News Releases

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

  • UB to Host Gov. Paterson's "Governor's College" for Local Leaders
    6/30/09
    New York State Gov. David A. Paterson is partnering with the University at Buffalo to offer a series of events throughout the summer to continue to educate New Yorkers on how to utilize the resources of state during these tough economic times.
  • Study Finds Improved Communication Encourages Patients to Seek Colorectal Cancer Screening in Primary Care Setting
    6/29/09
    Improved communication among patients and primary care physicians increases the chances those due for colorectal cancer screening will follow their doctors' advice and complete the procedure, a University at Buffalo study has found.
  • Local minority high school students to learn accounting is more than a game at UB
    6/29/09
    When is balancing the books like being on a game show? When you're playing "Accounting Jeopardy" at the University at Buffalo.
  • Company Quadruples Revenue to $80 Million with UB's Help
    6/29/09
    In 1998, Hebeler Corporation, a custom metal fabricator, had the unpleasant distinction of having made it onto the "10 worst vendors" list of one of its clients, GE Energy. This year, the company with manufacturing plants in Tonawanda and Canada received the GE Supplier Excellence Award in Compliance.
  • Placebo Effects in Caregivers May Change Behavior of Children with ADHD
    6/29/09
    Stimulant medications, such as Ritalin and Adderall, are the accepted treatment to stem hyperactivity in children with attention deficit-hyperactive disorder (ADHD) and improve their behavior. Now a recent review of research by University at Buffalo pediatric psychologists suggests that such medication, or the assumption of medication, may produce a placebo effect -- not in the children, but in their teachers, parents or other adults who evaluate them.
  • UB, Niagara University, Heart Center of Niagara Collaboration Makes Progress in Project Aimed at Tackling Heart Disease in WNY
    6/26/09
    A collaboration involving physicians, researchers, graduate students and undergraduate students from three prominent regional institutions is intent on improving heart health in Western New York, an area with a heart disease death rate that is twice the national average.
  • Media Advisory: UB to Embed Twitter Reporters at Roswell Ride
    6/26/09
    A University at Buffalo social-media expert will manage a social-media campaign around the Ride For Roswell 2009, beginning online at 5:30 a.m. tomorrow, Saturday, June 27. "Embedded" volunteer reporters from UB and the Ride's Web committee will update Twitter feeds and Web content throughout the morning from UB's Baird Point and along bike routes, offering a play-by-play review of the action taking place during the annual event.
  • Media Advisory: Genesee County Development Center to Break Ground for New MedTech Centre
    6/26/09
    The Genesee County Economic Development Center will hold a groundbreaking and dedication ceremony at 3:30 p.m. today (Friday, June 26, 2009) for the Dr. Bruce A. Holm Upstate MedTech Centre in the Upstate MedTech Park on Assemblyman R. Stephen Hawley Drive, near Genesee Community College, in Batavia.
  • Media Advisory: WNY Entrepreneurs Tell Why They're a Great Investment -- in 60 Seconds Flat
    6/25/09
    Nothing like a little pressure to bring out the best in an entrepreneur, and there will be plenty of it at the 2009 Explore Buffalo Niagara Investor High-Tech Forum being held today (Thursday, June 25, 2009).
  • UBC2C HOLLYWOOD's "Sunday Morning Mentoring Madness": Tricks of the Trade Will Be Shared with UB Scholarship Students, Young Professionals by Entertainment VIPs
    6/25/09
    The next generation of entertainment industry professionals will learn what it takes to make it in the "biz" at the University at Buffalo's UBC2C HOLLYWOOD Entertainment and Media Symposium's special "Sunday Morning Mentoring Madness" mentoring session on June 28 at the Writer's Boot Camp in Bergamot Station, Santa Monica.