University at Buffalo

How to parent like a celebrity

2012-05-10 13:30:00

"Mad Men" actress January Jones ate her placenta (to be fair, dried and made into a pill). Alicia Silverstone chews up veggies and deposits them mama-bird-style into her baby son's mouth. And model Gisele Bundchen says her diaper-free son was toilet...

Partnership with UB brings high-tech tools to terra cotta firm

2013-05-19 10:04:02

The type of historic terra cotta restoration performed by artisans at Boston Valley Terra Cotta is painstaking, time-consuming craftsmanship, and the work has been done largely the same way for decades. Now, a team of students and faculty from the...

Students at five local colleges earn degrees

2013-05-19 00:00:00

Graduating from college is a landmark in anyone's life. But for Matthew Faulkner, graduating Saturday from Canisius College took on a more special meaning. That's because he was not expected to survive following a car crash in 2009 that left him...

Money focus of Lockport race

2013-05-13 06:44:02

A common theme in the Lockport City Schools Board of Education election is probably something that'll come up in all school board elections. Finances. Six people will be the ballot for the Lockport City Board of Education. Incumbents Edward Sandell, Jon...

On Campus notebook, May 12

2013-05-12 02:44:02

Iroquois graduate Becky Zill capped an outstanding college softball career with Niagara University last week. Her last at-bat on Niagara's softball diamond was simply unforgettable. Zill, a four-year starter at catcher for the Purple Eagles, hit a...

Materials testing company moves headquarters to Buffalo

2013-05-11 00:00:00

A company that developed sensors and software used to test materials and components in the aerospace, defense and energy industries has moved its headquarters from Idaho to Buffalo, bringing 10 jobs to this area with the potential for many more, officials...

A call to act forcefully on climate change

2013-05-11 00:00:00

Trillions of corn kernels scorched last summer across the most fertile agricultural land in the world. The drop in Great Lakes water levels was measured by the foot. Last fall's devastating East Coast Superstorm Sandy, which obliterated coastal...

Central District incumbent says Buffalo schools are headed in the right direction

2013-04-30 03:24:04

Mary Ruth Kapsiak, the Buffalo Board of Education president who represents the Central District, believes her concern for education and accomplishments warrant another three-year term. Kapsiak said she's well aware the board has been criticized for...

UB lacks details on Fruit Belt development, critics say

2013-04-26 00:00:00

The University at Buffalo's description of its plans to redevelop a housing complex near the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus left a key city lawmaker and neighborhood advocates asking for more details this week during a lengthy meeting in City Hall....

Panasci winners capitalize on high-tech coating

2013-04-24 00:00:00

The winning team in a University at Buffalo entrepreneurial competition pitched a plan to make a material coating that can regulate heat from the sun in a building, creating "smart" surfaces or windows. Ann Brozek, Peter Marley and Brian Schultz won...

Why teachers have test anxiety, too

2012-09-13 16:32:14

Taylor powers North Central to Class 4A State Championship

2012-03-04 01:48:00

When a high-intensity defensive game turned offensive-minded, the North Central Panthers turned to 6-foot-5 Nariah Taylor for some big-time scoring in their 50-48 overtime victory over Columbus North in the Class 4A girls state basketball final. Taylor...

UConn's new athletic director, Warde J. Manuel, who previously held the same position at the University at Buffalo, was introduced as the replacement for Jeff Hathaway during a 10:15 a.m. press conference on campus Monday.

2012-02-13 00:00:00