Strategic Initiatives

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  • Visiting Future Faculty Program
    9/27/21
    The Visiting Future Faculty Program (VITAL) is an exciting and rewarding four-day program that brings promising doctoral scholars from all disciplines to the University at Buffalo. UB’s inaugural Visiting Future Faculty Week will take place from March 28 to April 1, 2022.
  • Inclusive Pedagogy
    9/15/21
    Inclusive pedagogy is a student-centered approach to teaching that employs innovative course design and teaching methods to cultivate a classroom or remote learning environment that helps everyone feel respected and empowered to achieve their highest potential. Visit our page for tips as well as resources that can help faculty & instructors draw on diverse perspectives in course materials, encourage critical thinking, and accommodate different learning styles.
  • Strategic Plan
    8/28/20
    UB is committed to integrating inclusive excellence into all aspects of its operations, fostering a sense of shared responsibility, better monitoring progress to goals, and coordinating campus diversity and inclusion-related efforts.
  • Campus Culture Survey
    7/20/21
    In spring 2019, UB conducted a survey of students, faculty and staff across the university to measure the inclusiveness of UB's academic environment
  • Diversifying the Faculty
    10/12/21
    Some of the current initiatives and resources at the University at Buffalo to further our goal of diversifying the faculty.
  • Indigenous Inclusion
    8/21/18
    UB receives $3 million Mellon grant in support of Indigenous Studies
  • LGBTQ+ Inclusion
    9/27/21
    The University at Buffalo is dedicated to the inclusion of LGBTQ+ faculty, staff and students.  Please refer to this web portal for an up to date list of the policies, events, resources, and news that highlight this commitment.