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1/30/19

Before Silicon Valley, it was in the City of Good Neighbors where Jonathan Hull, PhD ’88, MS ’83, BA ’80, helped lay some of the foundations for artificial intelligence.

Paying it forward

1/30/19

Greer Hamilton and Danise Wilson believe in strengthening minority representation in human services and public health professions.

Creating a buzz on campus

1/30/19

Biology student Alex Dombrowski has turned her passion for bees into a physical, lasting legacy on campus.

Writing the life of the mind

1/30/19

Christina Milletti recently became the executive director of UB’s Humanities Institute. A prolific writer, her works explore what happens to and between characters when the impossible becomes everyday experience.

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Seeing the world through language
Christina Milletti, a prolific writer, recently became the executive director of UB’s Humanities Institute.
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Creating a buzz on North Campus
Biology student Alex Dombrowski has turned her passion for bees into a physical, lasting legacy on campus.
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Doing for others what people have done for them
Greer Hamilton and Danise Wilson believe in strengthening minority representation in human services and public health professions.
Learn more Learn more about Greer Hamilton and Danise Wilson

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Horns Up!
9/19/19
UB Homecoming and Family Weekend is Oct. 4-6. Join your fellow alums for the annual carnival, bonfire and fireworks display, or meet up in Stampede Square before the game.
Bee-search
9/23/19
Student Alexandra Dombrowski has turned her passion—bees—into a lasting legacy on campus. She's using her hives to research viruses that threate populations around the world.
Class Notes
9/23/19
Starting a new job, moving to a new city, welcomg a new family member or publishing a new project? Tell us in a class note! You can also catch up with your fellow UB alumni.
From UB to Syria
9/16/19
Lisa Khoury (BA ’14) was 24 when she quit her job as a TV news producer to be a freelance reporter in Lebanon. Learn how UB’s student newspaper helped her make such a bold move.
Honorary degree for RBG
9/19/19
Patience, a willingness to listen and compassion are qualities shared by successful judges, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said during her historic visit to UB to receive a SUNY honorary doctorate.
Winter Break for Adults
9/19/19
Learn how to keep your identity safe on the web, the realities of cannabis—and more—all while working on your tan! Attend UB Winter College in Naples, Fla., Jan. 19-21, 2020.

Six Months at UB in Pictures

A giant Jenga tower topples to the floor of the Student Union during Engineers Week, an annual celebration. Photo by Douglas Levere.

The UB women’s basketball team gets a pep talk during round one of the 2019 NCAA Tournament in Storrs, Conn. Photo by Meredith Forrest Kulwicki.

A student radiates joy at the 23rd ALANA Celebration of Achievement, a festive pre-commencement ceremony. Photo by Meredith Forrest Kulwicki.

Dancers perform during a Mock Shaadi, a lively simulation of the rituals and festivities of a traditional Pakistani wedding. Photo by Douglas Levere.

A PhD student works in the highly controlled environment of a glovebox at the Lacy Lab, where researchers study catalysts. Photo by Douglas Levere.

Irish Ambassador Daniel Mulhall gets a private tour of UB’s world-renowned James Joyce Collection, fulfilling a dream. Photo by Meredith Forrest Kulwicki.

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Discoveries

Mommy Mattress
9/16/19
Moved by the benefits “kangaroo care” had for her own prematurely born child, a UB pediatrics researcher, working with biomedical engineering faculty, invented an incubator mattress for preemies deemed too fragile for direct physical contact.

Bold Research

First Person

The extinct birds project

Seven extinct bird specimens led Alberto Rey, MFA ’87, on a two-year journey of research and reflection, resulting in his latest exhibition.
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Alberto Rey, MFA ’87, educator/painter/filmmaker.

Boldly Buffalo

In 2013, UB launches the quiet phase of its—and SUNY’s—largest fundraising campaign in history,with a bold goal of $650 million.

In 2014, UB launches its first crowdfunding campaign to help UB students and faculty travel to California for the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon.

In 2015, UB alumni and friends from around the world support a 24-hour giving blitz on the inaugural UB Giving Day.

In 2016, a grant from the Blackstone Charitable Foundation begins a partnership with UB that enables students to become entrepreneurs.

In 2017, the new home for the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences opens on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.

In 2018, UB announces the public phase of Boldly Buffalo: The Campaign for UB, which has reached upward of $451 million from nearly 62,000 donors.

In 2019, UB opens the Murchie Fieldhouse for students and athletes and reaches a historic Boldly Buffalo half-billion dollar mark.

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We've already made great progress with Boldly Buffalo. Take a look at some of the milestones our campaign has reached in seven years. The best is yet to come!

The Campaign for UB

UB Yesterday

Women take the field
In the fall of 1922, Lillias MacDonald, the newly appointed Dean of Women, helped to establish a physical education program for women at UB, which included the formation of the Women’s Athletic Association (WAA). Approximately 200 women attended the university at that time. Run by a student governing council, the WAA developed a foundation for UB women’s athletics that, according to the 1923 Iris yearbook, “would be strong enough to stand the test of time.”