News Releases

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

  • Buffalo is First Site in U.S. to Initiate Clinical Trial of Promising CF Drug
    6/25/09
    The Cystic Fibrosis Center located in Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, a University at Buffalo-affiliated teaching hospital, is the first site to begin recruiting patients for a 48-week international clinical trial of a promising investigational treatment for cystic fibrosis (CF).
  • UB's TCIE Is Now Enrolling Students for Fall 2009 Green Belt Certification Course
    6/25/09
    Professionals looking to earn their Green Belt certification through an approach that combines online learning with classroom-based instruction may now register for the Green Belt Blended Learning course, offered by UB's Center for Industrial Effectiveness (TCIE) in Fall 2009.
  • Buffalo Dance Festival to Feature LehrerDance and Configuration Dance Theatre
    6/24/09
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present the Buffalo Dance Festival at 8 p.m. on Aug. 1 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. The inaugural festival will feature LehrerDance and Configuration Dance Theatre.
  • UB Center of Excellence Fuels the High-Tech Funding Pipeline
    6/23/09
    The 2006 grand opening of the University at Buffalo's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences was hailed by local and university officials as a milestone in Buffalo's transformation from rust-belt city to a hub for groundbreaking life sciences research and industry.
  • Media Advisory: SUNY Chancellor to hold news briefing today at UB
    6/23/09
    Nancy Zimpher, who became chancellor of the State University of New York system on June 1, will be available to speak to Buffalo-area media at a briefing to be held at 1:30 p.m. today (Tuesday, June 23) in the lobby of Harriman Hall on the University at Buffalo's South (Main Street) Campus.
  • Correction: Dali Exhibition in UB's Anderson Gallery to End on Aug. 9
    6/22/09
    An incorrect end date was given for "Salvador Dali," an exhibition of works by the Spanish surrealist to be presented by the University at Buffalo Anderson Gallery. The exhibition, which opens on June 27, will close Aug. 9.
  • Media Advisory: Workshop on teaching economic skills to victims of domestic violence to be held at UB
    6/22/09
    The University at Buffalo Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and The Allstate Foundation will cosponsor a workshop aimed at providing social service practitioners with strategies to help domestic violence victims understand their financial circumstances and develop plans to leave. The workshop will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. today (Monday, June 22, 2009) in the Center for Tomorrow on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Ice Sheets Can Retreat "In a Geologic Instant," Study of Prehistoric Glacier Shows
    6/21/09
    Modern glaciers, such as those making up the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, are capable of undergoing periods of rapid shrinkage or retreat, according to new findings by paleoclimatologists at the University at Buffalo.
  • Economic Empowerment Key to Aiding Domestic Violence Victims
    6/19/09
    One of the greatest challenges victims of domestic violence face when they decide to leave their abusers is finding the financial resources to start a new life. That's why The Allstate Foundation and the University at Buffalo Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership will co-sponsor a workshop on teaching economic empowerment skills.
  • UB Students Head to Hollywood to Learn "Tricks of the Trade" from Industry Insiders
    6/19/09
    Forty-two University at Buffalo students and recent graduates with dreams of making it in the entertainment industry will be in Los Angeles June 27-28 to attend the University at Buffalo's first "Coast to Coast Entertainment and Media Symposium" (UBC2C Hollywood) in the hopes of getting a foot in the door.