Community Partnerships

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

Media Advisory: Meet the UB Bulls tonight at UB on the Green
8/3/16
UB will wrap up its 10th season of UB on the Green, the university’s free outdoor event series featuring live music, dancing and hands-on activities for the entire family, on Aug. 3 with “Veterans and Athletics Night.”
VilCap Communities Accelerator Program to award$100,000 to life sciences startups
8/1/16
Applications are being accepted through Aug. 26 for “Critical Path,” a new program beginning in September to provide up to a dozen promising life sciences companies with access to world class mentorship and venture capital.
Buffalo Institute for Genomics and Data Analytics signs $1.48M contract with medical device company; to create 40 jobs
7/28/16
The Buffalo Institute for Genomics and Data Analytics today announced a contract with Garwood Medical Devices LLC that will create 40 new jobs in five years.
UB CAT awards over $500K to innovative life sciences companies
7/27/16
UB CAT, a program of UB’s New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, has awarded more than $500,000 in funding to 16 life sciences companies.
UB’s Hayes Hall named to National Register of Historic Places
7/27/16
Completed in 1879 as an insane asylum, the building — now home to the School of Architecture and Planning — is the university's first to receive the historic designation.
Media Advisory: Celebrate summer tonight with UB on the Green
7/27/16
The University at Buffalo will continue its celebration of summer tonight with UB on the Green, the university’s free outdoor event series featuring live music, dancing and hands-on activities for the entire family.
Two new quality standard courses — in ISO 9001:2015 — among TCIE offerings this fall for business professionals
7/27/16
The new courses reflect how increased globalization has changed the way business is done.
30th annual UB Distinguished Speakers Series to feature James Franco, John Cleese, Eric Holder and more
7/25/16
Award-winning actors James Franco and John Cleese, former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. and astronauts Mark Kelly and Scott Kelly are among the speakers who will headline the 2016-17 Distinguished Speakers Series.
NSF awards engineers $705K to improve Wi-Fi, smartphones
7/19/16
The grants align with a White House plan for next-gen mobile networks.
Designing a home for all, for the long haul
7/19/16
UB students working under the direction of Ed Steinfeld and Peter Russell created designs for a Habitat for Humanity home renovation that feature principles of universal design – a first for Habitat Buffalo.

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