News Releases

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

  • Dynamic, Award-Winning Family Bluegrass Band Cherryholmes to Perform March 1 in CFA
    2/6/08
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Cherryholmes at 8 p.m. on March 1 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. The performance is sponsored by Monaco's Violin Shop and Music Center.
  • Novel Molecules Developed at UB Can Boost Vaccine Potency
    2/5/08
    Two novel proteins studied by a University at Buffalo professor of microbiology and immunology appear to have the potential to enhance the production of antibodies against a multitude of infectious agents.
  • Political Economist to Discuss Prosperity of American Cities
    2/5/08
    Political economist Barry Bluestone will speak on "The New Growth Theory and the Prosperity of U.S. Cities" at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 13 in 147 Diefendorf on UB's South (Main Street) Campus.
  • Cameron Baird Foundation Grant to Help Expand WBFO's Audience
    2/5/08
    WBFO 88.7 FM, a public service of the University at Buffalo and the region's most-listened-to NPR station, has been awarded a grant from The Cameron Baird Foundation in the amount of $20,000 to be used toward the installation of a new tower and antenna that will increase and improve service to its Western New York audience.
  • Breaking New Ground in Relationship of Language to Thought
    2/5/08
    Jurgen Bohnemeyer, assistant professor in the Department of Linguistics in the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences, has received a 42-month $250,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to fund a comparative study of the representation of space in 15 indigenous languages of Guatemala and Mexico, many of which are severely under-documented and endangered.
  • Collins Named Associate Dean at University at Buffalo
    2/4/08
    R. Lorraine Collins, Ph.D., a prolific researcher in the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) for 22 years, has been appointed associate dean for research in the UB School of Public Health and Health Professions and a professor in its Department of Health Behavior.
  • Jean Brown Named Dean of UB School of Nursing
    2/1/08
    Jean K. Brown, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, professor and interim dean of the University at Buffalo School of Nursing, has been named dean of the school following a national search, it was announced today by David L. Dunn, M.D., Ph.D., UB vice president for health sciences.
  • Policy Brief Focuses on Recent Immigration in Upstate New York
    2/1/08
    Though proportionally fewer immigrants have settled in upstate New York in recent years compared to downstate and the nation as a whole -- with notable differences in countries of origin -- immigrants continue to make significant contributions to the region's economy and quality of life, according to the University at Buffalo Regional Institute's latest Policy Brief, "Upstate's Recent Arrivals."
  • Harold Ford to Speak at UB's MLK Commemoration Event
    2/1/08
    Harold E. Ford Jr., chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council, a nonprofit corporation promoting a moderate/conservative platform within the Democratic Party, will be the keynote speaker for the 32nd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Event at the University at Buffalo.
  • Music Department to Present Free Concerts
    1/31/08
    Budget-conscious music lovers at UB can find much to keep them busy in February.The free monthly Brown Bag Concert, which will take place at noon on Tuesday in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall, North Campus, will feature a performance of Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion by Hungarian composer Bela Bartok.