Last Look

At his inaugural address in 2011, Satish K. Tripathi set his ambition for the university as its newly installed 15th president: “We will raise Buffalo’s stature in the eyes of the world.” This past September, 14 years later nearly to the day, he delivered his final State of the University address to a packed hall, pointing to the myriad ways in which that goal has been proudly realized. The audience’s verdict? A swift and emphatic standing ovation.