Community Partnerships

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

Wanted: Local high-tech startups to apply for $25K pitch competition
3/13/17
Applications are now open for the annual Bright Buffalo Niagara (BBN) Entrepreneur Expo to be held on Wednesday, June 28.
UB receives major grant to support ontology-based research in digital manufacturing
3/9/17
UB has entered into an agreement to implement a $1.3 million project designed to create and test work flow innovations using a standard vocabulary and set of categories to support digital manufacturing for a local technology and services innovator.
UB School of Law to hold conference on legal challenges posed by climate change
3/8/17
UB’s Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy and Buffalo Environmental Law Journal will bring together noted experts to discuss how law and policy can help society address the changing climate.
Artist to create permanent mural on Buffalo’s East Side as part of UB residency
3/6/17
Internationally celebrated visual artist, performer and storyteller Shantell Martin will be in residence at UB March 11 to June 25 as part of the university’s Creative Arts Initiative.
Startup led by UB alums moves traditional classrooms into the modern age
3/6/17
The company, interactiveX, was recently admitted to the START-UP NY economic development program
UB to host 14th annual Safe Schools Initiative Seminar March 23
3/2/17
UB will host the 14th annual Safe Schools Initiative Seminar, Advanced School Threat Assessment Training, on March 23 in the Center for the Arts. The event is free, but registration is required.
Making it personal at the UB and Roswell Park-hosted Genome Day
3/2/17
The program promotes genomic and bioinformatics literacy to 400 Buffalo Public Schools students.
Media Advisory: UB Dental to host dental carnival for first Smile Day at Museum of Disability History
3/1/17
The University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine will host its first Smile Day at the Museum Health Fair, offering dental screenings to children and adults with special needs, an overlooked population in dental care.
Media Advisory: Co-discoverer of HIV Robert Gallo to visit UB to address future of viral and vaccine research
3/1/17
Robert Gallo, co-discoverer of HIV as the cause of AIDS and creator of the HIV blood test, will visit the University at Buffalo to help mark the launch of the university’s Global Virus Network Center of Excellence as one of the world’s premier virology research centers.
Reality literacy needed to combat truthiness and alternative facts
2/21/17
The emergence of fake news has complicated the media market in ways that few observers anticipated and “reality literacy” is among the skills necessary to navigate toward the truth, according to UB's David Castillo.

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