From left: UB graduates Amir Rezaei, Peter McCarthy and Luke Johnson, all members of CannonDesign’s One World Café project team, talk with architecture dean Robert Shibley outside Hayes Hall on the South Campus. Photo: Douglas Levere
UB grads key players on One World Café design team
12/3/18
The CannonDesign project team chosen for the global design firm’s partnership with UB on the university’s signature One World Café brings expertise in transformative renovation and award-winning, culinary-focused design, as well as experience working on major architectural projects across Western New York.
Jonathan Shimon of the Department of Theatre and Dance has been selected as the technical director by the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) for the U.S. entry in the 2019 Prague Quadrennial, the global showcase for the best in performance design, scenography and theater architecture.
UB team represents US at Prague Quadrennial theatre design exhibition
2/13/19
Jonathan Shimon of the Department of Theatre and Dance has been selected as the technical director by the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) for the U.S. entry in the 2019 Prague Quadrennial, the global showcase for the best in performance design, scenography and theater architecture.
UB faculty member Robert Genco (left) has had a nearly 40-year relationship with the Sunstar Group. Pictured with Genco in the lab is Yasuhiro Katsuragi, executive director of Sunstar Oral Care Research and Development.
Dental Medicine’s Enduring Partnership with Japanese Collaborators
8/8/18
For nearly 40 years, the School of Dental Medicine and the Sunstar Group, which produces GUM brand products, have partnered on a fellowship training program that sends Sunstar scientists more than 6,000 miles from Japan to Buffalo to conduct research under UB faculty member Robert Genco, lauded by the Journal of Dental Research as the “father of oral science.”
Paolo Bourdeau left), a junior civil engineering student, works with graduate student Reda Snaiki. Photo: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
SEAS student from Haiti working to limit damage from future earthquakes
12/5/18
UB undergraduate Paolo Bourdeau plans to use the research he conducted during a 10-week Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) research internship last summer to make his home country of Haiti more resilient to hurricanes
A handful of UB law students are on the front lines of the national debate over immigration policy and the U.S. government’s treatment of immigrants as they volunteer their legal expertise to immigrants seeking to cross into the United States from Mexico.
On the front line at the US-Mexico border
2/13/19
A handful of UB law students are on the front lines of the national debate over immigration policy and the U.S. government’s treatment of immigrants as they volunteer their legal expertise to immigrants seeking to cross into the United States from Mexico.
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Opportunities

  • Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
    Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
    4/17/18

    Fulbright U.S. Scholar awards for academic year 2019-2020 are now open; deadline is August 1, 2018. The Core Fulbright Scholar Program offers nearly 500 teaching, research or combination teaching/research awards in over 125 countries.

  • The Japan Foundation
    The Japan Foundation
    4/17/18

    To encourage international cultural exchange, the Japan Foundation has various types of support programs.  By making available the tools, opportunities, and venues that facilitate exchange activities, we invite individuals and organizations actively engaged in such a mission to participate in our programs.

  • RISE Germany
    RISE Germany
    4/17/18

    RISE stands for Research Internships in Science and Engineering. RISE Germany offers undergraduate students from North American, British and Irish universities the opportunity to complete a summer research internship at top German universities and research institutions. RISE Germany is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office.

  • Research in Germany
    Research in Germany
    4/17/18

    Students, faculty and researchers can access dozens of funding opportunities to support research in Germany. Deadlines vary.

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Profiles

  • Leah Nolan
    Leah Nolan
    2/14/19
    Leah Nolan has been named a 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow, a prestigious international award that recognizes and supports extraordinary undergraduate women in the aerospace field.
  • John Atkinson
    John Atkinson
    4/17/18
    John D. Atkinson believes engineering students want to study abroad, but struggle to fit semester-long trips into dense schedules. So he found a way they can have that opportunity by leading a new program to Costa Rica this winter to study sustainability.
  • Anna Dresnack
    Anna Dresnack
    6/21/18
    Anna Dresnack, a rising junior majoring in English and psychology, received a scholarship to attend the 2018 Fulbright University of Sussex Summer Institute. It’s the fifth year in a row that a UB student has been awarded this scholarship, which covers airfare, accommodations, tuition and fees, and a meal allowance.
  • Paras Prasad
    Paras Prasad
    7/24/17
    University at Buffalo researcher Paras Prasad, an internationally recognized expert in optics and photonics, has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) in Brazil
  • Nnedi Okorafor
    Nnedi Okorafor
    7/13/17
    Professor of English Nnedi Okorafor is a novelist of African-based science fiction, fantasy and magical realism for both children and adults. Born in the United States to two Nigerian immigrant parents, Nnedi is known for weaving African culture into creative evocative settings and memorable characters.
  • Paul Vanouse
    Paul Vanouse
    7/13/17
    Paul Vanouse, professor of art and director of Coalesce: Center for Biological Art, received the Award of Distinction in the Hybrid Art category of the 2017 Prix Ars Electronica, the world’s premiere cyberarts festival and competition.
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STRATEGIC PARTNERS

  • Amrita University
    Amrita University, India
    6/8/17

    Amrita University is a multi-campus, multi-disciplinary research university that is accredited 'A' by NAAC and is ranked as one of the best research universities in India.

  • Brock University
    Brock University, Canada
    6/8/17

    The new joint Master of Arts in Canadian-American Studies is offered by Brock University and the University at Buffalo (UB), which is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system.

  • SIM Banner
    Singapore Institute of Management, Singapore
    6/13/17

    Partnering on 6 University at Buffalo undergraduate degree programs delivered at the SIM campus, enrolling some 1,500 students.

  • cbu
    Beijing Institutions, China
    6/8/17

    The first U.S. university to enter China following the normalization of relations with that country, UB quickly established historic overarching agreements with leading institutions in Beijing—Beijing University of Technology, Capital Normal University and Capital Medical University.

  • polad
    The Jagiellonian University, Poland
    6/8/17

    During +the past 20 years, extensive cooperation and faculty and student exchange have occurred across many faculties at each institution. Relations with JU have greatly strengthened Polish studies at UB.

  • konan
    Konan University, Japan
    6/8/17

    Since their bilateral exchange agreement in 1993, UB and Konan University, a private institution in Kobe, Japan, have greatly expanded their cooperative scope. Konan has been a popular destination for UB students wishing to study Japanese language and culture.

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