Media Advisories

News about upcoming UB events that may be of interest to the media.

  • Media Advisory: Novelist, social commentator Walter Mosley to present King Commemoration address Thursday
    2/27/13
    BUFFALO, N.Y. – Bestselling novelist and social commentator Walter Mosley will present the keynote address at the University at Buffalo’s 37th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Event at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, in the Center for the Arts Mainstage Theatre on the North Campus.
  • Media Advisory: Can New York’s row houses handle an earthquake?
    2/12/13
    BUFFALO, N.Y. – Researchers will conduct a rare, if not unprecedented, large-scale earthquake simulation to determine how vulnerable panel walls within New York’s unreinforced masonry buildings (row houses) are to temblors.
  • ‘ObamaCare’ impact to be discussed by UB medical students, residents, faculty, physicians
    2/1/13
    BUFFALO, N.Y. – “It’s going to change everyone’s career and no one is quite sure what will happen.”
  • UB to Commemorate 213th Anniversary of Millard Fillmore’s Birthday
    1/2/13
    BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The 213th anniversary of the birth of Millard Fillmore, the University at Buffalo’s first chancellor and 13th president of the United States, will be celebrated at a ceremony to be held at 10 a.m. Jan. 7 at Fillmore’s gravesite in Buffalo’s Forest Lawn Cemetery.
  • Media Advisory: Dogs in the Library? UB's Unusual Way to Help Students Cope with Stress During Final Exams
    12/10/12
    For college students, it doesn't get much more stressful than finals week. Entire semesters can hang in the balance. Thankfully, the University at Buffalo Libraries has found a way to ease the tension: therapy dogs. For three days this week more than a dozen pooches will visit two UB libraries, offering students a chance nuzzle with something aside from their schoolwork.
  • Media Advisory: HiggsFest! Physicists to Celebrate Discovery of Higgs Boson
    12/4/12
    UB physicists who contributed to the hunt for the Higgs boson are hosting "HiggsFest," a free, public celebration. The event will include short presentations -- in plain English -- on the famed boson and its discovery.
  • Media Advisory: Students from West Seneca Life Sciences Academy to Celebrate at Induction Ceremony, Meet with Local Business Leader
    12/4/12
    More than 45 10th grade students from the first class of the West Seneca School District's Academy of Life Sciences will take part in an induction ceremony to celebrate their participation in the program and their commitment to pursuing studies and careers in the life sciences industry.
  • UB to Offer Information Session on Demolition of Former Nuclear Research Site
    12/4/12
    The University at Buffalo will share information about its plans to demolish the Buffalo Materials Research Center, its former nuclear research reactor, at a session on Thursday, Dec. 6, at 6:30 p.m. in Allen Hall on UB's South Campus.
  • UB Police Conduct Training Exercise
    12/3/12
    New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services and University at Buffalo Police are conducting training in and around Pritchard Hall on UB's South Campus December 3-6.
  • UB Department of Theatre and Dance to Present Emerging Choreographers Showcase
    11/28/12
    The Department of Theatre and Dance at the University at Buffalo will present the Emerging Choreographers Showcase on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 1 and 2 at 2 p.m. The performances will be in the Black Box Theatre in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.