• UPD moves toward more ‘sustainable’ law enforcement
    10/5/26

    Hybrids now make up 25% of the department’s marked patrol vehicles, with the expectation that number will grow as UB police transition away from gas-powered vehicles.

  • Exhibit presents never-before-seen look at Pan-Am Expo
    10/5/26

    University Libraries to show early films, memorabilia of the event where President McKinley was fatally shot.

  • Testing innovative addiction recovery program
    10/2/26

    Social work researchers have partnered with a local agency to test a program that prepares clinicians to integrate recovery capital into care planning.

  • Will AI spell an end to shopping?
    10/2/26

    Legal scholar Mark Bartholomew discusses his recent paper forecasting a world where AI “shopping agents” take over marketplace decisions previously made by people.

  • UB resources regarding sexual violence cases
    10/1/26

    UB leaders emphasize that “UB has zero tolerance for incidents of sexual assault or harassment of any kind.”

  • Shaping the future of Gen Ed at UB
    10/1/26

    A campus-wide committee considering what general education should provide UB students over the next 10 to 15 years wants to hear from faculty, staff and students.

  • New York Fed president visits UB
    10/1/26

    Williams met with President Genco, attended a roundtable with students and delivered remarks in the Student Union Theater.

  • Oral biology faculty receive NIH funding
    10/1/26

    One project will explore genes’ effect on tongue cancer while the other looks at Sjögren’s disease.

  • A path to recycling plastic films
    9/30/26

    UB chemical engineering researchers are working to advance a recycling process to separate individual types of plastics from multilayer films, allowing them to be recycled.

  • Romanticizing college, one UB library at a time
    9/30/26

    While making Pinterest boards, Anisha Aktar would find herself longing for access to a beautiful, historic library like those seen online. Then, she found Abbott Library.

  • UB’s Holly Jean Buck named MacArthur Fellow
    9/29/26

    The social scientist and Department of Environment and Sustainability faculty member is among the 2026 recipients of the highly selective $800,000 “genius grants.”

  • UB lab links data to design
    9/29/26

    Building and Environment Visualization Lab seeks to shape a healthier, lower-carbon and more resilient planet for future generations.

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  • Celebrating 90 years

    The UB School of Nursing is commemorationg its 90th annivesary and the party started last month with a gala celebration held at the Richardson Hotel on Sept 23. The school welcomed alumni, community partners, faculty, staff, students and friends, and honored the 2026 alumni award recipients, who were announced that night. Photos: Heather Bellini, Bellini Studios

    Published October 13, 2026

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A new cultural landmark

Despite having the world’s largest and most comprehensive James Joyce collection since 1950, the Poetry Collection in UB Libraries has never had a dedicated museum area in which to share its Joyce materials with the general public. Creating a new landmark visitor attraction in the heart of Buffalo will ensure that UB continues as a cultural destination for academic researchers and literary scholars, along with enhancing the already robust cultural tourism of the Buffalo-Niagara region. Read more

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