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Past Campus News

5/23/13

President Satish K. Tripathi has promulgated a proposed academic calendar revision recommended by the Faculty Senate Executive Committee that would include the Jewish holy days of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur as recognized class days.

5/23/13

Some Buffalo high school students received an introduction to the brain and neurovascular diseases during a recent tour of the Jacobs Institute and UB’s Clinical and Translational Research Center as part of the UB-led Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Partnership.

5/23/13

UB is one of six public research universities recognized in a new report by the New America Foundation for “embracing key strategies that make them models for national reform.”

5/23/13

Peter L. Elkin, vice president and professor of medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, has been appointed professor and founding chair of UB’s new Department of Biomedical Informatics.

5/23/13

Three faculty members, two librarians and seven staff members are recipients of 2013 SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence.

5/23/13

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced at UB a “game-changing” initiative to attract businesses to SUNY campuses and areas around the campuses.

5/17/13

Liesl Folks, dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, is the recipient of a national award recognizing her mentorship of science and engineering students.

5/16/13

The university’s annual “UBThisSummer” initiative is offering a wide variety of courses and educational programs this summer for students of all ages.

5/16/13

The eighth edition of the UBThisSummer Lecture Series, the annual summer series of talks by prominent UB faculty members, will showcase the university's ongoing research pertaining to the environment.

5/16/13

UB sociologist Mark Gottdiener has been invited to teach urban sociology at China’s Shanghai Jiao Tong University, one of the world’s most highly ranked universities.