News Releases

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

  • Behavior of Receptor Protein Critical to Many Cancers is Focus of UB's New American Cancer Society Grant
    1/14/09
    During normal growth and development, cells in the body communicate with each other through protein receptors on the cell surface. Among the proteins used for this communication are receptor tyrosine kinases, or RTKs, which have been shown to play a critical role in the development and progression of many cancers by transmitting too much signal. A biochemist at the University at Buffalo has received $720,000 from the American Cancer Society to study how the RTK signaling pathway functions.
  • To Fight Infectious Disease, Medical Research Turns To Philosophy -- and Buffalo
    1/14/09
    To tackle an increasing global infectious disease burden and rising rates of drug-resistant infections, University at Buffalo philosophers are working with medical researchers to develop the first-ever infectious disease ontology.
  • The New American Nightmare: A UB Law School professor examines the causes, solutions of the American home foreclosure crisis
    1/14/09
    Stuart Lazar, an associate professor in the University at Buffalo Law School concentrating in tax law, has expertise and insight into the new American nightmare: losing your home.
  • Seventh Annual "Give Kids a Smile" Day Set for Feb. 6
    1/13/09
    Children from across Western New York who don't have access to dental care will receive free treatment Feb. 6 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine's seventh annual "Give Kids a Smile" day.
  • UB Dental School's Oral Biology Department wins ADEA Gies Award for Outstanding Achievement by an Academic Dental Institution
    1/13/09
    The University at Buffalo's Department of Oral Biology, the first established in the nation, has won the 2009 William J. Gies Award for outstanding achievement by an academic dental institution.
  • By Going "Trayless," UB Student Dining Centers Will Reduce Food Waste 50 Percent
    1/13/09
    Starting this week, students in three dining centers on the University at Buffalo North (Amherst) Campus will be carrying individual plates -- not trays -- to their tables as part of UB's effort to go "trayless."
  • Campus-wide computing services outage
    1/12/09
    A campus-wide computing services outage has affected all UB computing services since 2 p.m. today. UB's IT staff expects many of the services to be back online by 4:15 p.m. today. The remaining services should be restored this evening.
  • UB's Garofalo Receives Award from American Collegiate Schools of Architecture
    1/9/09
    Laura Garofalo, assistant professor in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University at Buffalo, has received a 2008-09 Architectural Education Award from the American Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA).
  • Linguist Matthew Dryer Receives Prestigious Humboldt Research Award
    1/9/09
    Matthew S. Dryer, Ph.D., of Amherst, professor in the Department of Linguistics in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University at Buffalo, has received a prestigious Humboldt Research Award from Germany's Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, which each year honors renowned scientists and scholars from abroad.
  • Six UB Faculty Members Named SUNY Distinguished Professors
    1/8/09
    Six University at Buffalo faculty members have been named State University of New York Distinguished Professors, the highest faculty rank in the SUNY system.