Media Advisories

News about upcoming UB events that may be of interest to the media.

Media Advisory: Acclaimed writers, Irish ambassador to U.S. to join UB virtual Bloomsday celebration
6/12/20
UB will host the Virtual Bloomsday Celebration, an evening to honor James Joyce’s landmark book “Ulysses” – considered by many to be the most influential novel of the 20th century.
Media Advisory: JUNE 9: 50 UB medical residents to celebrate graduation at the Transit Drive-in
6/2/20
Fifty medical residents from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB will cap off their professional education June 9 with an unconventional, vehicle-based graduation ceremony at the Transit Drive-in Theatre in Lockport.
Media Advisory: UB commencements have gone virtual, but there’s still plenty of ways to celebrate
5/12/20
Virtual celebrations include motarboard decorating contest and a virtual toast set for 2 p.m. May 13.
UB to host COVID-19 chat series for kids
5/8/20
UB will call on faculty, staff and students to answer kids’ most pressing questions about the COVID-19 pandemic through a live, virtual chat series.
Media Advisory: UB aims to be carbon neutral by 2030
4/22/20
With updated Climate Action Plan called UB’s 10 in 10, UB puts forth a roadmap of strategies that will guide the university’s climate mitigation efforts over the next decade.
'Shark Tank' investor Daymond John to speak at UB on Wednesday
3/10/20
Creator of the iconic fashion brand FUBU, John is the next speaker in this year’s Distinguished Speakers Series lineup.
March 10 Imagine LaSalle meeting to feature new updates
2/27/20
Session will include preliminary vision for I-190 pedestrian crossing, large-scale model showing schematic design updates for future Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park.
Criminal justice advocate Yusef Salaam to speak at UB on Feb. 24
2/11/20
Salaam is the Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Keynote Speaker in the 2019-2020 Distinguished Speakers Series lineup.
Media Advisory: UB dentist to spend Christmas in Lebanon providing free care to refugees
12/23/19
UB professor Othman Shibly will travel to Lebanon to provide dental care to nearly 2,000 child refugees. The weeklong humanitarian mission is his fifth this year.
Media Advisory: Jacobs School to host religious leaders for seminar on spirituality and health
12/13/19
Two-day event aims to enhance medical students’ sensitivity toward patients of different faiths.

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