News Releases

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

  • Tutzauer Named Communication Department Chair
    2/17/06
    Frank E. Tutzauer of Buffalo, associate professor in the Department of Communication, School of Informatics, has been appointed chair of the department.
  • UB Saves $21,000 Annually with "Green" Vending Machines
    2/17/06
    The University at Buffalo is leading the way in energy savings as the first university in the country to completely replace its campus-wide beverage vending machines with green technology, saving $21,000 a year on electricity costs.
  • Henderson Receives Hearing Conservation Award
    2/17/06
    Donald Henderson, Ph.D. professor in the Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences in the University at Buffalo's College of Arts and Sciences, received the 2006 Outstanding Hearing Conservation Award from the National Hearing Conservation Association.
  • Free Saturday Lectures Targeted to High School Students
    2/17/06
    The Cutting Edge Lecture Series, a free series of Saturday-morning seminars in which top University at Buffalo scholars and alumni give presentations aimed at increasing public awareness of the rapid advancements being made in a number of academic and professional fields, will open its 2006 edition on Feb. 25.
  • Auction to Benefit Law Student Fellowships
    2/16/06
    The Buffalo Public Interest Law Program (BPILP) will host its 11th annual auction on Feb. 23 at the Statler Towers, 107 Delaware Ave., Buffalo. The event is the primary fundraiser to provide scholarships allowing University at Buffalo law students to accept unpaid public interest summer positions.
  • Rivoli to Speak as Part of Lippes Speaker Series
    2/16/06
    Pietra Rivoli, Ph.D., author of "The Travels of a T-Shirt in a Global Economy: An Economist Examines Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade" (Wiley Publishers, 2005), will speak at 7 p.m. on March 2 in the University at Buffalo Center for the Arts Screening Room on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Calcium, Vitamin D Don't Prevent Colorectal Cancer
    2/15/06
    Daily calcium and vitamin D supplements do not lower the risk of colorectal cancer in postmenopausal women as previous studies had suggested, results of the national Women's Health Initiative (WHI) clinical trial have shown.
  • Master Guitarist Joe Satriani to Perform April 10
    2/15/06
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Joe Satriani with very special guest Eric Johnson at 8 p.m. on April 10 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Chemical Sensors to Sniff Out Diseases in Human Breath
    2/10/06
    University at Buffalo researchers are developing a rugged, inexpensive Breathalyzer-type device that, just like the nose of a human -- or other mammal -- will contain thousands of chemical sensors "trained" to recognize complex chemical patterns, some of which are known biomarkers for certain diseases.
  • Pharmacy School, Pfizer Create Strategic Alliance
    2/9/06
    The University at Buffalo's School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences today announced a strategic alliance with Pfizer, Inc., that will provide up to $7.5 million to develop at UB a Center of Excellence in Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics and to support training and research in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.