Progress Updates
- UB's Future Considered at Forum About 650 UB faculty, staff, students, planning professionals and members of the local community came to the Center for the Arts on the North Campus on Tuesday to participate in the second of four public forums on UBs comprehensive physical planning process. April 24, 2008
- UB Underscores Commitment to 'Green Campus' Planning As environmentalists and citizens nationwide observe Earth Day, the University at Buffalo today reemphasized its commitment to achieving climate neutrality. April 22, 2008
- Forum to Focus on Concepts UB faculty, staff and students, as well as members of the community, will have an opportunity to provide feedback on specific concepts for future development of the university’s North, South and downtown campuses at a day-long forum to be held on Tuesday. April 17, 2008
- Q & A with James A. (Beau) Willis James A. (Beau) Willis, executive vice president for University Support Services, answers questions about Building UB, our comprehensive physical plan. April 3, 2008
- Million Dollar Gift Will Help Construct New UB Engineering Building A $1 million gift to the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences from a global industry leader with a strong interest in Western New York will be used for costs associated with the construction of a new, high-tech engineering building on UB's North (Amherst) Campus. January 18, 2008
- Spitzer endorses UB 2020 Gov. Eliot Spitzer yesterday endorsed UB 2020, the university's strategic plan designed to transform UB into a model 21st century public research university. January 10, 2008
- 600 attend “Building UB” forum About 600 members of the UB and local communities turned out Tuesday for the first of four public forums on “Building UB,” the comprehensive physical planning process being developed by UB in conjunction with its plans to grow by 40 percent by the year 2020. December 6, 2007
- Ross Eye Institute opens downtown UB's Ira G. Ross Eye Institute, dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of adults and children with diseases of the eye and the vision system, opened Nov. 1 in its new home at 1176 Main Street. November 8, 2007
- Expansion of AHC offers opportunities David L. Dunn, vice president for health sciences, told the Faculty Senate on Tuesday that UB's plan to expand its Academic Health Center offers numerous opportunities for the university. November 8, 2007
- Downtown wins in Faculty Senate survey of UB campuses UB's growing downtown campus scored highest in an informal survey of how members of two Faculty Senate committees view the trio of UB campuses. October 25, 2007
- UB Moving 50 Employees into Downtown Buffalo, Freeing Up Space for Expanded School of Nursing UB plans to move several of its key fund-raising offices into the Jacobs Executive Development Center as the university continues to increase its presence in downtown Buffalo. The move is part of a plan that also will free up space in Wende Hall on UB's South Campus as the future home for an expanded UB School of Nursing. October 9, 2007
- UB Increases Investment in Downtown Buffalo, BNMC Secures Space to Grow Life Sciences Economy The University at Buffalo is purchasing the former M. Wile Co. building in downtown Buffalo as a first step in its plans to create a more vibrant presence for UB in downtown Buffalo. September 24, 2007
- Spitzer Offers Support for UB Expansion Plan Spitzer says he likes the ambitious plan to expand the University at Buffalo and wants to sit down with U.B. President John Simpson to talk about it. August 13, 2007
- UB officially launches physical planning process UB on Tuesday officially launched "Building UB," the comprehensive physical planning process that is designed, in concert with the UB 2020 strategic plan, to push the university into the top echelon of public research universities. August 9, 2007
- Amherst residents discuss UB's plans About 150 Amherst residents joined UB administrators to discuss the university's plans for growth and that growth's impact on their community. May 31, 2007
- Simpson to Present UB's Plan for Growth to Amherst Residents UB President John B. Simpson will meet with Amherst residents to present UB's ambitious plans to grow by 40 percent and discuss that growth's potential impact on the regional economy. The public forum, co-hosted by UB and the Amherst Chamber of Commerce, will be held at 7 p.m., May 29. May 22, 2007
- UB Hopes to Bring Amherst Town Board to the Planning Table While the University at Buffalo continues to work closely with the Town of Amherst to plan for the development of land along its campus edge, the State University of New York, on behalf of UB, today filed a lawsuit seeking to annual action by the Amherst Town Board and the town's Zoning Board of Appeals to rezone a 22-acre site on Rensch Road for an apartment complex for college students, a use that would be contrary to the town's own master plan. May 16, 2007
- Simpson to Present UB's Plan for Growth to Members of WNY's Young Professional Groups University at Buffalo President John B. Simpson will meet with members of Western New York's leading young professional groups to present his ambitious plan to grow UB by 40 percent and discuss its potential impact on the regional economy. May 1, 2007
- What Are Your Favorite Places on Campus Starting today, the university is launching Framing UB, a year-long photo and video contest for students, faculty and staff. Participants will be invited to submit digital images and brief commentaries about their favorite—and not-so-favorite—places on UB's North, South and Downtown campuses. April 19, 2007
- Creating a Learning Landscape A handful of key construction projects are proposed to begin this spring and summer as the university prepares to undergo a vast physical transformation in keeping with the objectives of UB 2020 and UB's comprehensive physical plan. April 12, 2007
- Focus on cooperation Amherst's planning director told UB students on Monday that coordination with the university is a key element of the town's long-range planning project. March 8, 2007
- Simpson plots a course for success UB president believes the potential of the university for growth 'is huge' and it can bring the region along on its coattails February 3, 2007
- Q&A: UB’s development of a comprehensive physical plan University at Buffalo president John Simpson's chief of staff and interim executive vice president for finance and operations discusses the first stages of UB's development of a comprehensive physical plan. November 12, 2006
- UB initiates plan to create a place of excellence President Simpson announces the onset of a process that will create an integrated plan for the physical growth, enhancement, and preservation of UB’s three campuses. September 28, 2006