Community Partnerships

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

  • Media Advisory: Groundbreaking to be Held on South Campus for Future Home of UB Pharmacy School
    9/10/09
    The University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences will hold a ceremonial groundbreaking at 2 p.m. tomorrow (Friday, Sept. 11, 2009) on the South (Main Street) Campus for the building it will call home in 2012.
  • Media Advisory: UB "Neighbors' Day" Sunday, Sept. 6
    9/4/09
    UB's neighbors in the University District are invited to "Neighbors' Day" from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday Sept. 6 (Rain date: Sept. 7 from 12 noon to 4 p.m.) -- a free, fun, music and information-filled Block Party and Safety Fair on the UB South (Main St.) Campus lawn in front of Hayes Hall.
  • Media Advisory: New Joint Patrols Begin Tonight in University Heights
    8/27/09
    Officers from the Buffalo Police Department, University at Buffalo and Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority will gather tonight before beginning their first night of new joint patrols in University Heights.
  • BPO to Kick Off Third Season of UB on the Green
    7/17/09
    The University at Buffalo will launches its third season of UB on the Green, a free outdoor performance series held on the South (Main Street) Campus, with a performance by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • Community Computer Lab Launched By UB, Council Member Russell and Neighborhood Church
    4/6/09
    The University at Buffalo and Buffalo Common Council Member Bonnie E. Russell powered up 10 computer terminals at New Testament Revival Cathedral on Buffalo's East Side today as part of a joint effort to provide much-needed computing resources for families in the neighborhood.
  • Media Advisory: Alternative Spring Break at UB
    3/9/09
    Cancel Cancun. Forget Florida. Some University at Buffalo students will be spending spring break right here in Buffalo, working to improve their community.
  • "An Effort from the Heart"
    12/17/08
    "Boca Sana Cuerpo Sano" said the flyer posted in the Judge J. Mattina Community Health Center on Buffalo's largely Hispanic Lower West Side: "Healthy Mouth Healthy Body." It alerted the community to the upcoming free oral cancer screening at the clinic, carried out by faculty, dental residents and students from the School of Dental Medicine at the University at Buffalo.
  • UB Students Raise Their 41st Buffalo Home for Habitat for Humanity
    6/9/08
    University at Buffalo undergraduate Mindy Underhill straddles a ceiling beam, checking the joists in a home going up on Buffalo's East Side. Underhill, a junior speech and hearing science major from Marilla, N.Y., is one of a team of young women working on what they call "the girls' house." It is one of four new homes being built this year by Habitat for Humanity with major assistance from 36 UB students, and it is the 41st such house since 1990.
  • UB Planners Win International Award for East Side Development Work
    4/28/08
    The University at Buffalo East Side Neighborhood Transformation Partnership (ESNTP), a 2-year-old, university-assisted approach to the regeneration of Buffalo's Fruit Belt and Martin Luther King, Jr., Park communities, has received the 2008 Outstanding Program Award from the international Community Development Society.
  • Former UB President's Book Takes on the Myths Surrounding the Decision to Build UB's Campus in Amherst
    4/22/08
    William R. Greiner has always remained true to his roots. UB's 13th president serving a little more than 13 years, Greiner drives a vibrant blue UB car with the license plate UB13. But given that his heart is firmly in teaching and research, his latest project, "Location, Location, Location: A Special History of the University of/at Buffalo" is completely in character.