Alumni

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  • Gift to Establish Samuel Friedman Library in UB's Institute for Jewish Thought and Heritage
    12/2/10
    A generous gift from the foundation of a late Western New York businessman has established the Samuel Friedman Library in the Institute for Jewish Thought and Heritage (IJTH) at the University at Buffalo.
  • Dance of the Snow Plows: Buffalo Architect Choreographs Months-Long Snowscaping Project
    11/30/10
    Where other Buffalonians see only piles of white, Sergio Lopez-Pineiro sees opportunity. This winter, the University at Buffalo architect will complete a months-long landscaping project using a single material commonly associated with Buffalo: snow.
  • From Understanding Alzheimer's to Whale Songs, Undergrads Pursue Exciting Research
    11/23/10
    Motivated University at Buffalo students are using their brains to study the brains of others: from collecting whale songs in Puerto Rico as a way to map the brain of one of the world's largest animals, to researching the effects of drugs like methamphetamine, to exploring the cause and prevention of degenerative brain diseases such as Alzheimer's.
  • Govindaraju named SUNY Distinguished Professor
    11/18/10
    Venugopal Govindaraju of Williamsville, University at Buffalo Distinguished Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been named a SUNY Distinguished Professor, the highest faculty rank in the State University of New York system.
  • UB Now Ranks 12th Among Top U.S. Campuses In International Enrollment
    11/17/10
    The University at Buffalo, long a leader among major American research universities in the percentage of international students enrolled, ranked 12th among the top 25 U.S. campuses hosting international students in 2009-10, up from 2008-09, when it ranked 17th.
  • UB MBA Program Ranked in Bloomberg Businessweek
    11/12/10
    Bloomberg Businessweek has ranked the University at Buffalo School of Management as one of the nation's best business schools in its ranking of full-time MBA programs.
  • UB School of Nursing Celebrates its 75th Anniversary
    11/10/10
    In 1936, at a time when 125 out of every 1,000 Americans were high school graduates and 23 out of every 1,000 Americans were college graduates, the Division of Nursing within the University at Buffalo's School of Medicine was established. Four years later, it became independent, making it the university's 12th school.
  • Big Hopes, Small Pharma: UB Spin-Off Wins FDA Orphan Designation for Drug made from Tarantula Venom
    11/9/10
    As Rose Pharmaceuticals marks its first anniversary this month, the stockbroker and University at Buffalo researchers who founded the company are celebrating a year of accomplishments.
  • UB Archives, Bureau of Jewish Education Cited For Excellence in Historical Documentation
    11/4/10
    The University Archives, University at Buffalo, and the Jewish Buffalo Archives Project, Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Buffalo, have received the New York State Archives' 2010 Debra E. Bernhardt Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Documenting New York's History.
  • UB Among Top U.S. Research Institutions in Production of Fulbright Scholars
    11/2/10
    The University at Buffalo has ranked among the top five research institutions in the United States in its production of Fulbright Scholars for the 2010-11 academic year.