News Releases

Fourth-graders in Buffalo's Highgate Heights Elementary School, PS 80, will get a fun look at how the brain works today (Thursday, March 19, 2009) provided by neuroscience graduate students at the University at Buffalo.

In an effort to stem the migration in recent years of many young, talented professionals from Western New York, the Prentice Family Foundation has given a significant gift to help UB students graduate and establish their careers here in the eight-county region.

An ambitious ecosystem restoration program at the University at Buffalo that emphasizes working with local Indian nations has led the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to present its national training workshop, "Consulting with Indian Nations," in partnership with UB on March 24-26.

If you and your child are romping in the park or enjoying a stroll on a warm spring day and a dog approaches, be ultra vigilant. Children, warm weather, and dogs, even family dogs, don't mix well, according to a study conducted by pediatric otolaryngologists from the University at Buffalo's School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

Teams from Sacred Heart Academy, Clarence High School and Erie 1 BOCES Legal Academy have placed first, second and third, respectively, in "MoneySKILL Mania," a financial literacy competition for high school students sponsored by the University at Buffalo School of Management and M&T Bank.

Dennis A. Andrejko of Williamsville, associate professor of architecture in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning and an expert on energy-conscious architecture, has been elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

A University at Buffalo Law School professor says the colossal Wall Street swindle case of Bernard L. Madoff underscores how most investors don't really know who's managing their money, given the complexity of the finance system.

UB expert available for media commentary: How Do You Survive a Niagara Falls Plunge?

Nearly 800 law enforcement and school personnel will be at the University at Buffalo today (Thursday, March 12, 2009) from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. to participate in the sixth annual Safe Schools Initiative Seminar in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.

To the many problems associated with lack of sleep -- moodiness, memory problems, difficulty concentrating -- add the risk of developing diabetes. A study from the University at Buffalo shows that people who sleep less than six hours a night during the work-week are 4.5 times more likely to have elevated levels of blood sugar than those who slumber 6-8 hours.