News Releases

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

  • Master's Degree Program in Rehabilitation Counseling Offered Online
    3/14/08
    A new University at Buffalo online master's degree program in rehabilitation counseling combines the practical advantage of outstanding job prospects with the opportunity to make a lasting difference in people's lives. The new program is the first counseling program at the university to be offered completely online, allowing UB staff to aim for non-traditional students throughout the state, country and the world.
  • School of Social Work to Hold Annual Alumni Day
    3/14/08
    The University at Buffalo School of Social Work will hold its annual Alumni Day on March 27 in the Buffalo/Niagara Marriott, 1340 Millersport Highway, Amherst.
  • Central New York Residents Named to Dean's List at UB
    3/13/08
    Residents of Central New York attending the University at Buffalo have been named to the Dean's List for the fall 2007 semester for achieving a grade-point average of 3.6 or higher.
  • Westchester, Rockland Residents Named to Dean's List at UB
    3/13/08
    Residents of Westchester and Rockland counties attending the University at Buffalo have been named to the Dean's List for the fall 2007 semester for achieving a grade-point average of 3.6 or higher.
  • Grant Expands UB/NYU Study of Nurses' Work Decisions
    3/12/08
    Keeping newly licensed nurses working in the profession is critical to solving the chronic nursing shortage experienced across the U.S., an issue nursing researchers at the University at Buffalo and New York University have been studying since 2005.
  • Ibuprofen Destroys Aspirin's Positive Effect on Stroke Risk
    3/12/08
    Stroke patients who use ibuprofen for arthritis pain or other conditions while taking aspirin to reduce the risk of a second stroke undermine aspirin's ability to act as an anti-platelet agent, researchers at the University at Buffalo have shown.
  • Gift Will Endow UB Lectureship in Medical Education
    3/12/08
    Oliver P. "O.P." Jones, M.D., the widely beloved professor who inspired awe and sometimes trepidation in generations of anatomy students at the University at Buffalo, will be remembered in a lectureship created in his honor through the generosity of a former student and his spouse.
  • Driving Simulator Opens for Business in UB Engineering
    3/12/08
    From designing safer intersections to helping vehicular accident victims overcome their fears, a new driving simulation laboratory is now open for business in the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
  • Competition Fosters Entrepreneurial Spirit in High Schools
    3/11/08
    Six students from area high schools won first place in an entrepreneurship competition on March 8 for their business proposal, a high-tech gaming center. The competition was the culmination of a 19-week Entrepreneurship Training Program conducted by the University at Buffalo School of Management and the Meszaros International Center of Entrepreneurship (MICE).
  • Strangeness+Agency: Making and Performing Teleonomic Environments
    3/11/08
    They look innocent enough, these hollow, translucent urethane tubes. They hang from the ceiling into an exhibition space where they come to rest at foot level. As you draw near to them, however, they "come alive," recoiling (literally) to the ceiling as they "sniff" your breath. When you move away from them, they "exhale" like a gang of long, living lungs, and slowly return to their original positions. It may seem creepy, but its a graphic example of how architectural environments of the future will behave.