We turn the tap and out flows water that’s safe to drink. After working in the village of Goanpura near the city of Patna in Bihar State in India, Lavanya Krishnan is staggered by what we take for granted.
“The beauty of teaching excellence is how varied and multi-faceted it can be as one moves across different subject matters. It is imperative that we recognize its value across schools and disciplines.”
Our brightest students reach for opportunities that may lie just beyond their grasp. The College of Arts and Sciences Student Assistance Fund closes the gap.
The UB School of Dental Medicine chose the Spanish word for mouth—“boca”—as the name of its program that provides free dental care in communities from Appalachia to Mexico to West Africa that lack access to sufficient dental services.
The Carol S. Brewer Global Health Fund helps School of Nursing students and faculty provide care and services to international populations, including immigrants and refugees in the United States.
The Educational Opportunity Program at UB supports motivated and talented students who—because of inadequate financial resources and academic preparation—have not had the same opportunities as other students.
The University Archives houses the historically valuable records of UB’s academic departments, along with distinguished collections of faculty papers and archival manuscripts.
The restoration of Hayes and Crosby halls is a vast undertaking to preserve two of the most historic buildings on UB’s South Campus. The School of Architecture and Planning has called these buildings home for nearly 40 years.
There is a great deal of evidence now that diet affects cancer risk. That connection wasn’t obvious, though, in the 1950s, when L. Saxon Graham began breaking new ground in cancer epidemiology.
The Institute of Jewish Thought and Heritage is expanding its efforts to attract faculty and students, develop academic and community outreach programs and build its infrastructure and resources.
The Social Work Resource Fund gives the school the opportunity to fund new ideas, new initiatives and inspired projects that emerge during the year and are not covered by the current operational budget or research grants.
The UB School of Dental Medicine is undergoing a modernization for the first time since moving to Squire Hall in 1986. The new clinics, collectively, will be part of our new oral health center.
