Barry Smith, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and director of the National Center for Ontological Research at UB, has been named one of the 50 most influential living philosophers by TheBestSchools.org.
The promise and perils of new technologies in genetic engineering will be examined in a major forum on Friday, Oct. 21, sponsored by the UB School of Law.
Filmmaker André Robert Lee will host a special screening of his moving 2012 documentary, “The Prep School Negro,” on Sept. 19 in 101 Davis Hall on the UB North Campus.
The UB Haudenosaunee-Native American Research Group and the Native Graduate Students Association will host a peaceful gathering in support of the Standing Rock Sioux and #NoDAPL on Sept. 16.
Eight artists from around the world will travel to UB to explore life’s greatest questions through biological art residencies in the Coalesce: Center for Biological Arts.