News Releases

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

  • Arlene Kaukus Named UB's Director of Career Services
    1/26/10
    After a national search, Arlene Kaukus has been named director of career services at the University at Buffalo. Her appointment is effective Feb. 1.
  • UB's Mangold Named Lead Academic to NIH/NIMH Research Team
    1/25/10
    University at Buffalo Law School Professor Susan V. Mangold has been selected the leading academic for one of 15 teams accepted for a cooperative research conference sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Mental Health.
  • CBC-TV: Doctoral student from Haiti discusses reconstruction efforts following earthquake
    1/25/10
    Pierre Fouche, a Haitian doctoral student in the earthquake engineering program in the UB Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, was interviewed by satellite for CBC-TV's News Now. The interview focused on reconstruction efforts in Haiti, and was prompted by the international meeting in Canada on Monday to discuss how to help Haiti rebuild. Fouche also was interviewed Monday by CBC Radio on the same topic. The radio interview (in French) is at http://www.radio-canada.ca/audio-video/pop.shtml#urlMedia=http://www.radio-canada.ca/Medianet/2010/CBF/Desautels201001251732_2.asx. Or go to http://www.radio-canada.ca/emissions/desautels/2009-2010/; scroll down and click on "L/Entrevue avec Pierre fouche." The CBC TV interview is not available online.
  • UB Medical Students Raise Funds, Sponsor "Trivia for Haiti" Contest to Support Haitians
    1/25/10
    University at Buffalo medical students are "passing the hat" and organizing events to raise funds for Haiti in the aftermath of the massive earthquake on Jan. 11 and the 5.9 magnitude aftershock that followed on Jan. 20.
  • UB Engineer Leads AIDG-MCEER Mission to Meet "Dire" Need for French-Speaking Engineers in Haiti
    1/21/10
    The powerful aftershock that hit the already devastated city of Port au Prince on Jan. 20 has only intensified Haiti's need for French-speaking structural engineers who can immediately determine which of the structures left standing may still pose a threat to human safety.
  • University in Riyadh Gives $300,000 to UB to Begin UB-Saudi Research Collaboration
    1/21/10
    A University at Buffalo cancer researcher has received a $300,000 grant from King Saud University (KSU) to continue her work with a Saudi researcher on a vaccine for breast cancer.
  • WBFO to Launch New Program Lineup Feb. 1
    1/20/10
    WBFO 88.7 FM, the University at Buffalo's National Public Radio member station, will launch new programming weekdays and weekends beginning Feb. 1, expanding its array of award-winning NPR news, analysis and entertainment.
  • Student Loses 15 Family Members in Haitian Earthquake, Heads Home to Help
    1/20/10
    She lost 15 family members in the Haitian earthquake, but Samarth Joseph, a Haitian-born PhD student in the University at Buffalo Department of Geography, plans to be back on the island by the end of the week to help her homeless family members and to distribute solar cookers to residents.
  • UB Reaches Out to Haiti through Work of Earthquake Engineering Lab and University Relief Effort
    1/19/10
    The University at Buffalo's world-renowned earthquake engineering faculty, and the internationally diverse students who come here to train in this critical field, are always intensely interested in any earthquake that occurs. But for Pierre Fouche, who is working on his doctorate in earthquake engineering, the earthquake in Haiti had enormous personal significance. Fouche is Haitian and his family lives there.
  • UB Specialized Exercise Regimen Shown to Relieve Prolonged Concussion Symptoms
    1/19/10
    University at Buffalo researchers are the first to show that a controlled individualized exercise training program can bring athletes and others suffering with post-concussion syndrome (PCS) back to the playing field or to their daily activities.