News Releases

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

  • First of Four Forums on Comprehensive Physical Plan to be Held
    11/29/07
    The first of four public forums on the comprehensive physical plan being developed by UB in conjunction with its plans to grow by 40 percent by the year 2020 will be held Tuesday in the UB Downtown Gateway -- the former M. Wile Building recently purchased by the university -- at 77 Goodell St.
  • Hopkins Receives Leaders Award
    11/29/07
    L. Nelson Hopkins, professor and chair of the Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and director of UB's Toshiba Stroke Research Center, has received the third annual Leaders in Endovascular Education Award from Cordis Endovascular and Cordis Neurovascular Inc.
  • Mager Receives New Investigator Grant
    11/29/07
    Donald E. Mager, assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, received the AAPS New Investigator Grant in Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Drug Metabolism.
  • Turner Gill Named MAC Coach of the Year
    11/28/07
    University at Buffalo football coach Turner Gill has been named the Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year following the Bulls' record-breaking season. The second-year head coach led the UB football program to new heights in 2007.
  • Regional Institute Releases Report on Tourism Development in the Southtowns of Erie County
    11/28/07
    The University at Buffalo Regional Institute has released the final report on tourism development in the Southtowns, culminating a two-year collaborative planning effort for the Towns of Brant, Eden, Evans and North Collins, and the Villages of Angola, Farnham and North Collins.
  • Design of Patient Tracking Tools May Have Unintended Consequences
    11/26/07
    Proper design of computational tools is critical if they are to be used with success in patient-care settings, particularly in hospital emergency rooms, a field study conducted by researchers at the University at Buffalo and other institutions recently revealed.
  • Italian Edition of Gottdiener's "Life in the Air" Published in Milan
    11/19/07
    "La Vita en Volo," the Italian translation of "Life in the Air: Surviving the New Culture of Air Travel," the 2001 book by Mark Gottdiener, Ph.D., professor of sociology at the University at Buffalo, has been published by Edizione Goliardiche (Milan).
  • Buffalo-Made Anti-Cancer Drug Begins Human Trials
    11/16/07
    An anti-cancer drug developed by Kinex Pharmaceuticals of Buffalo and a University at Buffalo faculty researcher has begun clinical testing with patients.
  • George Lee Recognized by White House for Efforts as a Mentor
    11/16/07
    George C. Lee, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the University at Buffalo Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, today received a 2006 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring from the White House.
  • Study Suggests Need for Spiritual Bridge-Building between Pediatric Oncologists and Patients, Families
    11/16/07
    Results of a new study by sociologist Elaine Howard Ecklund, Ph.D., of the University at Buffalo and researchers at Brandeis University and Harvard University suggest that pediatric oncologists -- most of whom describe themselves as "spiritual" -- might help their young patients and their families more by learning ways to engage them on a spiritual basis.