The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has named Moises Sudit as associate dean for research and graduate education, and appointed Alan Rabideau as chair of the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering. Both appointments began on July 1, 2022.

An article in Great Lakes Now on how water levels are expected to drop this summer quotes Joe Atkinson, director of the Great Lakes Program at UB, and professor and chair of the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering.

An article in Great Lakes Echo asking whether Lake Michigan is the most dangerous of the Great Lakes quotes Joseph Atkinson, professor and chair of the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering.

The Ludington Daily News quoted Joseph Atkinson, director of the UB Great Lakes Program and professor and chair of the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, in a report on the large number of drownings that occur in Lake Michigan.