the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning after more than seven years in the post. He will devote more time to design research and practice as a member of the school's faculty.
  • UB Biologists Discover Enzyme Degrades Protein that Suppresses or Promotes Cancer
    1/28/10
    University at Buffalo biologists have identified an enzyme that degrades an important protein present in cancers of both adults and children. The findings, published in the current issue of Molecular Cell, could lead to more effective therapies for cancers in which the protein -- Wilms' tumor 1 (WT1) -- is involved, as well as to a better understanding of how childhood and adult cancers differ.
  • Olson to Head UB's New Division of Environmental Health Sciences
    1/28/10
    The University at Buffalo's School of Public Health and Health Professions has established a Division of Environmental Health Sciences and appointed James R. Olson, PhD, professor of pharmacology and toxicology in the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, as director.