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Where lack of sanitation prevents children from completing school, UB students offer help
6/8/16
Through the Global Innovation Challenge, teams of UB students developed actionable ideas to improve water, sanitation and hygiene — or WaSH — access to schoolchildren in India and Uganda.
UB RENEW Institute awards seed grants to five projects related to energy, environment and water sustainability
5/27/16
Researchers will tackle solar power, climate change in WNY, e-waste, pollution at Lake Erie’s Woodlawn Beach and more.
Media Advisory: Student teams to compete for $10,000 at Global Innovation Challenge
5/20/16
Student teams will present their ideas this weekend for ways to improve sanitation needs for school-aged children in low- and middle-income locales around the world.
UB’s ‘Finish in 4’ helps students realize the dream of a college degree
5/17/16
More than 60 percent of the program’s first enrollees will graduate within four years — a rate far above the national average.
“Global Innovation Challenge” to draw attention to international water, sanitation needs
5/12/16
UB undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students will work in teams to develop social, economic, technological and public policy solutions to sanitation challenges faced by schoolchildren around the world.
Buffalo Institute for Genomics and Data Analytics names first executive director
5/11/16
Brian McIlroy, a seasoned life sciences professional, joins BIG from GE.
UB is ready to tell its story worldwide, with Buffalo at the heart of it
4/12/16
UB will begin telling its story worldwide in a more compelling and cohesive way with the launch today of a new identity and brand strategy for the institution.
UB statement on state budget and NYSUNY 2020
4/1/16
UB President Satish K. Tripathi today said he was disappointed that the New York State budget adopted by the state legislature does not include the governor’s proposal for a full extension of NYSUNY 2020.
Graduation rates for black students increase at UB, new study finds
3/30/16
A new national study by The Education Trust cited UB as among the universities that stand out for improving overall graduation rates while also achieving significant gains for black students during the last decade.
CDSE Days spotlights big data and supercomputing
3/24/16
The six-day program, which includes lectures, workshops and more, kicks off today.

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