News Releases

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

  • UB College of Arts and Sciences Launches Center for Disability Studies
    7/31/09
    The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) at the University at Buffalo has launched a Center for Disability Studies, a partnership between CAS and People Inc. aimed at advancing greater acceptance of persons with disabilities in the community.
  • City of Buffalo and UB Partner on New Initiatives to Improve Safety, Quality of Life in University Heights
    7/30/09
    Buffalo Mayor Byron W. Brown and University at Buffalo President John B. Simpson today announced new collaborative initiatives to improve safety, deter crime and enhance the quality of life in University Heights.
  • Center for the Arts Receives Fifth Telly Award for 2009
    7/30/09
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo has been selected to receive a bronze Telly Award for the television program Building UB, Growing Community: The Draft Plan (Information Programming), which was produced for the Office of the President.
  • Overconfidence Among Teenage Students Can Stunt Crucial Reading Skills
    7/29/09
    Too much confidence among teenage students can be harmful. In a study that reinforces the danger of indiscriminately bolstering a child's self esteem -- whether the child earns that distinction or not -- the results show a clear connection between overconfident students and low reading comprehension, and suggest recommendations for parents and teachers.
  • Western New York Waterways Will Provide Living Laboratory for 2010 Ecosystem Restoration Workshop at UB
    7/29/09
    Professional scientists and engineers interested in restoring and preserving stream and waterway resources are invited to participate in the University at Buffalo's summer 2010 "Engineering for Ecosystem Restoration" workshop to be held June 7-25.
  • Media Advisory: UB on the Green Continues with Neville Francis, Budos Band
    7/28/09
    The University at Buffalo's free community performance series, UB on the Green, continues from 6-8 p.m. today (Tuesday, July 28, 2009) in front of Hayes Hall on the UB South (Main Street) Campus with performances by Neville Francis and his band, The Riddim Posse, and The Budos Band, an afro-beat and soul group from Brooklyn.
  • Media Advisory: Art Performance Suggests How to Survive the Current Economic Mess
    7/28/09
    Reporters are invited to stop into Nobody's Gallery, 1121 Elmwood Ave., today (Tuesday, July 28, 2009) from 8-8:30 p.m. to catch a demonstration of how to use live-feed video to survive the economic downturn by panhandling in two locations at once.
  • Stories We Tell About National Trauma Reflect Our Psychological Well-Being
    7/28/09
    A new study by psychologists at the University at Buffalo and the F. W. Olin College of Engineering finds that in the aftermath of national trauma, the ability to make sense out of what happened has implications for individual well-being and that the kinds of stories people tell about the incident predict very different psychological outcomes for them.
  • UB Start-up Provides Innovative Digital Sperm Analysis to Infertile Couples Worldwide
    7/27/09
    Couples struggling with fertility problems have a new option for assessing their ability to have a child with the start-up of a new Buffalo-based company called LifeCell Dx, Inc. (LCDX).
  • 6th Annual Free Community Event to Open 15th Anniversary Season at the UB Center for the Arts
    7/24/09
    The University at Buffalo Center for the Arts will open its 2009-10 season with a Center Celebration commemorating its 15th anniversary from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Aug. 26 at the center on the North (Amherst) Campus.