Media Advisories

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

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  • Media Advisory: Bill Nye the Science Guy to Speak at UB April 22
    4/22/09
    Pop scientist Bill Nye, better known as Bill Nye the Science Guy for his educational television program dedicated to making science fun and accessible to all, will conclude the 2008-09 Distinguished Speakers Series at the University at Buffalo with a lecture at 8 p.m. today (Wednesday, April 22, 2009) in Alumni Arena on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Media Advisory: Senior Brunch to Celebrate Success of UB's Graduating Students
    4/22/09
    The University at Buffalo will begin saying goodbye to the Class of 2009 at the annual Senior Brunch to be held beginning at 10 a.m. today (Wednesday, April 22, 2009) in the atrium of the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Media Advisory: At UB, Bridge-Building Is a Competitive Sport
    4/17/09
    More than a hundred students from the region's top engineering institutions, including Cornell, Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute, Clarkson and UB, will compete for the title of Upstate New York champion in the annual steel-bridge building competition to be held today (Friday, April 17, 2009) in Alumni Arena on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Media Advisory: Come Root for UB at the Concrete Canoe Race on Lake LaSalle
    4/17/09
    More than 100 students from the region's top engineering institutions, including Cornell, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Clarkson and UB, will compete for the title of Upstate New York champion in the annual concrete canoe competition to be held tomorrow (Saturday, April 18, 2009) on Lake LaSalle on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Media Advisory: UB's Baldy Center for Law & Social Policy Continues Three-Part Series Featuring Ivy League Scholars
    4/9/09
    Columbia University Professor of Anthropology Michael Taussig will look at emerging issues of cultural and intellectual property this afternoon as part of the University at Buffalo's Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy's two-day speaker series.
  • Media Advisory: French Ambassador Visits UB on Wednesday, April 8
    4/7/09
    Excellency Pierre Vimont (Vee-mon), Ambassador of France to the United States will present a public lecture at UB on April 8.
  • Media Advisory: Research by Outstanding Undergrads to be Highlighted at UB Celebration of Academic Excellence
    4/7/09
    The University at Buffalo will celebrate the research and academic achievements of its outstanding undergraduates, as well as its faculty and staff, at the fifth annual Celebration of Academic Excellence, to be held today (Tuesday, April 7, 2009) in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Media Advisory: Star of PBS Specials Will Visit UB
    4/3/09
    S. James Gates Jr., Ph.D., a leading African-American physicist, PBS star and fervent popularizer of science will give a lecture on "The DNA of Reality and its Genome" at 4:30 p.m. today (Friday, April 3, 2009) in 112 Norton Hall on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. The lecture will be free and open to the public.
  • Media Advisory: Physics for Pre-Schoolers (and Teenagers, too) During UB's Astronomy Celebration
    4/3/09
    Preschoolers from University at Buffalo Child Care Centers and high school students from the Buffalo Public Schools will watch streaming Webcasts of planetary activities going on as far as a billion light years away from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today (Friday, April 3, 2009) on the second-floor landing of Fronczak Hall on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Media Advisory: UB Students Design Real Cliff-Hangers -- Dwellings that Cling to Edge of Cliff
    4/3/09
    Intriguing "Wall Buildings," architectural models constructed by first-year undergraduate students in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning under the direction of Adjunct Professor Christopher Romano, will be showcased at an exhibition of students' work.