News Releases

The 208th anniversary of the birth of Millard Fillmore, the University at Buffalo's first chancellor and 13th president of the United States, will be observed in ceremonies to be held at 10 a.m. Jan. 7 in Forest Lawn Cemetery at Fillmore's gravesite.

A new academic journal founded and edited by Isaac Ehrlich, SUNY Distinguished Professor and University at Buffalo Distinguished Professor of Economics, has debuted from the University of Chicago Press.

How prepared is New York for another terrorist attack or major disaster? That's the question a group of researchers and disaster-response experts will discuss at a two-day conference addressing ways to protect New York City and New York State.

Five individuals have been named to serve three-year terms ending June 30, 2010, on the board of the University at Buffalo Foundation, Inc.

A $500,000 gift from Greatbatch, Inc. to the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences will support scientific work through the Greatbatch Professorship in Power Sources Research in the departments of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Electrical Engineering.

Endocrinologists at the University at Buffalo have shown that eating a high-fat, high-carbohydrate meal increases the already high heart-attack risk for individuals who are obese.

Underscoring its commitment to help improve educational outcomes for students in the Buffalo Public Schools, the University at Buffalo has established a new scholarship fund to benefit graduates of the city's schools.

The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Blue Suede Shoes -- The Ultimate Elvis Bash at 8 p.m. on Jan. 18 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.

New research by neurologists at the University at Buffalo has shown that a technique called optical coherence tomography, a simple and inexpensive measure employed currently to assess glaucoma, also could be used as a surrogate marker of disease status in multiple sclerosis (MS) and to assess the effectiveness of new and current MS treatments.

The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present The Producers, a Mel Brooks musical, at 8 p.m. on Jan. 25 and 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 26 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.