News Releases

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

  • Differences in Couples' Drinking and Smoking Habits Threaten Long-Term Marriage
    9/16/09
    Excessive drinking or smoking by a husband or wife can strain a marriage. However, is it substance use specifically that causes problems within a relationship, or is it the difference in the amount of drinking and smoking between a husband and wife that loosens the ties that bind? That question is the crux of a report by Gregory G. Homish, Ph.D., assistant professor of health behavior, and colleagues in University at Buffalo's School of Public Health and Health Professions and UB's Research Institute on Addictions.
  • Aquatic Invasive Species in New York Are Topic of UB Environmental Forum
    9/16/09
    A forum on the impact of aquatic invasive species on the New York State ecosystem will be held by the University at Buffalo's Evolution, Ecology and Behavior Program and Great Lakes Program, in cooperation with the New York State Attorney General's Office.
  • Media Advisory: Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to speak at UB
    9/16/09
    The University at Buffalo will kick off its 2009-10 Distinguished Speakers Series with a lecture by former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan to be held at 8 p.m. today (Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009) in Alumni Arena on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Bitemark Evidence and Analysis Should Be Approached with Caution, According to UB Study
    9/16/09
    Against the backdrop of last week's Congressional hearing into the future of forensic science, researchers from the University at Buffalo's Laboratory for Forensic Odontology Research in the School of Dental Medicine, have published a landmark paper on the controversial topic of bitemark analysis.
  • How Can A City Be Sentient? Let Us Count The Ways....
    9/16/09
    "Toward the Sentient City" is an exhibition two years in the making that originated among University at Buffalo architects and will give you a whiff of the future, with its smart dust, text messages to fish and devices that provide electricity then sort of "eat" the carbon dioxide it produces.
  • UB Receives Grant to Expand South Asian Studies Program
    9/15/09
    The Asian Studies Program at the University at Buffalo has received a two-year, $172,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to expand the university's undergraduate course offerings, academic exchanges and events related to South Asia.
  • UB Submits Plan to Reach Carbon Neutrality
    9/15/09
    After two years of planning, drafts, public presentations and feedback, the University at Buffalo today submitted a plan for achieving climate neutrality to the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment (ACUPCC).
  • Media Advisory: Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to speak at UB
    9/15/09
    The University at Buffalo will kick off its 2009-10 Distinguished Speakers Series with a lecture by former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan to be held at 8 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009) in Alumni Arena on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Masters in Leadership Certificate Program for Sales Managers
    9/14/09
    An introduction to sales management and leadership will be offered this fall by the University at Buffalo's Division of Continuing and Professional Studies in partnership with the Buffalo Niagara Sales & Marketing Executives.
  • Evidence Points to Conscious 'Metacognition' in Some Animals
    9/14/09
    J. David Smith, Ph.D., a comparative psychologist at the University at Buffalo who has conducted extensive studies in animal cognition, says there is growing evidence that animals share functional parallels with human conscious metacognition -- that is, they may share humans' ability to reflect upon, monitor or regulate their states of mind.