Our Stories

Read about just a few of our many alumni and friends who accomplish amazing things around the world.  

Building a Better Mask
6/3/20

Mike Tunkey, BPS '00, views community collaboration as a key component to design.  

Feeling connected through Non-traditional social strategies
1/30/19

Non-traditional social strategies, like watching television, are just as effective at fulfilling social needs as family connections or romantic relationships, according to new UB research.

Pharmacy Class of 1981 on the front lines of the local fight against COVID-19
4/28/20
A group of extraordinary alumni from the UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Class of 1981 are leaders in local area healthcare systems—and their roles have taken on new meaning during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Serving the Front Lines
4/28/20
School of Nursing alumna and U.S. Navy leader returns to WNY to help steer the fight against COVID-19.
Serving thanks
4/8/20
Joelle Obsaz, BA ’98, transformed Butterfield Market, her family business, to aid health care workers in the area.
Building a School from the Ground Up
6/27/19
Principal practice: Joelle Formato, EdM ’15, greets students each morning as they arrive at Buffalo’s Persistence Preparatory Academy Charter School, which she founded in 2018. Formato believes a personal welcome helps young scholars know they are cared for and respected.
UB engineering grad gives $10K to student emergency fund
4/8/20
To ensure students' needs are met, Stephen Still has donated $10,000 to UB’s student emergency funds.
Paying it forward
1/30/19
Greer Hamilton and Danise Wilson believe in strengthening minority representation in human services and public health professions.
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.

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