News Releases

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

  • James Conway, Retired UB Education Professor, 74
    7/3/07
    James Arthur Conway, a professor who taught in the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education from 1967 until retiring in 2000, died June 28 in Siesta Key, Fla., of cancer. A former resident of Amherst, he was 74.
  • Bansal Gift Will Help Fund New UB Engineering Building
    7/2/07
    A $500,000 gift from Ravinder K. Bansal, Ph.D., and his wife, Pratibha Bansal, M.D., of Clarence, to the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences will be used for costs associated with the construction of a new engineering building on UB's North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Early Indicator of Kidney Disease May Also Predict Risk of Pre-Diabetes
    7/2/07
    A blood component called cystatin C, used to test for early-stage kidney impairment, also may be a very early marker for those at risk of developing a condition known as pre-diabetes, a study conducted by researchers at the University at Buffalo has shown.
  • Scientists May Not Be Very Religious, but Science May Not Be to Blame
    6/29/07
    Did God make scientists? Most of them don't think so. The first systematic analysis in decades to examine the religious beliefs and practices of elite academics in the sciences supports the notion that science professors at top universities are less religious than the general population, but attributes this to a number of variables that have little to do with their study of science.
  • Ernst & Young Matches Alumni Contributions to UB
    6/27/07
    The worldwide public accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP and its staff members have contributed $34,400 to the University at Buffalo over the past year.
  • UB Psychiatry Residents Triumph in "Jeopardy"-Style "MindGames"
    6/27/07
    Out-buzzing and out-smarting teams from the University at Pennsylvania and Wayne State University, a three-person team from the University at Buffalo's psychiatry residency program won the first "Jeopardy"-inspired "MindGames" at the 2007 annual meeting of the American Psychiatry Association held in San Diego in May.
  • Workshop in Computational Science Challenges High School Students
    6/26/07
    A dozen lucky high school students are spending two weeks this summer at the University at Buffalo's Center for Computational Research, part of the university's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, during its annual high school workshop in computational science, from June 25 to July 6.
  • Researcher Looks at the Entertainment Value of Murder in the U.S.
    6/25/07
    Bloody murder has been a quintessentially American preoccupation since John Newcomen sailed in on the Mayflower and was whacked by a fellow colonist. What followed in America from the 17th century to the present, says cultural analyst and author David F. Schmid, Ph.D., is a form of "entertainment by murder," a ghastly enthrallment that conflates some of Americans' favorite preoccupations: consumerism, titillation by celebrity gossip and violence.
  • UB Physician, Teacher Named New York's "Family Physician of the Year"
    6/22/07
    A University at Buffalo faculty member who practices on the lower west side of Buffalo and co-founded a free medical clinic at a shelter for women and children has been named 2007 Family Physician of the Year by the New York State Academy of Family Physicians.
  • Staff Changes Made in UB Athletic Department
    6/22/07
    University at Buffalo Athletics Director Warde Manuel has announced a reorganization of the Athletics Department staff designed to "help continue the department's vision and goal of developing a successful Mid-American Conference program."