News Releases

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

  • Free Tax Preparation at UB Brings $640,000 Back to WNY
    4/21/09
    Over the past 10 weeks, 126 IRS-certified accounting students from the University at Buffalo School of Management brought nearly $640,000 in tax refunds back into the Buffalo community through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program.
  • Adolescent Risk-Taking Has Major Consequences When It Comes To Marriage
    4/21/09
    A national study of data collected over 12 years finds that delinquent teens marry earlier than their peers, while substance-abusing teens -- especially girls who abuse marijuana -- marry later than peers, if at all. University at Buffalo sociologist Sampson Lee Blair's research is a rare look at the long-term effects of teen delinquency and drug abuse on adult role attainment.
  • Tools for Green Education to be Exhibited by Visual Arts Students
    4/20/09
    University at Buffalo visual-studies students will present an exhibit on how to keep the UB campus "green" and how to use "play" to address serious issues like racial stereotyping, genetic engineering and the economic crisis.
  • Media Advisory: At UB, Bridge-Building Is a Competitive Sport
    4/17/09
    More than a hundred students from the region's top engineering institutions, including Cornell, Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute, Clarkson and UB, will compete for the title of Upstate New York champion in the annual steel-bridge building competition to be held today (Friday, April 17, 2009) in Alumni Arena on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Media Advisory: Come Root for UB at the Concrete Canoe Race on Lake LaSalle
    4/17/09
    More than 100 students from the region's top engineering institutions, including Cornell, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Clarkson and UB, will compete for the title of Upstate New York champion in the annual concrete canoe competition to be held tomorrow (Saturday, April 18, 2009) on Lake LaSalle on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • UB Educational Opportunity Center to Hold Orientation Program on Careers in Life Sciences
    4/17/09
    The University at Buffalo Educational Opportunity Center will host an "Sci WNY" Orientation in its facility at 465 Washington St. in downtown Buffalo, from 9-11 a.m. April 22 in the EOC ATTAIN (Advanced Technology Training and Information Networking) Lab.
  • The University at Buffalo Goes Hollywood: Launches UBC2C HOLLYWOOD, First Coast To Coast Entertainment Conference June 27-28, 2009, in Los Angeles
    4/15/09
    The University at Buffalo today announced the launch of the first UB COAST TO COAST ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA SYMPOSIUM (UBC2C HOLLYWOOD) to be held on JUNE 27-28, 2009, in Los Angeles, California.
  • Bonadio Group to Award Accounting Scholarship
    4/15/09
    The Bonadio Group, an upstate New York accounting, consulting and financial services firm, has donated $1,000 for an accounting scholarship at the University at Buffalo School of Management.
  • Endangered Falcons Settle into a Custom-Made Love Nest, Courtesy of UB
    4/15/09
    A pair of peregrine falcons has settled into its custom-made nesting box situated on top of MacKay Heating Plant on the University at Buffalo's South (Main Street) Campus, thanks to the cooperative efforts of the University at Buffalo and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
  • Kenyan Prime Minister to Deliver UB Law School Commencement Address
    4/13/09
    Republic of Kenya Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga will deliver the University at Buffalo Law School commencement address in a ceremony that will include conferral of honorary degrees to Irene Zubaida Khan, secretary general of Amnesty International, and J. Mason Davis Jr., a practicing attorney who played a key role in the desegregation of Alabama in the 1960s.