Awards

News about awards and recognition earned by UB and members of our community. (see all topics)

  • Poet Philip Schultz to Present 2011 Oscar Silverman Reading
    10/27/11
    Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Rochester native Philip Schultz will present the University at Buffalo's 2011 Oscar Silverman Reading on Friday, Nov. 18, at 8 p.m. in 250 Baird Hall on UB's North Campus.
  • LANGUAGE TO COVER A WALL: Visual Poetry Through Its Changing Media
    10/27/11
    Just when you thought you'd seen it all "visual poetry" flies onto the scene with everything from Pueblo Indian petroglyphs (circa 1350-1680), contemporary concrete poems, eye poems, typestracts (abstract typewriter art), poem-objects and media-savvy digital poems presented by a wide range of writer/artists working in many media.
  • UB's Confucius Institute Celebrates Chinese Moon Festival with Music and Dance
    9/22/11
    The Confucius Institute at the University at Buffalo will celebrate the Chinese Moon Festival on Oct. 1 with the presentation of a free public performance of music and dance by highly accomplished student artists from the College of Music, Capital Normal University, Beijing.
  • UB's Katz and Sullivan Will Discuss Museums, Censorship at Albright Knox This Month
    9/20/11
    The University at Buffalo Department of Visual Studies and the Humanities Institute, in partnership with the Albright Knox Art Gallery, will present a conversation on the controversy surrounding the recent Smithsonian exhibition "Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture," co-curated by Jonathan D. Katz, director of the UB doctoral program in visual studies, on Sept. 25 at 2 p.m. in the Albright-Knox auditorium.
  • UB Again Ranked Among Top Universities by U.S. News
    9/13/11
    The University at Buffalo is one of the best universities in the country, according to the annual "Best Colleges" rankings released today by U.S. News and World Report.
  • Forbes Again Ranks UB School of Management as a "Best Business School"
    8/16/11
    Forbes magazine has once again ranked the University at Buffalo School of Management as one of the best business schools in the world based on the return on investment it provides MBA graduates.
  • Buffalo Geologist Experiments with Crowdsourcing to Track Water Levels of Local Streams
    8/4/11
    Inspired by a California researcher who used crowdsourcing to pinpoint the locations of roadkill, a University at Buffalo geologist is turning to the public for help monitoring a different ecological phenomenon: The water levels of streams in Western New York.
  • UB Architects Exhibit Low-cost, Low-tech Design Solutions at International Festival
    7/13/11
    Two University at Buffalo architects presented a unique solution to the uncomfortably chilly temperatures of an old stone building in England as part of the sixth annual International Architecture Festival, Eme3, held July 1-3 in Barcelona.
  • Young Entrepreneur Keeps Old Software Programs Alive With 'OldVersion.com'
    6/20/11
    At the age of 10, while other children fretted over how they'd fit in at middle school, Alexander Levine was trying to start an online business. At age 11 he launched the site that would fund his college education: OldVersion.com.
  • Buffalo's Rankings as a Top Science City in the State Reflect UB's Strategic Strengths
    6/8/11
    Researchers at the University at Buffalo are pleased -- but not surprised -- that a recent national study of "hot spots" for scientific disciplines ranks Buffalo as one of the state's top cities for physics and chemistry. An additional ranking found that UB's Department of Chemistry is among the best in the nation.