News Releases

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

  • M&T Bank Dance Series to Sponsor New Irish Dance and Music Production The StepCrew
    10/2/09
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present The StepCrew on Nov. 4 at 8 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. The performance is sponsored by M&T Bank.
  • Letterman's admission of sex with female staffers insensitive, arrogant, says UB media critic
    10/2/09
    Thursday night's acknowledgement by "Late Show" host David Letterman that he has had sexual relations with members of his staff was more than a "little story" he had to share with his audience. It was an offensive and tacky write off of his sexual dalliances, says a nationally known media critic and expert on women's issues at the University at Buffalo.
  • Women & Children's Hospital, The Children's Guild Foundation and UB Create the Autism Spectrum Disorder Center of Excellence
    10/2/09
    Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo and The Children's Guild Foundation, along with the University at Buffalo, have announced the formation of the Autism Spectrum Disorder Center of Excellence, funded by a $585,000 grant from the foundation.
  • Comedian Jim Breuer to Perform Oct. 24 in CFA
    10/1/09
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present comedian Jim Breuer on Oct. 24 at 8 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Kung Fu Masters Shaolin Warriors to Present Theatrical Production Oct. 29
    10/1/09
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Shaolin Warriors on Oct. 29 at 8 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • UB Awarded Nearly $19 million in Stimulus Funding to Date
    9/30/09
    The University at Buffalo has been awarded $18.7 million so far in federal stimulus funding for 58 research grant awards since February, when Congress enacted the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
  • Media Advisory: Making It Appealing for Williamsville Students to Walk or Bike to School
    9/30/09
    Graduate students in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning will hold a meeting for parents and K-8 students in the Williamsville School District from 6-7:30 p.m. today (Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009) in the Amherst Pepsi Center, 1615 Amherst Manor Dr., to discuss how the district can be made more friendly to students who walk, bicycle, use a scooter or otherwise travel to school instead of taking buses or cars.
  • The "Jewels in Our Genes" Study: Investigating Why Black Women are at Increased Risk of Early Breast Cancer
    9/29/09
    A nation-wide cancer information program targeting African-Americans, called the Witness Project, is partnering with a University at Buffalo genetic epidemiologist to conduct the first national study of genes that increase breast cancer susceptibility in African-American families.
  • CNBC's Senior Economics Reporter, a UB Grad, to Speak
    9/29/09
    Steve Liesman, senior economics reporter for CNBC, will speak at UB on Oct. 8 from 9-11 a.m. in the Center for Tomorrow on UB's North (Amherst) Campus.
  • UB Earns Top Accreditation for Human Research Protection
    9/28/09
    The University at Buffalo has earned full accreditation from the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP), a highly prestigious, national organization that assures the ethics of research on human subjects.