During the 2019-2020 academic year at the University at Buffalo, the Office of Inclusive Excellence along with various campus partners are sponsoring a range of inclusive yoga events through a yearlong program entitled Yoga for Every Body. These events will bring visibility and awareness to issues of inclusion through yoga.
Students, faculty and staff at UB celebrated LGBTQ+ pride at the inauguration of the new rainbow crosswalk located between the Student Union and The Commons.
In collaboration with UB Libraries, the Honors College, and other campus partners, OIX presents an exhibition highlighting influential civil rights leaders who visited UB during the 1960s and 70s.
Save the Date! The Office of Inclusive Excellence will host UB’s second Inclusive Excellence Summit April 30, 2020 on UB's North Campus. The summit offers a unique opportunity for our campus to come together as a community to promote understanding and explore new ways to increase diversity, equity and inclusion at UB.
UB is committed to integrating inclusive excellence in all aspects of its operations, fostering a sense of shared responsibility, better monitoring progress to goals, and coordinating campus diversity and inclusion-related efforts.
In 1920 the University publishes the earliest known non-discrimination statement. It stated that the University was "For all Buffalo Boys and Girls - regardless of race, creed or class."
In 1938 Eva Noles became the first African American registered nurse to graduate from an area hospital. She later went on to earn a B.S. in nursing from UB in 1962.
