Spring 2019

The Profiles

Cover Story - Alumna Profile

The ultimate fashion insider
1/30/19
Fern Mallis, BFA ’69, was responsible for making Fashion Week—the extravaganza of designers, models and social influencers that descend on the city twice a year—the global event it is today.

Student Profile

When play turns into passion
1/30/19
Arody Deleon, a senior majoring in computer science and engineering, was inspired to explore robotics and coding when he was in high school. At UB, he took his passions to a new level.

Faculty Profile

Compassion is this dentist’s calling
1/30/19
Othman Shibly, periodontist and clinical professor in the School of Dental Medicine, has journeyed to the Middle East 16 times, providing dental care to thousands of refugees.

Donor Profile

A country doctor gives UB its largest gift ever
1/30/19
George Ellis Jr., MD ’45, and his wife Kelly, remained anonymous donors until recently. Learn about this amazingly generous couple who gave UB its largest gift ever.

Departments

Web Extras

Fashionably Nice
10/18/20
Watch Fern Mallis, BFA ’69, talk about what life at UB was like in the '60s, how one college competition launched her career and what advice she has for today's students.
Thanks George and Kelly
10/18/20
Few people knew that George and Kelly Ellis planned to give UB more than $50 million—a gift that helped build our new medical school and will support students for years to come.
Explosive Research
10/18/20
What happens when lava and water meet? UB researchers are performing explosive experiments with human-made lava to help answer this important question.
Giving Day
10/18/20
Giving Day is a time for the entire UB community to unite for one cause: our university. From May 1 at noon to May 2 at noon, we’re challenging you to make a life-changing gift.

First Person

Why I left my high-profile job at Twitter
3/11/19
Joel Lunenfeld, BA ’99, was the vice president of global brand strategy at Twitter. Then, at the age of 40, he left it all to operate a gym for underserved kids in his community. Here’s why.

At This Time

Six Months at UB in Pictures
10/18/20
Browse a snapshot of campus life from the last half year of activity.

Nostalgia

A Swift Solving Brain
10/19/20
The first computer at UB was put in operation in November 1961. The IBM 1620 model cost $86,000 ($700,000 in today’s dollars) and was the first data processing system at any college or university in the Western New York region.

Discoveries