Media Advisories

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

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  • Media Advisory: Capen Garden Walk To Be Held July 18
    7/17/09
    More than 50 gardens in the University Heights and Eggertsville neighborhoods will be on display during the eighth annual Samuel P. Capen Garden Walk to be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday, July 18, 2009) in the neighborhoods near the University at Buffalo South (Main Street) Campus.
  • Media Advisory: Science Educators Converge at UB for Online Classroom Symposium
    7/15/09
    More than 30 middle school, high school, pre-service science and college educators from states ranging from Michigan to Massachusetts will come together on the University at Buffalo's North (Amherst) Campus today (Wednesday, July 15, 2009) to discuss the latest online resources to help them teach complicated scientific concepts to students who need science knowledge now more than ever.
  • Media Advisory: Building a Better Bridge
    7/13/09
    Researchers from the University at Buffalo's MCEER and from Calspan today will discuss details and provide images of plans to build two 72-foot-long bridges in Ashford, N.Y., 35 miles south of Buffalo, as part of a project to test how adverse weather conditions and seismic vibrations affect new bridge technologies.
  • Media Advisory: WNY's Blossoming Young Scientists Visit UB Supercomputer
    7/3/09
    The future talent of Western New York's emerging biotech industry will try their hand on UB's supercomputers today as part of an annual program that encourages local high school students to develop skills and interest in the sciences.
  • Media Advisory: UB to Embed Twitter Reporters at Roswell Ride
    6/26/09
    A University at Buffalo social-media expert will manage a social-media campaign around the Ride For Roswell 2009, beginning online at 5:30 a.m. tomorrow, Saturday, June 27. "Embedded" volunteer reporters from UB and the Ride's Web committee will update Twitter feeds and Web content throughout the morning from UB's Baird Point and along bike routes, offering a play-by-play review of the action taking place during the annual event.
  • Media Advisory: Genesee County Development Center to Break Ground for New MedTech Centre
    6/26/09
    The Genesee County Economic Development Center will hold a groundbreaking and dedication ceremony at 3:30 p.m. today (Friday, June 26, 2009) for the Dr. Bruce A. Holm Upstate MedTech Centre in the Upstate MedTech Park on Assemblyman R. Stephen Hawley Drive, near Genesee Community College, in Batavia.
  • Media Advisory: WNY Entrepreneurs Tell Why They're a Great Investment -- in 60 Seconds Flat
    6/25/09
    Nothing like a little pressure to bring out the best in an entrepreneur, and there will be plenty of it at the 2009 Explore Buffalo Niagara Investor High-Tech Forum being held today (Thursday, June 25, 2009).
  • Media Advisory: SUNY Chancellor to hold news briefing today at UB
    6/23/09
    Nancy Zimpher, who became chancellor of the State University of New York system on June 1, will be available to speak to Buffalo-area media at a briefing to be held at 1:30 p.m. today (Tuesday, June 23) in the lobby of Harriman Hall on the University at Buffalo's South (Main Street) Campus.
  • Media Advisory: Workshop on teaching economic skills to victims of domestic violence to be held at UB
    6/22/09
    The University at Buffalo Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and The Allstate Foundation will cosponsor a workshop aimed at providing social service practitioners with strategies to help domestic violence victims understand their financial circumstances and develop plans to leave. The workshop will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. today (Monday, June 22, 2009) in the Center for Tomorrow on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Media Advisory: Media Invited to Attend Private Opening Reception of "Discovering James Joyce: The University at Buffalo Collection"
    6/12/09
    The University at Buffalo will kick off an exhibition of the works of one of the world's most iconic and idiosyncratic literary figures, James Joyce, at a private opening reception to be held at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday, June 13, 2009) in UB's Anderson Gallery, One Martha Jackson Place, Buffalo.