News Releases

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

  • A Mini-Golf Hole So Real It's Unreal
    7/8/08
    The work of a UB architecture professor is among those selected to be part of ""City of Dreams Mini-Golf," a nine-hole mini-golf course and participatory installation installed on Manhattan's Governors Island on June 27 as one of several projects of FIGMENT 2008, a free, non-profit, volunteer-planned public participatory art event that takes place on the island every year.
  • UB Human Resources Transformation Wins Top National Award
    7/3/08
    Human Resources at the University at Buffalo has been named the recipient of the 2008 Excellence in Human Resource Practices Award from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) in recognition of UB's HR Transformation Initiative.
  • Seventh Annual Samuel P. Capen Garden Walk Set for July 19
    7/2/08
    The seventh annual Samuel P. Capen Garden Walk showcasing 50 gardens in the University Heights and Eggertsville neighborhoods will be held on July 19 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the neighborhoods near the University at Buffalo South (Main Street) Campus.
  • Tonawanda Residents Named to Dean's List at UB
    7/2/08
    Town of Tonawanda residents attending the University at Buffalo have been named to the Dean's List for the spring 2008 semester for achieving a grade-point average of 3.6 or higher.
  • Niagara County Residents Named to Dean's List at UB
    7/2/08
    Niagara County residents attending the University at Buffalo were named to the Dean's List for the spring 2008 semester for achieving a grade-point average of 3.6 or higher.
  • Cheektowaga, Depew, Lancaster Residents Named to Dean's List at UB
    7/1/08
    Residents of Cheektowaga, Depew and Lancaster attending the University at Buffalo have been named to the Dean's List for the spring 2008 semester for achieving a grade-point average of 3.6 or higher.
  • Erie County Residents Named to Dean's List at UB
    7/1/08
    Erie County residents attending the University at Buffalo have been named to the Dean's List for the spring 2008 semester for achieving a grade-point average of 3.6 or higher.
  • WBFO 88.7 FM Wins 7 New York State Associated Press Awards
    7/1/08
    WBFO 88.7 FM, the University at Buffalo's National Public Radio affiliate, won seven awards -- including three first-place honors -- at the New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association's annual awards banquet held recently in Saratoga Springs.
  • Demolition of Engineering Trailers at UB Signals Start of A New Era
    6/27/08
    Twenty years after it was constructed to serve the needs of the University at Buffalo's growing engineering programs, the Engineering Trailer Complex on UB's North (Amherst) Campus was demolished to make way for a new School of Engineering and Applied Sciences building.
  • Study to Test Effectiveness of Primary-Care-Based Weight Loss Program
    6/27/08
    It's well documented that children of obese parents are at risk of becoming obese early in life, and that obese children are at risk of becoming obese adults. Now, in the first study of its kind in the U.S., University at Buffalo researchers, who have been at the forefront of the fight against childhood obesity for nearly three decades, will test a family-based weight-control intervention in three large pediatric practices in Western New York, funded by a $2.58 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.