Media Advisories

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

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  • Media Advisory: UB Scholars of Excellence Luncheon Honors Some of University's Best and Brightest
    4/1/10
    Some of the University at Buffalo's best and brightest undergraduate students who have won or been nominated for prestigious, national scholarships will be honored at UB's Scholars of Excellence Luncheon today, April 1, in the Center for Tomorrow on the North Campus.
  • Media Advisory: Small businesses to attend UB seminar, "They are Interested, What Next?"
    3/30/10
    A dozen Western New York companies will attend a presentation by Judy Albers of Excell Partners Inc. titled "They are Interested, What Next?" on Wednesday, March 31, from 8:30-10 a.m. in rooms 206 and 208 of the UB Technology Incubator in Baird Research Park, 1576 Sweet Home Rd., Amherst.
  • Media Advisory: UB President John Simpson to Hold News Conference Today
    3/29/10
    University at Buffalo President John B. Simpson will hold a news conference at 11 a.m. today, March 29.

    He will discuss threats to the UB 2020 plan in the wake of current and projected budget cuts, and their impact on UB and all of Western New York.

    Where: UB's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, 701 Ellicott St. in Buffalo.

    On site media contact: John DellaContrada, 361-3006

  • Media Advisory: UB Unveils Today its World-Class Cravens Collection
    3/28/10
    The University at Buffalo will unveil its recently donated multimillion-dollar collection of archaeological and ethnographic objects -- from 6,000 year-old anthropomorphic figurines from Europe and the Near East , to ceremonial African dolls from the mid-20th century -- at a premiere public opening from 1 to 5 p.m. today (Sunday, March 28), at the university's Anderson Gallery, One Martha Jackson Place in Buffalo.
  • Media Advisory: UB President John Simpson to Hold News Conference on Monday
    3/26/10
    UB President John B. Simpson will hold a news conference at 11 a.m. on Monday, March 29. He will discuss threats to the UB 2020 plan in the wake of current and projected budget cuts, and their impact on UB and all of Western New York.
  • Media Advisory: Indigenous Environmental Knowledge Versus Western Science Will be Subject of UB Talk
    3/25/10
    "The Nature of Knowledge Interaction: Indigenous Environmental Knowledge and Western Environmental Science" will be the subject of a talk by Dan Longboat, assistant professor of native studies at Trent University, today (Thursday, March 25) from 7-9 p.m. in 120 Clemens Hall on the University at Buffalo North Campus.
  • Media Advisory: Members of the UB Community Will Discuss Their Participation in Haiti Relief Efforts in "UB Reaching Others: The January 2010 Haiti Earthquake"
    3/25/10
    One UB faculty member treated survivors on a U.S. Navy ship; another led engineers to assess the safety of structures in Port-au-Prince, while another used remote sensing technologies to help determine the extent of damage.
  • Media Advisory: Indigenous Environmental Knowledge Versus Western Science Will be Subject of UB Talk
    3/24/10
    "The Nature of Knowledge Interaction: Indigenous Environmental Knowledge and Western Environmental Science" will be the subject of a talk by Dan Longboat, assistant professor of native studies at Trent University, on Thursday, March 25, from 7-9 p.m. in 120 Clemens Hall on the University at Buffalo North Campus.
  • Media Advisory: UB inventors to be recognized for devices ranging from cardiac catheter to handwriting analyzer
    3/15/10
    More than 25 University at Buffalo faculty inventors will be honored today (March 15) at the UB Inventors and Entrepreneurs Reception to be held from 4-6 p.m. in the Center for Tomorrow on UB's North Campus. Formal program begins at 4:50 p.m.
  • Media Advisory: 'Cool Science' Returns -- UB's Annual Science Exploration Day to Bring Top Students, Researchers to Campus
    3/10/10
    Some of the best science minds around bring their hands-on exhibits and passion for their work to the University at Buffalo's North Campus today (Wednesday, March 10) for the university's annual Science Exploration Day celebration.