News Releases

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

  • Social Work Heads into Cyberspace
    5/4/09
    The University at Buffalo School of Social Work has put its ambitions to be a national leader in using digital technologies to teach the social work profession where they belong -- online.
  • UB Engineering Students Named Udall, Goldwater Scholars
    5/4/09
    Two students in the University at Buffalo's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have won prestigious national Morris K. Udall and Barry M. Goldwater scholarships.
  • UB's 163rd Commencement to Be Held May 10
    5/4/09
    Some 5,300 students are candidates to receive degrees during the University at Buffalo's 163rd general commencement and 13 other commencement ceremonies, which began May 1 and continue through May 23.
  • UB Receives $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for Innovative Global Health Research
    5/4/09
    The University at Buffalo announced today that it has received a $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
  • Media Advisory: UB's Media Study Department to Celebrate 35th Anniversary
    5/1/09
    The University at Buffalo Department of Media Study -- widely considered the birthplace of modern media study -- will mark its 35th anniversary this weekend with a three-day celebration that will include lots of reminiscences, as well as screenings and presentations of departmental work.
  • UB monitors swine flu, issues precautionary reminders
    5/1/09
    The University at Buffalo's Emergency Preparedness team is closely and proactively monitoring developments that have occurred over the past several days to the rapidly changing swine flu outbreak. The team will provide updates, as necessary, to the UB community about how these developments may affect UB. Please consult UB's Emergency Preparedness Web site (http://www.emergency.buffalo.edu) for updates.
  • World's Premier James Joyce Collection to Mount Major Exhibit in June
    4/30/09
    On June 13, the most extensive exhibition of material from the world's premier James Joyce Collection will open in Buffalo, N.Y., as part of Eire on the Erie, the 2009 North American Joyce Conferenece. "Discovering James Joyce: The University at Buffalo Collection," will feature a vast number of personal and literary artifacts related to the 20th century's most influential and intensely scrutinized writer.
  • Shore Promoted to Senior Assistant Dean and Director of External Relations for UB School of Management
    4/30/09
    Cynthia M. Shore of Kenmore has been promoted to senior assistant dean and director of external relations for the University at Buffalo School of Management, Dean Arjang A. Assad announced today.
  • UB Law Alumni Honors Five Graduates and Administrative Judge Sharon Townsend at Annual Dinner
    4/30/09
    The University at Buffalo Law Alumni Association will honor five UB graduates and Justice Sharon S. Townsend, administrative judge of the Eighth Judicial District, at the 47th annual UB Law Alumni Association meeting and dinner at 6 p.m. on May 5 in the Hyatt Regency Buffalo.
  • $50,000 Prize4Life Discovery Prize Awarded to UB Physician for Innovative ALS Research
    4/29/09
    A University at Buffalo dermatologist has won a $50,000 Prize4Life ALS Biomarker Challenge Discovery Prize for developing a promising biomarker that can be used to assess disease progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.