Media Advisories

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

Meet an Expert
  • Media Advisory: UB's State-of-the-Art Earthquake Lab to Host Critical Cranes Test
    11/23/09
    The University at Buffalo's Structural Engineering and Earthquake Simulation Laboratory (SEESL) today (Monday, Nov. 23, 2009) will host a team of civil engineering researchers from Georgia Tech who have travelled to Buffalo to test on one of UB's high-performance earthquake simulators a 1/10 scale model of shipping container cranes.
  • Media Advisory: In Videoconference with Latvian Students, UB Top Inventor Will Discuss Science in U.S., Being Latvian-American
    11/23/09
    It's hardly newsworthy when professors lecture to students. But tomorrow (Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009) at 9 a.m., Esther S. Takeuchi, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Professor and Greatbatch Professor in Power Sources Research at the University at Buffalo, will be in a conference room on UB's suburban Buffalo campus addressing 600 medical students thousands of miles away in Riga, Latvia.
  • Media Advisory: Popular Humanities Series "Scholars at Muse" Continues with Discussion of Issues in 20th-Century Irish Writing
    11/12/09
    "Scholars at Muse," the popular lecture series developed by the University at Buffalo Humanities Institute and riverrun, continues on Nov. 13 at 4 p.m. in the Muse Restaurant of the Albright Knox Art Gallery.
  • Media Advisory: UB to Hold Scholarship Gala Nov. 7
    11/6/09
    The University at Buffalo will hold its fourth Scholarship Gala to raise funds for undergraduate and graduate student scholarships from 6-11 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009) in the Triple Gym in Alumni Arena on the UB North Campus.
  • Media Advisory: Steve Lopez, Author of "The Soloist" to Speak at UB Oct. 28
    10/28/09
    Journalist and novelist Steve Lopez will speak at the University at Buffalo at 8 p.m. today (Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009) in Alumni Arena on the North Campus as part of UB's Distinguished Speakers Series.
  • Media Advisory: UB to Outline Comprehensive Physical Plan for Its Three Campuses
    10/27/09
    The University at Buffalo will hold a media briefing at 2:15 p.m. today (Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009) in the atrium of the Center for the Arts on the North Campus to discuss "Building UB," the university's historic master plan that will guide the growth of UB as it implements the UB 2020 strategic plan to become a model 21st century university.
  • Media Advisory: Steve Lopez, Author of "The Soloist" to Speak at UB Oct. 28
    10/27/09
    Journalist and novelist Steve Lopez will speak at the University at Buffalo at 8 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009) in Alumni Arena on the North Campus as part of UB's Distinguished Speakers Series.
  • Media Advisory: UB to Outline Comprehensive Physical Plan for Its Three Campuses
    10/26/09
    The University at Buffalo will hold a media briefing at 2:15 p.m. tomorrow (Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009) in the atrium of the Center for the Arts on the North Campus to discuss "Building UB," the university's historic master plan that will guide the growth of UB as it implements the UB 2020 strategic plan to become a model 21st century university.
  • Media Advisory: NAACP Legal Defense Fund President to Give UB Law School Mitchell Lecture
    10/22/09
    John A. Payton, one of the nation's most passionate and determined voices for justice, will give this year's University at Buffalo Law School's Mitchell Lecture at 2 p.m. today (Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009) in John Lord O'Brian Hall on UB's North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Media Advisory: UB, Hospice and the VA Come Together to Treat One of the Community's Most Vulnerable Populations
    10/21/09
    The University at Buffalo School of Social Work, Hospice Buffalo and the VA Healthcare System of Western New York will kick off plans to create the Palliative Care Institute, the first in-depth, interdisciplinary educational training program with a hospice and large hospital system in the nation, at a brief ceremony to be held at 3:30 p.m. today (Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009) in the Hospice Buffalo Education Center, 225 Como Park Blvd., Cheektowaga.