Community Partnerships

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

Solidarity Party to honor internationals and refugees in Western New York
2/8/17
The UB Gender Institute will hold a Solidarity Party to honor and celebrate international scholars, students, immigrants and refugees on Feb. 12.
Police continue to investigate attempted assault, have increased patrols on North Campus
2/6/17
University Police are investigating what has been reported as an attempted assault on the North Campus early this morning.
Innovative printmaker to hold demonstration and workshop
2/6/17
Acclaimed printmaker Stella Ebner will make presentations on Feb. 18 and March 3 as part of her residency in UB’s Creative Arts Initiative.
Public invited to participate in UB Step Challenge
2/3/17
iPad Minis, Fitbits, fitness gear and other prizes are up for grabs this spring as the Step Challenge sponsored by the University at Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Professions returns for a second year.
UB introduces the Clinical and Translational Science Institute
2/2/17
UB-led consortium that earned prestigious National Institutes of Health grant moves into a new phase.
Media Advisory: UB Dental to treat or teach thousands of kids for Children’s Dental Health Month
2/2/17
In celebration of National Children’s Dental Health Month, the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine will provide screenings or oral health education to local kids through its two annual programs, Give Kids a Smile Day and Smile Education Day.
Academics build ultimate solar-powered water purifier
1/30/17
The device could aid people lacking drinking water and those affected by natural disasters.
Media Advisory: UB's Dunnett available today to discuss executive order's impact on university
1/30/17
Stephen Dunnett, UB vice provost for international education, will update members of the media on President Trump’s executive order of Jan. 27 that temporarily suspends entry to the U.S. by citizens of seven countries on the order’s impact on UB and the university’s response.
Statement from UB President Satish K. Tripathi regarding the executive order suspending entry to the U.S. by citizens of Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen
1/28/17
The University at Buffalo is assessing the executive order and is actively monitoring the order’s potential impact on UB students, faculty, staff and visiting scholars who are from countries cited in the order.
‘Awash in a sea of information and fake news,’ Americans need to develop new literacy skills, UB’s information studies chair says
1/27/17
Responsible and level-headed Americans must develop “digital literacy skills” to sort through the flood of “biased or false misinformation” in today’s information age.

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