Formed in 1967 by five faculty members, UB's Department of Computer Science and Engineering has become one of the university's largest departments.

Heeba Kariapper (head scarf) talking to Xiangyu Guo during the opening reception on Thursday, which included an undergraduate research demonstration.

Alumni, faculty, staff and students were invited to leave their thoughts about the department in writing on a message board.

Chunming Qiao, SUNY Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, addresses a crowd on Thursday at Davis Hall.

Alumnus Ed Goit adds his name to the 1970s section of the message board.

The event comes as the number of computer science students at UB has climbed to 1,643, or nearly double the number of students (846) just five years ago.