News Releases

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

  • Retailers Expect a Grinch-like Christmas, Says UB Retail Expert
    11/13/09
    Unfortunately for retailers, the Grinch will be pushing the shopping cart again this holiday season, says Arun Jain, Samuel P. Capen Professor of Marketing Research in the University at Buffalo School of Management.
  • UB Students Find Architectural Opportunity, Thesis in 'Quad' House
    11/13/09
    A year ago, the small house at 139 Howell St. in Buffalo's Black Rock neighborhood stood vacant, just one more derelict property up for auction. The two-story structure was crumbling. It languished as an eyesore, its fate uncertain. Where others saw blight, four University at Buffalo architecture students saw opportunity.
  • UB Law School Gears Up for Sixth Annual Trial Competition
    11/12/09
    Nearly 130 law students from 32 colleges and universities will descend on the courtrooms in the Buffalo City Court building on Nov. 13 to test their legal mettle and wits at the University at Buffalo Law School's sixth annual Buffalo-Niagara National Mock Trial Competition.
  • Media Advisory: Popular Humanities Series "Scholars at Muse" Continues with Discussion of Issues in 20th-Century Irish Writing
    11/12/09
    "Scholars at Muse," the popular lecture series developed by the University at Buffalo Humanities Institute and riverrun, continues on Nov. 13 at 4 p.m. in the Muse Restaurant of the Albright Knox Art Gallery.
  • Blue Suede Christmas -- The Ultimate Elvis Holiday Bash -- To Be Performed Dec. 12
    11/11/09
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Blue Suede Christmas -- The Ultimate Elvis Holiday Bash on Dec. 12 at 8 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North Campus.
  • Center for the Arts Artists in Residence Working on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Project in Buffalo
    11/11/09
    Colleen Darby, an artist in residence in the University at Buffalo Center for the Arts' Arts in Healthcare Program in Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, has been selected to create a mural for ABC Television's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" project currently underway at 228 Massachusetts Ave. in Buffalo.
  • Three UB Students Receive Fulbright Student Scholarships for 2009-10
    11/11/09
    Three University at Buffalo students were awarded Fulbright student scholarships for the 2009-10 academic year and are abroad studying and contributing to the health and education systems of other countries.
  • Aisle Placements Affect Grocery Sales, UB Research Shows
    11/11/09
    Supermarkets could increase their sales of related items, such as chips and soft drinks, by moving the items closer to each other in their stores, according to research by Ram Bezawada, assistant professor of marketing in the University at Buffalo School of Management.
  • The Irish Tenors -- Finbar Wright, Anthony Kearns and Karl Scully -- to Perform Holiday Concert at UB
    11/10/09
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present The Irish Tenors -- Holiday Concert on Dec. 11 at 8 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North Campus. The concert is sponsored in part by Creekside Dentistry.
  • UB Launches Arts, Entertainment and Media Symposium in New York City
    11/10/09
    The University at Buffalo will announce its next UBC2C (UB Coast to Coast) symposium on arts, entertainment and media tomorrow in the Friars Club in New York City. UB alumnus, Alan Zweibel, BA '72, multi-Emmy Award-winning writer/producer/playwright, who began his very successful career as part of the original "Saturday Night Live" writing team, will host the event.