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1/30/19

Fern Mallis, BFA ’69, was responsible for making Fashion Week—the extravaganza of designers, models and social influencers that descend on the city twice a year—the global event it is today.

A country doctor gives UB its largest gift ever

1/30/19

George Ellis Jr., MD ’45, and his wife Kelly, remained anonymous donors until recently. Learn about this amazingly generous couple who gave UB its largest gift ever.

When play turns into passion

1/30/19

Arody Deleon, a senior majoring in computer science and engineering, was inspired to explore robotics and coding when he was in high school. At UB, he took his passions to a new level.

Compassion is this dentist’s calling

1/30/19

Othman Shibly, periodontist and clinical professor in the School of Dental Medicine, has journeyed to the Middle East 16 times, providing dental care to thousands of refugees.

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Thanks George and Kelly
3/19/19
Few people knew that George and Kelly Ellis planned to give UB more than $50 million—a gift that helped build our new medical school and will support students for years to come.
Giving Day
4/11/19
Giving Day is a time for the entire UB community to unite for one cause: our university. From May 1 at noon to May 2 at noon, we’re challenging you to make a life-changing gift.
Fashionably Nice
3/15/19
Watch Fern Mallis, BFA ’69, talk about what life at UB was like in the '60s, how one college competition launched her career and what advice she has for today's students.
Class Notes
3/19/19
Starting a new job, moving to a new city, welcomg a new family member or publishing a new project? Tell us in a class note! You can also catch up with your fellow UB alumni.
Explosive Research
3/15/19
What happens when lava and water meet? UB researchers are performing explosive experiments with human-made lava to help answer this important question.
Alumni Day of Service
3/19/19
UB alumni lead the charge as trailblazers in their fields and responsible citizens in their communities. You can make a difference by engaging in UB Day of Service on June 1, 2019.

Six Months at UB

Dancers rehearse for Celebration 45, a performance commemorating Zodiaque Dance Company's most recent milestone.

Eduardo Mercado III instructs first-year students in a UB Seminar.

Engineering researcher Rahul Rai with an unmanned aerial vehicle.

50 newly branded bicycles are added to campus through BikeShare at UB.

The UB Bulls warm up at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Ala., before facing Troy University in the Dollar General Bowl.

Incoming students take their spots in the formation of the human interlocking UB, a Welcome Weekend tradition since 2004

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Discoveries

Eat or Text?

3/15/19

A UB study found that when deprived of food and smartphones, college students were more motivated to work for time to use smartphones and were willing to part with money to access their phone.

Bold Research

First Person

Why I left my job at Twitter

Joel Lunenfeld, BA ’99, was the vice president of global brand strategy at Twitter. Then, at the age of 40, he left it all to operate a gym for underserved kids in his community.
Here's why

Joel Lunenfeld, BA '99, co-founder of The Guardian Project.

Boldly Buffalo

We have already made great progress. Now, we are asking you—our alumni, our friends and our community—to show the world what UB means to you.

The Campaign for UB

UB Yesterday

A swift-solving brain
The first computer at UB was put in operation in November 1961. The IBM 1620 model cost $86,000 ($700,000 int today's dollars) and was the first data processing system at any college or university in the Western New York region. A 1961 issue of the UB newsletter Colleague described it accordingly: "Digesting and solving complex mathmatical problems more quickly than a battery of skilled mathmematicians...the swift solving brain...is as necessary to a modern university as microscopes and test tubes."