News Releases

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

RIT and UB School of Law announce 3+3 partnership
4/17/24
The program allows students to earn undergraduate and law degrees in six years, saving them one year of time and tuition.
UB team receives funding to demonstrate effectiveness of ‘food-is-medicine’ in health care
4/16/24
American Heart Association-funded project will assess the successes and challenges of three different food prescription programs in WNY adults over 65.
Media advisory: EPA to celebrate UB’s East Side air quality monitoring project
4/15/24
Media are invited to attend a press conference Tuesday, April 16, at the Delavan-Grider Community Center.
Newly sequenced genome reveals coffee’s prehistoric origin story — and its future under climate change
4/15/24
Study charts family history of Arabica, world’s most popular coffee species, through Earth’s heating and cooling periods over last millennia.
Did RNA droplets help originate life on Earth? UB researcher awarded Hypothesis Fund to explore
4/12/24
Droplet formation may have protected RNA in the prebiotic world, allowing it to self-replicate and kickstart life.
Media Advisory: Aspiring entrepreneurs to compete for more than $75,000 at UB
4/12/24
Six teams will vie for more than $75,000 in startup funding and in-kind services in the final round of the Henry A. Panasci Jr. Technology Entrepreneurship Competition.
New study probes macrophages’ role in developing pulmonary fibrosis
4/11/24
These white blood cells promote scar tissue formation, but certain drugs, such as pirfenidone, may stop this from happening.
U.S. health care providers don’t know much about female genital cutting; UB medical students want to change that
4/9/24
Jacobs School students are working to educate providers — and fellow classmates — about the medical and psychological consequences of female genital cutting (FGC).
UB schools among the best in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools rankings
4/9/24
Several schools within the University at Buffalo, New York’s flagship, are ranked among the top nationwide in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools rankings, released this morning.
Abceutics, Inc., a startup at UB, acquired by biopharma company Merck
4/5/24
Acquisition includes novel platform technology designed to improve the safety and efficacy of an important emerging class of cancer medicines.