News Releases

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

  • SUNY Trustees, Chancellor Appoint UB President William R. Greiner President Emeritus
    11/17/09
    William R. Greiner, the University at Buffalo's 13th president whose tireless dedication to students and UB earned him the reputation as the quintessential university citizen, was appointed president emeritus today by the SUNY Board of Trustees and Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher.
  • Money Raised Through Gala Event to Provide Funding for Student Scholarships at UB
    11/17/09
    The University at Buffalo raised $148,000 for student scholarships thanks to the more than 400 business executives, UB faculty and administrators and community leaders who attended the Scholarship Gala 2009.
  • MS Is More Aggressive in Children but Slower to Cause Disability than in Adults
    11/16/09
    Magnetic resonance images (MRI) of patients diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in childhood show that pediatric onset multiple sclerosis is more aggressive, and causes more brain lesions, than MS diagnosed in adulthood, researchers at the University at Buffalo have reported.
  • University Police Investigating Assault on South Campus
    11/16/09
    The University Police are investigating an assault that occurred on Nov. 15 at 2 a.m. on the sidewalk next to the Townsend Parking Lot on the South Campus.
  • 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.