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Media Advisory: UB Distinguished Speakers Series to feature actor/comedian Steve Martin on April 27
4/26/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Actor, comedian and musician Steve Martin will speak at 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, in Alumni Arena as part of the University at Buffalo’s Distinguished Speakers Series.
Media Advisory: On Earth Day, UB opens the nation’s most publicly accessible solar array
4/19/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Solar power plants are often located behind fences, on rooftops or in hard-to-reach places.
Media advisory: UB lecture featuring Welch Allyn will share best practices for marketing biomedical products internationally
4/15/13
Susan Mangicaro, director of clinical affairs at Welch Allyn, will share information and advice on marketing across borders at a lecture designed to help biomedical companies who are selling or plan to sell their products internationally. The lecture is part of a free series hosted by the University at Buffalo’s New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences.
SoftBank Capital Partner, Z80 Labs founder Jordan Levy to speak to students on entrepreneurship
4/15/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Jordan Levy — venture capitalist, entrepreneur, Synacor board member and co-founder of Buffalo’s Z80 Labs technology incubator — will speak with University at Buffalo students on April 17, offering his take on why we need to change the way we think to foster entrepreneurship.
UB symposium to examine urban hyperdevelopment in China through lens of urban planning
4/15/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Thirty years ago, Shenzhen was a small fishing village in southern China, population 175,000. Today, it’s a sprawling megalopolis of more than 12 million inhabitants, and one of the fastest-growing cities in the world.
Media advisory: Contest will give UB students 90 seconds to pitch a business idea
4/4/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. — How fast can you pitch an idea? On April 10, University at Buffalo students will find out at a campus-wide elevator pitch competition. Participants will get 90 seconds each to pitch an idea for solving a problem to a panel of expert judges.
UB physics students will introduce kids to the magic of science at Buffalo Museum of Science camp
4/1/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Children between 8 and 12 years old will learn about levitating magnets, floating superconductors and cool (no pun intended) things you can do with liquid nitrogen on Tuesday, April 2 at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. at the Buffalo Museum of Science (1020 Humboldt Parkway, Buffalo).
News Conference: UB and First Niagara will make important announcement about UB medical school move downtown
3/26/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – First Niagara Bank and the University at Buffalo will make an important announcement about the construction of the new UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.
Celebrating invention: Annual reception to honor UB’s innovators, entrepreneurs
3/21/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The University at Buffalo will honor some of Western New York’s most inventive minds and companies at the annual UB Inventors and Entrepreneurs Reception, which takes place on March 25 at UB’s Clinical and Translational Research Center.
Mars, electronic music and more: It’s all happening at Buffalo’s next Science & Art Cabaret
3/8/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Only at an event like Buffalo’s Science & Art Cabaret could you find a mix of presenters this diverse: On March 15, a physicist, a planetary geologist, a visual studies professor and an ensemble of digital musicians will convene to present their work on the topic of the universe.