News Releases

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

  • Media Advisory: WNY's Student Digital Video Academy Awards Festival Returns Tonight to Downtown
    6/4/09
    The area's best student digital videographers and their teachers will gather to view each other's work and celebrate an emerging educational art form at the City Voices, City Visions Awards ceremony beginning 5 p.m. today (June 4, 2009) in the Market Arcade Cinemas, 639 Main St.
  • Media Advisory: President Simpson and Senator Stachowski to Discuss State Senate's Passage of UB 2020 Bill
    6/4/09
    University at Buffalo President John B. Simpson and New York State Senator William T. Stachowski will hold a media briefing to discuss the New York State Senate's passage yesterday of the UB 2020 Flexibility and Economic Growth Act.
  • Buffalo to Host Major International Conference on Biomedical Ontology in July
    6/4/09
    Whether and how medical personnel and their digital systems can talk to one another in a meaningful way is a subject pertinent to the health of patients about whom they "converse." An internationally recognized ontologist points out, however, that these electronic systems frequently do not employ the same ontology -- or system of meaning -- which results in harmful, and even fatal, consequences for patients. This problem will be addressed at the International Conference on Biomedical Ontology (ICBO), hosted by UB.
  • UB Law Receives $1 Million Gift from Cellino & Barnes
    6/4/09
    The University at Buffalo Law School has received an unrestricted gift of $1 million from two well-known alumni, Ross M. Cellino Jr. and Stephen E. Barnes, shareholders in the Buffalo-based personal injury law firm Cellino & Barnes, P. C. It is one of the largest cash gifts UB Law has received in its 122-year history.
  • Alumni and Students Receive Commencement Awards from Graduate School of Education
    6/3/09
    Three alumni and three new graduates of the University at Buffalo's Graduate School of Education were among those recognized for service and accomplishments at the school's annual commencement ceremony last month.
  • City Voices, City Visions Video Festival Back for a Return Engagement
    6/3/09
    The sequel to the University at Buffalo's City Voices, City Visions digital video awards festival returns to the Market Arcade Cinemas on June 4, the latest public premier showcasing the work of the best middle and high school videographers in Western New York.
  • Media Advisory: UB Business Partners Day 2009 to Show How Local Businesses Benefit When They Partner with UB
    6/3/09
    More than 500 representatives of local and regional companies and organizations will have the opportunity to learn about the many diverse university-industry partnerships that are revitalizing Buffalo Niagara at UB Business Partners Day 2009 to be held beginning at 9 a.m. tomorrow (Thursday, June 4, 2009) in the Adam's Mark Hotel in Buffalo.
  • UB 2020 Bill Approved by State Senate
    6/3/09
    The New York State Senate today approved the UB 2020 Flexibility and Economic Growth Act, marking a major step forward in passage of the bill into state law.
  • Media Advisory: President Simpson and Senator Stachowski to Discuss Senate's Passage of UB 2020 Bill
    6/3/09
    University at Buffalo President John B. Simpson and New York State Senator William T. Stachowski will hold a media briefing to discuss the New York State Senate's passage today of the UB 2020 Flexibility and Economic Growth Act.
  • Media Advisory: Sweet Home Students Rally for UB's Tanzanian Girls School Project
    6/2/09
    Students from Sweet Home High School will welcome the Chuma Chuma African Dance Troupe at a fundraiser from 6-8 p.m. today (June 2, 2009) for a student-led campaign to raise money for a girls school in Tanzania. The Buffalo-based adult dance troupe will perform at Sweet Home High School at 1901 Sweet Home Rd., Amherst.