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UB Center for the Arts Announces Fall 2026 Season
9/9/26
Western New York’s premier arts hub, announces its fall 2026 season, with programming spanning music, comedy, film, dance, free events and the university’s Distinguished Speakers Series.
University at Buffalo excavations in ancient Italy reveal economic and medieval history
8/13/26
Professor Sebastiani, working with the IMPERO project, uncovered an agricultural warehouse dating to the Hellenistic and Roman Republican periods.
UB Theatre and Dance Announces Fall 2026 Season
8/12/26
Nationally recognized directors, choreographers and faculty work with emerging student talent to produce innovative original productions that entertain audiences and explore the human condition.
Three UB faculty receive Fulbright Scholar awards
6/18/26
UB faculty members Praveen Arany, Supriya Mahajan and Paul Vanouse received the prestigious award.
University Libraries to host the Buffalo Reading Invasion on UB’s South Campus lawn
6/17/26
The event is set for 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 14.
Acclaimed UB poet Myung Mi Kim elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences’ class of 2026
6/11/26
Kim is an expert in 20th-century American poetry and transcultural poetics and is regarded as one of the most influential figures in the field of contemporary experimental poetry.
Ghostbusters in Concert to Be Presented at the UB Center For The Arts this October
5/26/26
Ghostbusters in Concert is part of a North American fall tour that invites a new generation of fans to experience Columbia Pictures’ supernatural comedy in an immersive, live concert setting.
Imagining new possibilities from the inside out at historic Richardson Olmsted Campus
5/19/26
UB architecture graduate students design housing for vacant building, contribute to book project.
UB to host Marie Curie fellow Ilenia Pittui
5/14/26
Art historian will tap UB’s resources to study Ottoman and Safavid cultures.
Punch Brothers Return to the UB Center for the Arts This Fall
5/5/26
UBCFA online presale begins Thursday, May 7 at 10 a.m. Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday, May 8 at 10 a.m.