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Your classmates, your memories, our collective future. Discover the latest stories about bold UB grads and friends who are leading the charge, lending a hand and changing the world for the better.

A Family Affair

12/23/21

Tilmon Brown, BA ’93, BS ’93, promised his parents that he would get a degree from UB. 30 years later he fulfilled that promise and is helping other UB students do the same.

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Live long and prosper

12/23/21

Galápagos giant tortoises often live over 100 years and UB researchers reveal their secret to evolutionary success.

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UB's table tennis whiz

12/23/21

Skill, control, mental toughness—and keeping the ball on the table—is the winning recipe for this UB senior and table tennis champion.

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Seeing the Potential
12/22/21
Some see the need; some see the possibility. When Talia Rodriguez ’15 looks at Buffalo’s resilient West Side, she sees amazing potential in people who could be community leaders.
Alumnus entrusts his pulp fiction collection to UB
10/29/20
UB alumnus George Kelley donated more than 30,000 pieces of pulp fiction materials to the University Libraries. The collection serves as a resource for enthusiasts as well as academics studying the emerging field of fandom.
Data storyteller
10/21/20
As you binge the latest hit on Netflix, scientists like Kamer Toker-Yildiz, PhD ’14, are using data to optimize your experience—and that of its 183 million subscribers worldwide—and reach new audiences.
When Race and Space Converge
1/30/19
Dexter Johnson, PhD is a NASA technical fellow, a minister, entrepreneur and frequent motivational speaker as “Dr. Dex.”
Building resources to share history
7/30/21
UB professor Lillian Williams has devoted her career to advance the study of Black history, women’s history and local history.
Saving kids, in a heartbeat
6/14/19
What goes around has come around for pediatric cardiologist Thomas DiSessa (MD ’71), who has gone from a once-struggling student to a world traveler with a cause.

Fall 2021

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