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2022 COMMENCEMENT

Joy.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2022

COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES:

GRADUATE STUDENTS
Friday, May 20, at 1:00 p.m.
Location: Center for the Arts

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Sunday, May 22, at 3:00 p.m.
Location: Alumni Arena

Learn more.

Rankings and Placement

1.
Buffalo Philosophy and Leiter Rankings

Since 2011 the UB Philosophy Department has doubled the number of fields in which it is ranked in the Philosophical Gourmet Report (PGR)

The 2014-2015 PGR now recognizes UB in eight specializations, having just added:
    epistemology          
    philosophy of cognitive science

    metaphysics
    medieval philosophy          

and retaining its rankings in:
    feminist philosophy           
    philosophy of art     

    philosophy of language 
    Chinese philosophy

Events

EVENTS.

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