Media Advisories

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

  • Third Buffalo Poverty Research Workshop to be Held March 2
    2/21/12
    Professionals and others who work with issues of poverty in Buffalo are invited to attend Buffalo Poverty Workshop III to hear about new and ongoing research, promising strategies, opportunities for collaboration and to network with those in the field.
  • Media Advisory: No Snow? That Won't Stop UB Winterfest!
    2/17/12
    Snow or no snow, the University at Buffalo will hold Winterfest 2012, a UB tradition for more than 60 years, from 1-5 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 18, at South Lake Village on the North Campus. Open to all UB students, faculty and staff, it's a great way for the entire campus community to shake off hibernation for a day.
  • Media Advisory: CNN Anchor Soledad O'Brien to Present UB MLK Address in Kleinhans
    2/15/12
    CNN anchor, special correspondent and author Soledad O'Brien will present the University at Buffalo's 36th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration event, a part of UB's Distinguished Speakers Series, at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, in Kleinhans Music Hall.
  • UB Gender Institute's 16th Annual Film Festival Begins Feb. 16
    2/13/12
    "Pink Ribbons Inc.," a film critiquing the corporate politics of breast cancer philanthropy, and the award-winning documentary "Granito: How to Nail a Dictator" are among the films to be featured as part of the 16th International Film Festival, presented by the University at Buffalo Institute for Research and Education on Women and Gender.
  • UB's Anti-Bullying Center Presents Program in Support of Gay and Transgendered Youth
    2/13/12
    The University at Buffalo's Jean M. Alberti Center for the Prevention of Bullying Abuse and School Violence will sponsor a colloquium in support of gay and transgendered youth at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, in 120 Clemens Hall on UB's North Campus.
  • School of Dental Medicine Hosts Third Annual "Give UB a Smile Day"
    2/2/12
    A free dental check up and cleaning will be available to UB employees and students at the third annual, "Give UB a Smile Day""hosted by the School of Dental Medicine on Saturday, February 18 beginning at 9 a.m. in the UB dental school clinics.
  • Media Advisory/Photo Op: "Give Kids a Smile Day" Takes Place on Feb. 3
    2/2/12
    Dental exams for Teddy Bears and a proclamation by Mayor Byron Brown will be just a few of the highlights when the University at Buffalo holds its 11th annual "Give Kids a Smile Day" from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 3, in the Squire Hall lobby and dental clinics on the first and third floors of the dental school on UB's South Campus.
  • Eleventh Annual "Give Kids a Smile Day" Set for Feb. 3
    1/30/12
    The University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine will mark eleven years of providing free treatment to Western New York children who don't have access to dental care when they hold their annual "Give Kids a Smile Day" on Feb. 3 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Squire Hall on UB's South Campus.
  • Media Advisory: UB's Disease Detectives to Present, Discuss "Contagion"
    1/19/12
    The University at Buffalo Department of Social and Preventive Medicine in the School of Public Health and Health Professions will present a free, public screening of the 2011 thriller, "Contagion," starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Matt Damon on January 23 at 5 p.m.
  • Media Advisory: 212th Birthday of Millard Fillmore to be Commemorated
    1/5/12
    The University at Buffalo will once again honor its first chancellor and the 13th president of the United States, Millard Fillmore, in a ceremony to take place at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 6, at Fillmore's gravesite in Buffalo's Forest Lawn Cemetery.