Community Partnerships

News about partnerships and programs that support the local community, including community-led initiatives. (see all topics)

Law dean appointed to help root out legislative corruption
7/3/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s newly appointed investigative body charged with examining the state Board of Elections and looking at potential wrongdoing by legislators in campaign fundraising will include as a member University at Buffalo Law School Dean Makau W. Mutua.
Minority high school students preview accounting careers
6/28/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The University at Buffalo School of Management and the Foundation for Accounting Education of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA) collaborated to introduce minority high school students to career opportunities in the accounting profession during a five-day program.
UB Fulbright Scholar Named First Doctoral Fellow in Food Systems Planning
6/27/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Fulbright scholar and climate activist Subhashni Raj, who just completed her master of urban planning at the University at Buffalo, will start her PhD at UB this fall as the first recipient of the university’s Jerome L. Kaufman Doctoral Fellowship for the study of food systems planning.
UB names Lee H. Melvin vice provost for enrollment
6/27/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Lee H. Melvin, associate vice provost for enrollment at Cornell University, has been named vice provost for enrollment at the University at Buffalo. The announcement was made today by Charles F. Zukoski, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs.
Buffalo bee tower wins award from international design magazine
6/25/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Elevator B, a steel tower that University at Buffalo students designed and built to house a colony of bees along Buffalo’s waterfront, continues to receive recognition from the international architecture community.
Hillary Rodham Clinton to appear in UB Distinguished Speakers Series
6/25/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will head a lineup of luminaries taking the stage at the University at Buffalo for its 2013-14 Distinguished Speakers Series.
Prosperity Scholarship at UB celebrates its largest class — for fifth straight year
6/19/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Twenty-six students in business, engineering and medicine will get a full ride to the University at Buffalo in 2013-14, thanks to a scholarship that aims to help the region retain its brightest graduates.
UB Technology Incubator named world’s top life sciences university business incubator
6/17/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The University at Buffalo Technology Incubator has been named the world’s top life sciences university incubator by the University Business Incubator (UBI) Index, a Stockholm-based startup that provides expertise in starting and transforming incubators.
UB Educational Opportunity Center opens new home and renews commitment to underserved students
6/14/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The University at Buffalo Educational Opportunity Center (EOC) opened its new home today, a move that allows the center to take a greater role in serving Buffalo’s downtown community and expand programming for students who may not have access to traditional educational resources.
This summer, UB archaeologists will dig wider, deeper and longer for Buffalo’s Erie Canal artifacts
6/12/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Once swampy grassland dotted with sheep, then a booming center of the nation’s economy, Buffalo’s Erie Canal neighborhood has lived many lives over the past 200 years and now is giving up some of its secrets.