News Releases

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

  • SBA Names UB Business Program Grad Minority Small Business Person of the Year
    8/4/09
    Buffalo business owner Lenny L. Johnson, who with a partner and $7,500 built a two-man residential plumbing business into a multimillion-dollar construction management enterprise, has been named Region II Minority Small Business Person of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).
  • James A. Wooten named UB Law Library Director
    8/3/09
    James A. Wooten, professor of law in the University at Buffalo, has been appointed director of the Charles B. Sears Law Library and vice dean for legal information services in the UB Law School effective Aug. 14.
  • Friendship Influences Eating Behavior, Particularly When Friends are Overweight
    8/3/09
    A new study of childhood obesity in the United States has found that some social factors, such as the presence of friends, may put overweight youths at greater risk of overeating.
  • Kaleida Health, UB Break Ground on Vascular Treatment, Research and Technology Building
    8/3/09
    The effort to transform Buffalo into a world-class health care destination and expand the University at Buffalo's campus in downtown Buffalo took a major step forward today as Kaleida Health and UB broke ground for a new 10-story global vascular institute and research building.
  • Carol June Bradley, 74, Distinguished Author, Teacher, Music Librarian
    8/3/09
    Carol June Bradley, 74, of Kenmore, N.Y., a national award-winning librarian emerita at the University at Buffalo, noted author and a distinguished member of her profession who educated a generation of music librarians, died July 27, 2009, in Millard Fillmore Hospital, Buffalo, N.Y.
  • Media Advisory: UB and Kaleida Health to Break Ground Monday for Joint Clinical Care and Research Facility
    8/3/09
    The University at Buffalo and Kaleida Health will kick off construction of a new joint clinical care and research facility at a groundbreaking ceremony at 11 a.m. today (Aug. 3, 2009) on the building site at Goodrich and Ellicott streets in Buffalo.
  • Saudi University Officials Visit UB to Discuss Possible Collaborative Research
    8/3/09
    University at Buffalo officials spent two days last week meeting with representatives of King Saud University in Saudi Arabia to discuss potential research collaborations engendered by groundbreaking Saudi research conducted in collaboration with UB researchers.
  • Curious About Lean Six Sigma? Join UB's TCIE for an Overview on Sept. 9
    7/31/09
    Business owners and executives who are curious about how their companies might benefit from the Lean Six Sigma quality program are invited to attend the Lean Six Sigma Executive Overview from 8 a.m. to noon on Sept. 9 in the Ramada Conference Center, 2402 North Forest Rd., Getzville.
  • Media Advisory: UB and Kaleida Health to Break Ground Monday for Joint Clinical Care and Research Facility
    7/31/09
    The University at Buffalo and Kaleida Health will kick off construction of a new joint clinical care and research facility at a groundbreaking ceremony at 11 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 3, 2009, on the building site at Goodrich and Ellicott streets in Buffalo.
  • Buffalo's American Idol Favorite Son John Stevens to Join Bowzer for UB Rock 'N' Roll Concert
    7/31/09
    Former Sha-Na-Na frontman Bowzer will join Buffalo American Idol celebrity John Stevens on stage for "Bowzer's Rock 'N' Roll Party" at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 4 in the University at Buffalo's Mainstage theater.