News Releases

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

  • Major International Award to be Presented for Comprehensive City of Buffalo Plan
    6/10/09
    The Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU), one of the foremost international advocates for the revival of cities, will award its 2009 "Charter Award" to the City of Buffalo on June 13 during the CNU Annual Conference June 10-14 in Denver, Colorado.
  • Major Report on U.S. Tobacco Control Policies and Use Finds Stark Contrasts in Progress Among States
    6/10/09
    The United States is becoming a nation of haves and have-nots when it comes to tobacco control, according to a comprehensive publication on cigarette smoking prevalence and policies in the U.S. that was released today.
  • Quirky Genius: Spectacular James Joyce Exhibit to Open in Buffalo
    6/9/09
    The online press kit for "Discovering James Joyce: The University at Buffalo Collection," a free summer-long exhibition of the largest and most prestigious James Joyce Collection in the world is available at www.buffalo.edu/news/joyce.html .
  • UB Police Officers to Participate in 8th Annual Tour de Force 9/11 Memorial Bike Ride
    6/9/09
    University at Buffalo Police Officers Dale Hohl of North Tonawanda and Amy Pedlow of Grand Island are geared up and ready to hop on their bikes again this year to raise money for families of police officers killed in the line of duty and to continue to honor the victims of the 9/11 attacks.
  • National Grid and UB Engineering Invest in the Future of Science and Engineering
    6/9/09
    National Grid is investing $250,000 in the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences to create and enhance programs that encourage Buffalo Public School students to pursue education and careers in science and engineering.
  • Media Advisory/News Conference: National Grid to Announce Gift to UB
    6/8/09
    National Grid CEO Steve Holliday will join University at Buffalo President John B. Simpson, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown and UB Engineering Dean Harvey Stenger at a news conference to announce a gift to the UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
  • In NEJM Editorial, UB Cardiologist Recommends Optimal Medical Therapy, CABG, over PCI in Diabetics with Heart Disease
    6/7/09
    In an editorial in the current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), William E. Boden, M.D., professor of medicine and preventive medicine at the University at Buffalo, recommends that the results of the BARI-2D Trial published in that edition must be interpreted with "considerable caution."
  • Zielinski Elected President of UB Alumni Association
    6/5/09
    Larry Zielinski of Elma, who earned two degrees from the University at Buffalo, has been elected to serve a two-year term as president of the UB Alumni Association.
  • UB Classicist Elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London
    6/5/09
    Stephen L. Dyson, Ph.D., of Williamsville, Park Professor of Classics at the University at Buffalo, has been named a fellow of the convivial and scholarly Society of Antiquaries of London, the world's premiere learned society for heritage and a distinguished international association founded in 1707.
  • UB Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Graduates Largest Class
    6/5/09
    Forty-six Western New York business owners, operators and high-level managers have graduated from the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) Core program in the University at Buffalo School of Management, the largest graduating class in the program's 21-year history.