News Releases

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

  • Smyth Elected President of National Social Work Group
    4/14/08
    Nancy J. Smyth, dean of the University at Buffalo School of Social Work, has been elected to a two-year term as president of the St. Louis Group, an association of the country's outstanding graduate schools of social work.
  • Regional Institute Releases Policy Brief on Reading the Region's Economy
    4/11/08
    Traditional methods of interpreting regional economic conditions, such as employment data, paint a useful but incomplete picture of economic change in the 21st century, according to the University at Buffalo Regional Institute's latest Policy Brief, "Grasping the New Economy."
  • 'Great Place to Work' Movement Hits Higher Ed
    4/10/08
    Colleges and universities don't usually focus on improving their status as "great places to work." Conventional wisdom says a college campus naturally provides a great work environment: There's constant intellectual stimulation, access to campus facilities and family-friendly work hours. At the University at Buffalo, Scott Nostaja is one of the few in higher education who is putting conventional wisdom to the test.
  • Award Goes to UB Professor for Biography of Celebrated 18th-Century Clown
    4/9/08
    The Royal Society of Literature and the Jerwood Charitable Foundation has presented its £10,000 ($19,946) annual award for non-fiction to Andrew Stott, Ph.D., associate professor of English at the University at Buffalo.
  • Conference to Look at Evolving Role of Pro Bono Work
    4/9/08
    National and local experts on providing legal services to those unable to afford high lawyer bills will convene in Buffalo this month for a three-day pro bono conference sponsored by the University at Buffalo's Law School, the Department of Sociology in the UB College of Arts and Sciences and local judicial organizations.
  • Medcotek Licenses UB Teleradiology Technology
    4/9/08
    Local company Medcotek, Inc., has signed a licensing agreement with the University at Buffalo for use of a new technology that will advance the company's entry into the lucrative teleradiology market.
  • MS Affects Different Brain Regions in Men and Women, UB Study Shows
    4/4/08
    A new multiple sclerosis study conducted by University at Buffalo neurologists has shown that in addition to affecting women two-to-three times more than men, multiple sclerosis damages different regions of the brain in men and women.
  • Law School Documentary Goes Behind Attica's Walls
    4/4/08
    Teresa Miller, a professor in the University at Buffalo Law School specializing in criminal punishment, is working with law school students to create a documentary film, "Encountering Attica," that focuses on prison inmates while demonstrating how new media can be used in the study of legal issues.
  • "Swish and Spit" Test Can Provide Early Evidence of Oral Cancer
    4/4/08
    Epithelial cells of the mouth collected by a simple "swish and spit" method can be used to detect potential early evidence of oral cancer, a preliminary study conducted by researchers at the University at Buffalo and Roswell Park Cancer Institute has shown.
  • Antibacterial Toothpaste and Tongue Scraping Eliminate Halitosis
    4/4/08
    A study conducted by dental researchers at the University at Buffalo has confirmed that brushing twice a day with toothpaste containing a bactericide and using a toothbrush with a tongue cleaner can eliminate halitosis, easing social strain and protecting teeth and gums in the process.