• Exhibition explores reuse in architecture
    5/14/26

    Banham fellow Celia Chaussabel's exhibition challenges us to consider the narratives embedded in the objects around us and how that affects our perception and use of them.

  • Indigenous Studies PhD candidate earns Smithsonian fellowship
    5/13/26

    Delaney O'Connell explores how returning ancestral belongings — and sometimes allowing their destruction — can better serve communities.

  • One family, two degrees
    5/13/26

    This will be a special commencement season for Farzana Moid and her daughter, Maheea Sayeed, who are both graduating from UB this spring with master's degrees.

  • A history of political science at UB
    5/13/26

    Claude Welch, who was a faculty member in the department for most of its 46-year existence, offers his unique perspective in a new, self-published book.

  • Examining evolving relationship between tech, democracy
    5/12/26

    Yini Zhang uses social media and AI tools to help answer pressing questions and uncover themes in our turbulant political landscape.

  • UB ReUSE partners with local groups
    5/12/26

    Adding other on-campus and community partners provides opportunities to repurpose items not suitable for the waste-diversion program's fall sale.

  • Fifteen UB students receive SUNY GREAT awards
    5/12/26

    The award provides funding for research and travel expenses, professional development and supplemental stipend support.

  • Say cheese!
    5/12/26

    New selfie signs are being placed around campus for commencement week to help make the season a little more memorable for graduates and their families.

  • Law students help get unemployment benefits for workers
    5/11/26

    The case, brought with Empire Justice Center, ends a COVID-era dispute, securing relief for thousands of state employees.

  • UB to offer PhD in applied ontology
    5/11/26

    The new PhD program, and a master’s launched last year, are the only graduate-level applied ontology degrees in the world, filling a critical need in a burgeoning field.

  • UB launches WNY Long COVID Resource Center
    5/11/26

    The center is focused on giving providers the tools they need to improve the care of their patients.

  • Two UB English department alumni win 2026 Pulitzers
    5/8/26

    Sara DiNatale shares the explanatory reporting award and Juliana Spahr is this year’s winner for poetry.

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  • 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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