Joe Licata (BA ’15) made a statement by staying close to home, and is now with the Cincinnati Bengals trying to break into the NFL.

Marc Edwards (BS ’86) warned Michigan state officials and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that lead-contaminated drinking water was poisoning the children of Flint. After regulators insisted there was no cause for alarm, he took the matter into his own hands.

Starting with DIY shows at age 13, Brandon Stosuy worked his way to become the director of editorial operations for Pitchfork Media. A “big picture” guy on the masthead, he keeps the editorial voice consistent across Pitchfork’s ever-widening platform of publications and live events, including the annual music festival.

Nanomaterials—substances that measure a billionth of a meter (a sheet of paper is about 100,000 nanometers thick)—are a hot topic, and the main focus of Luisa Whittaker-Brooks’ (PhD ’11, MS ’09) research, which might one day power the planet.

For Kat Przybyla, BA ’11, a 15-hour workday without breaks is business as usual as the social media coordinator for the Brooklyn Nets and Barclays Center, what some would consider a dream job. 

Take a trip back to UB for a special 1960s reunion during homecoming weekend! You can spend time attending seminars, revisiting old haunts, seeing what's new on campus and celebrating with alumni and faculty all weekend long.