News Releases

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

  • Assad Named Dean of UB School Of Management
    5/16/08
    Arjang A. Assad, professor of management science and Dean's Professor for Extraordinary Service in the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, has been named dean of the University at Buffalo School of Management. His appointment will be effective Aug. 1, 2008.
  • Area Teachers Help Teens Become Financially Savvy in Tough Times
    5/14/08
    More than 130 teachers from Western New York high schools are now using a Web-based curriculum called MoneySKILL™ to help their students develop personal finance skills, thanks to outreach efforts by the University at Buffalo School of Management and M&T Bank.
  • UB Physician, UCLA Colleague Criticize TV Ad Campaign
    5/14/08
    A "direct-to-consumer" advertising (DTCA) campaign shown on network television over the past six months touting the benefits of a specific stent device used to prop open clogged arteries should be viewed as "potentially deceptive," asserts a commentary co-authored by a University at Buffalo cardiologist in the current on-line issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
  • UB Management Students Receive Commencement Awards
    5/13/08
    Fourteen graduates of the University at Buffalo School of Management received awards during the school's commencement ceremony on May 10.
  • New York Council for the Humanities Grant Supports WBFO
    5/13/08
    WBFO 88.7 FM, a major public service of the University at Buffalo, has been awarded a grant from the New York Council for the Humanities to help support the station's "Meet the Author" series.
  • Pharmacy School Names New Home in Honor of Alumnus John N. Kapoor
    5/9/08
    An alumnus of the University at Buffalo considered a visionary leader in the pharmaceutical industry is giving back once again to the institution that three decades ago provided a fellowship that helped him to earn a doctoral degree and begin his highly successful career.
  • Makau Mutua Named Dean of UB Law School
    5/7/08
    Makau W. Mutua, recognized as one of the world's foremost authorities in the area of human rights law, has been named dean of the University at Buffalo Law School.
  • County Executive Chris Collins to Kick Off 'Pre-Seed' Workshop
    5/6/08
    Erie County Executive Chris Collins will make opening remarks at a dinner to kick off a 'pre-seed' workshop for Western New York researchers and entrepreneurs considering the launch of a technology-based business.
  • UB Athletics Shows Major Improvements in APR
    5/6/08
    With the results of the fourth year of the NCAA's mandated Academic Progress Rate comes proof positive that the University at Buffalo Athletic Department has made giant strides in the areas of both retention and academic progress of its student-athletes. The APR measures the eligibility, retention and graduation of student-athletes competing on every Division I sports team in the nation.
  • Estimated 750,000 Problem Gamblers Among America's Youth
    5/6/08
    Gambling activity is widespread among U.S. adolescents and young adults ages 14 through 21, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA).