Community Partnerships

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

UB and Roswell Park to host second annual Genome Day
3/9/16
UB and Roswell Park Cancer Institute will team up on March 10 to welcome 400 eighth graders from Buffalo Public Schools to participate in Genome Day.
All systems go for Blackstone LaunchPad in Buffalo
3/7/16
UB today officially unveiled Blackstone LaunchPad at UB, a hands-on learning program created by the Blackstone Charitable Foundation to introduce entrepreneurship as a viable career option to UB’s students, regardless of major.
UB professors pledge $1 million bequest to support creative arts students
3/4/16
UB faculty members Diane Christian and Bruce Jackson are widely known for having multifaceted careers. They recently added a new role to their lengthy résumés: that of philanthropists.
Media Advisory: Grand opening of Blackstone LaunchPad for student entrepreneurs
3/4/16
The program and resource will serve UB’s approximate 30,000 students, regardless of major or experience.
Opioid epidemic is topic of Mini Med School series
3/2/16
Series will feature experts in medicine and nursing as well as representatives from law enforcement
Media Advisory: UB pediatric dentists join pledge to end the R-word
3/2/16
The Department of Pediatric and Community Dentistry in the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine will join the Special Olympics and Best Buddies International in the fight to end the spread of the r-word – “retard” – a hurtful and derogatory term used toward people with intellectual disabilities.
BPS students participate in interactive STEM tour on Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus
3/1/16
Nearly 90 fifth graders from West Hertel Academy tested their science, technology, engineering and math skills on March 1 by 3-D printing model wind turbines, building light-powered LEGO cranes and learning how GPS is used to locate shared bikes.
UB’s 2016 CareerFest features 120 companies, and includes the LinkedIn photo booth
3/1/16
More than 20 Fortune 500 companies will join 100 local and national companies at this year’s CareerFest on March 2 in UB’s Alumni Arena.
You’re hired! UB researcher discusses the history of the job interview
2/29/16
Any list of designs and devices credited to Thomas Edison is usually one entry shy of an accurate accounting of his prolific output. In fact, it is rarely mentioned at all. It’s the job interview.
UB’s Bright Buffalo Niagara seeking applicants for $25K entrepreneur pitch competition
2/29/16
Applications are open for the seventh annual Bright Buffalo Niagara Entrepreneur Expo, which will be held on June 15 at the Hotel @ The Lafayette, 391 Washington St., Buffalo.