News Releases

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

  • Seed Funding Awarded to Six Projects Related to Strategic Strengths
    3/22/07
    Six research projects have been awarded seed funding through the UB 2020 Scholars Fund, a program run by the Office of the Vice President for Research that is designed to fund new projects within the strategic strength areas identified by the UB 2020 strategic planning process.
  • Globalization, Chinese Mountainscapes, "Green Urbanism," "Ma"
    3/22/07
    The 2007 lecture series sponsored by the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning continues in April with one of the world's most important scholars in the field of architectural education, Joan Ockman, participating as the school's 2007 Will and Nan Clarkson Architecture Chair.
  • Gottdiener to Present Endowed Lecture at Yale University
    3/22/07
    Mark D. Gottdiener of Buffalo, professor in the Department of Sociology in the University at Buffalo's College of Arts and Sciences, will present the 2007 Roth and Symonds Endowed Lecture at the Yale School of Architecture on March 30.
  • Students Fight Global Warming One Light Bulb at a Time
    3/22/07
    A light bulb exchange program that encourages students to trade in their old incandescent bulbs for energy-efficient compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) is reaping economic and environmental benefits for the University at Buffalo only months after the initial launch.
  • Works By Architecture Undergraduates Featured in "Buffalo Scaled"
    3/21/07
    The UB Anderson Gallery is proud to present "Buffalo Scaled," an exhibition featuring projects created by undergraduate students from the School of Architecture and Planning at the University at Buffalo. The exhibition opens with a public reception on March 31 at 6 p.m.
  • Fulbright New Century Scholars to Address Higher Education Access and Equity
    3/21/07
    Scholars from 25 countries will gather on March 29-31 at a meeting hosted by the University at Buffalo to discuss and debate ways to improve access and equity in higher education worldwide.
  • Late Registrants More Likely to Vote, Finds Study of Voter Participation
    3/19/07
    "Later is better" when it comes to voter registration in national elections, according a new study of voter participation in the 2000 presidential election.
  • UB President Signs National Accord on Climate Commitment
    3/15/07
    University at Buffalo President John B. Simpson has committed the university to taking a leadership role in fighting global warming by signing the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment.
  • North Carolina Company to Relocate to UB's Center Of Excellence
    3/15/07
    Medcotek, Inc., a North Carolina medical-technology company, is relocating to the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences as the result of a strategic partnership between local companies Buffalo BioSciences and E-Capital Financing.
  • UB Art Gallery to Host "Responsive Architecture"
    3/14/07
    The University at Buffalo Art Gallery will present "Responsive Architecture," an exhibition featuring architectural prototypes that explore how humans interact with their surroundings. The exhibition will open on April 5 with a public reception at 5 p.m.