• UB hosts national AI leaders this week
    6/1/26

    Conference is set to draw over 170 participants from universities and organizations nationwide and around the world, including UB experts.

  • Improving housing for rural seniors
    5/29/26

    Architecture studio sought to make manufactured housing affordable, durable, energy efficient and accessible.

  • Connecting vulnerable groups to resources
    5/28/26

    Social work, SPHHP students will have a presence in the downtown library, assisting patrons experiencing homelessness.

  • Nursing receives funding for scholarships
    5/28/26

    A $1.35 million investment from the Bedford Falls Foundation – DAF will support approximately 60 UB undergraduate nursing students annually.

  • Forum brings together earth sciences students
    5/27/26

    Eighteen undergraduate students and a few postdoctoral candidates presented their research to 100 attendees at the Buffalo Science Museum. 

  • Imagining new possibilities at historic Richardson Olmsted Campus
    5/26/26

    UB architecture graduate students design housing for a vacant building at the complex and contribute to a book project.

  • Jacobs students lead Albany advocacy
    5/22/26

    Students spoke with lawmakers about changes in federal student loans and their implications for access to medical education and the future physician workforce.

  • Noyes selected for prestigious ELAM fellowship
    5/22/26

    The fellowship is regarded as the premier leadership development program for women in academic medicine and public health.

  • GSE scholar works to advance climate education in schools
    5/22/26

    Alexandra Schindel is part of a task force working to implement NYS policy requiring climate education for K-12 students.

  • Job got you stressed?
    5/21/26

    In the season finale of the Driven to Discover podcast, UB workplace behavior expert Min-Hsuan Tu offers some practical advice for a frustrated workforce.

  • Can AI help spot ‘healthy’ viruses in our bodies?
    5/21/26

    UB researchers have been awarded $1.6 million grant to use lab methods and AI to probe the human virome.

  • An extra special commencement
    5/21/26

    UB photographer Meredith Forrest Kulwicki was there to capture this special event for UB graduates — and for President Satish K. Tripathi.

  • A rebel garden

    Frida’s Garden (AKA Frida's Rebel Garden) was created by UB’s Center for Urban Studies in partnership with Futures Academy and has been maintained for more than two decades. The garden is a significant greenspace in Buffalo’s Fruit Belt neighborhood and is used as a classroom to teach students about food, nutrition, food systems and urban gardening. Photos: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki

    Published July 14, 2026

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Celebrating Student Excellence

Recipients of the 2026 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence — the highest honor SUNY bestows on a student — reflect on their journeys, what the award means to them and the True Blue experiences that shaped their success.

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