Spring 2024

Print Issue

President's Letter

Affirming UB’s Leadership in AI for Social Good
5/31/24
Understanding how to leverage artificial intelligence for the betterment of humanity is one of the defining challenges of our time. At UB, we are meeting this challenge head on.

Cover Story

A Half Century of AI
5/15/24
When it came time to choose a home for the state’s new $400-million artificial intelligence consortium, Empire AI, the University at Buffalo was a natural fit.

Features

60 Seconds With Holly Hughes
5/15/24
Holly E. Hughes, MA ’02, helps manage one of the world’s premier collections of 20th century modern art at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum.

Innovation Boosted by AI
5/15/24
As a research university with an entrepreneurial mindset, UB’s AI resources go beyond the campus to help organizations solve problems in the real world.

Protecting our ocean one treaty at a time
5/15/24
If Elizabeth Kim, PhD ’97, JD ’94, BA ’87, has her way, 30% of the world’s ocean will be protected by 2030, in large part because of a global treaty she helped negotiate.

UB Moments

Greatest of All Time

8/24/26

Winnie the therapy goat, and her pal Clark, offered UB students a way to ﬁnd some stress relief outside the Student Union in fall 2024.

Futura Breaks Out

8/24/26

Multidimensional artist FUTURA spoke in the Center for the Arts in September to coincide with the survey exhibition FUTURA 2000: Breaking Out.

Collaborative Care

8/24/26

Founded by medical students, the Lighthouse Free Medical Clinic serves uninsured patients in Buffalo with free health care as well as health insurance assistance.