News Releases

"We Need Food Not Bombs," a documentary film about the local chapter of a decades-old international movement by University at Buffalo graduate student Ron Douglas, has been programmed for national and international broadcast by Free Speech TV.

Three new studies by psychologists at the University at Buffalo have found that after receiving negative feedback about one's appearance, individuals who are highly sensitive to appearance-based rejection withdraw from social interactions and prefer to avoid even those with whom they have close relationships.

The one and only Liza Minnelli, an icon of stage and screen and winner of virtually every major award, including an Oscar, four Tonys, two Golden Globes, a Grammy and an Emmy, will present a holiday concert at 8 p.m. Nov. 22 in the University at Buffalo Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.

In conjunction with this summer's exhibition "Discovering James Joyce: The University at Buffalo Collection," the UB Anderson Gallery will hold lectures and other art-related activities in the gallery located at One Martha Jackson Place (off Englewood Avenue between Main Street and Kenmore Avenue), Buffalo.

Experiencing chronic stress day after day can produce wear and tear on the body physically and mentally, and can have a detrimental effect on learning and emotion. However, acute stress -- a short stressful incident -- may enhance learning and memory.

The University at Buffalo's Center for Industrial Effectiveness (TCIE) has named Shawna R. Dosser as business development officer, focusing on selling to local companies and organizations business solutions that include reengineering, professional development and product development.

UB on the Green, the University at Buffalo's free performance series, will begin its 2009 season today (Tuesday, July 21, 2009) from 6-8 p.m. on UB's South (Main Street) Campus with a collection of light classics from the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.

The University at Buffalo Regional Institute has taken a comprehensive look at school district governance in its latest policy brief, including potential cost savings from consolidation, opportunities for expanded regional cooperation and new models for leveraging technology to bridge educational divides.

Timothy F. Murphy, M.D., University at Buffalo Distinguished Professor in the Department of Medicine and an internationally recognized expert in respiratory tract bacterial infections, has been appointed to the new position of senior associate dean for clinical and translational research in the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

More than 50 gardens in the University Heights and Eggertsville neighborhoods will be on display during the eighth annual Samuel P. Capen Garden Walk to be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday, July 18, 2009) in the neighborhoods near the University at Buffalo South (Main Street) Campus.