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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.
Twitter data could improve subway operations during big events
1/26/17
Preliminary study examines Mets-Yankees game and U.S. Open tennis, finds tweets effective for gathering real-time passenger info.
UB-led STEM partnership gets $1.2 million grant to extend GIS program in Buffalo Public Schools
1/25/17
The grant also funds research centers in geographic information and in education innovation at UB.
UB’s Quanxi Jia named IEEE Fellow
1/25/17
A world-renowned scholar in materials science, Jia is part of UB's Department of Materials Design and Innovation.
Free tickets available to UB’s MLK Jr. Commemoration Event featuring former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder
1/24/17
UB is offering local schools and not-for-profit organizations free tickets to the 41st Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration event, featuring former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, to be held at 8 p.m. on Feb. 16, in Alumni Arena.
Bringing wholesale auto auctions to the web
1/24/17
Buffalo startup ACV Auctions is pioneering a new way for car dealers to buy and sell inventory.
UB professors to discuss Beethoven's hearing loss at BPO performance of his Fifth Symphony
1/19/17
Recordings will demonstrate how Beethoven might have heard music as his hearing deteriorated.
Chinese New Year celebration features traditional and contemporary performing arts at UB
1/19/17
The popular free event will feature members of UB's Confucius Institute and the Chinese Club of Western New York.

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