Arts and Culture

News about UB’s arts and humanities programs and related events. (see all topics)

Distinguished Speakers Series to feature Kevin Spacey, John Legend, Siddhartha Mukherjee
7/27/15
Singer/songwriter John Legend and cancer physician Siddhartha Mukherjee will join Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Spacey to headline the speakers in UB’s 2015-16 Distinguished Speakers Series.
Media Advisory: Pioneering ARTY workshop concludes with robot parade
7/16/15
An innovative week-long robotics workshop for middle school students ages 9-12 co-sponsored by UB's Techne Institute will culminate with a robot parade on Friday, July 17.
Preeminent philosophers debate nature of disease and grief in three-day conference at UB
6/25/15
The nation’s two most prominent philosophers of medicine will present their divergent views of health, disease and grieving as part of a three-day conference on bioethics and the philosophy of medicine to be held at UB.
Education student receives scholarships to ‘make a difference in the world’
6/24/15
Maryam Sadat Sharifian, a UB doctoral student in the Graduate School of Education, has received three awards to encourage her “to make a difference in the world.”
UB on the Green continues to celebrate summer
6/22/15
UB on the Green, UB’s free outdoor event series catering to the University Heights neighborhood, is back for its ninth season.
UB invests $25 million to address pressing societal problems regionally and worldwide
5/28/15
UB is investing $25 million in an initiative that will harness the strengths of UB faculty from disciplines across the university to confront grand challenges facing humankind.
Musicians and audience members share the stage for unique program of music and history
5/22/15
Music in Buffalo’s Historic Places will present the second of this year’s two-concert series on Friday, June 5, at 6 p.m. at Kleinhans Music Hall.
June in Buffalo: 40 years at the forefront of new music
5/20/15
As it celebrates a special anniversary, the festival and conference has gained international recognition for pushing the boundaries of music.
UB to exhibit rare, earliest-known works of Dylan Thomas after return from Wales
5/11/15
The rare works of renowned, 20th-century “rock star” poet Dylan Thomas have returned home to the University at Buffalo Poetry Collection.
Economics student receives competitive Boren scholarship
5/11/15
Casey Rothberg, only the second UB student ever to win the competitive David L. Boren Scholarship, fits the scholarship program’s profile on paper well.

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