Media Advisories

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

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  • Media Advisory: A weekend of Pomp and Circumstance at UB
    5/6/10
    The University at Buffalo will bid a fond farewell to the Class of 2010 during a number of commencement ceremonies to be held beginning Thursday, May 6.
  • Media Advisory: UB Chefs to Serve Rachael Ray 'Magic Moment' Meal to Students
    4/27/10
    When celebrity chef Rachael Ray chose the University at Buffalo as the backdrop for a celebratory meal in her wildly popular magazine, the chefs and managers of university food service knew just how to handle it: They got ready to cook.
  • Media Advisory: 'Bullying' Symposium to Launch New UB Center for Bullying Prevention
    4/26/10
    The University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education will announce a major alumni gift to establish the Jean M. Alberti Center for the Prevention of Bullying, Abuse and School Violence during an anti- bullying symposium from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. tomorrow (Tuesday, April 27) in Slee Hall on UB's North Campus.
  • Media Advisory: Bill Maher to Speak at UB Saturday
    4/23/10
    Political humorist Bill Maher, host of the Emmy-nominated series "Real Time with Bill Maher," will speak at the University at Buffalo at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 24, in Alumni Arena as part of UB's Distinguished Speakers Series.
  • Media Advisory: UB Architecture Students Put Up "Living Wall" at Griffis Sculpture Park
    4/23/10
    "The Living Wall," a series of 14 "interactive" pods designed by UB first year undergraduate architecture students, will open to the public this weekend.
  • Media Advisory: Designer for Solar Installation on UB North Campus to be Introduced April 22
    4/21/10
    UB President John B. Simpson and the New York Power Authority (NYPA) will introduce the winning designer of an innovative solar installation to be constructed on UB's North Campus at event to be held at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, April 22, in the Albright-Knox Art Gallery's Clifton Hall, 1285 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo.
  • Media Advisory: UB Architecture Students To Present Memorial Bench Honoring Firefighters Chip McCarthy and Jonathan Croom at 7:30 p.m. Tonight
    4/16/10
    A memorial bench designed and built by students in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning in honor of firefighters Charles "Chip" McCarthy and Jonathan Croom who died Aug. 24, 2009 in a Genesee Street fire will be presented to Buffalo Fire Department Ladder 7 and Engine 34 Firehouse, 2738 Main St., in the University District, at 7:30 p.m. April 16.
  • Media Advisory: "Simple" designs that promote and provoke sustainability and social change
    4/12/10
    The public is largely unaware of an important movement among artists of all stripes advocating for sustainable agriculture, products and services. Students and faculty members in the University at Buffalo departments of visual studies, media study, architecture and planning are among those deeply involved in this movement.
  • Media Advisory: Wolf Blitzer to be Available for Interviews
    4/8/10
    Wolf Blitzer, CNN's award-winning lead political anchor and host of "The Situation Room," will be available to talk with local media from 5:30-5:45 p.m. tomorrow (Friday, April 9) in Slee Hall's Green Room, 208 Slee Hall, on the UB North Campus.
  • Media Advisory: Prize-winning Conversation -- Nobel Laureate Chats With UB and HWI Students
    4/7/10
    Students in the sciences at the University at Buffalo and Hauptman Woodward Medical Research Institute will have a chance to chat with 2009 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Ada E. Yonath April 8 at 4:40 p.m. in the UB Center for the Arts atrium on the North Campus.