Community Partnerships

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

UB panel to discuss expanding access to higher education
4/21/15
A group of UB experts and students will hold a panel discussion on ways to strengthen efforts to make the university more accessible to underrepresented communities, and will address topics including access to visiting the university; student expectations; counselor-to-student ratios; and the application and financial aid processes.
Award-winning documentary on aging and intimacy to be shown May 13
4/20/15
An award winning documentary is coming to Buffalo for a special screening thanks to some teamwork involving the UB School of Social Work and the Amherst Senior Center.
Media Advisory: UB to launch new Solar Strand app with 150 elementary school students on Earth Day
4/20/15
The app acts like traditional signs in museums and parks – only it’s more interactive.
Wactawski-Wende accepts top national honor on behalf of Women’s Health Initiative
4/17/15
UB has played a key role in the Women’s Health Initiative, one of the largest clinical trials ever undertaken in the U.S.
UB students pitch in and dig in for Saturday’s ‘ReTree the District’
4/17/15
UB will send another sizable troupe of student volunteers to plant trees in South Campus neighborhoods on Saturday, April 18, as part of the “ReTree the District” project that aims to plant 1,000 trees in the University District by the end of 2016.
Biotechnology venture takes first place in UB entrepreneurship competition
4/16/15
Three graduate students took first place in the University at Buffalo’s Henry A. Panasci Jr. Technology Entrepreneurship Competition (Panasci TEC) for a biotechnology venture that offers a revolutionary new way to deliver cancer drugs.
Events in memory of Alison Des Forges will focus on Islam and human rights in Africa
4/16/15
An international symposium, scholarship dinner and community roundtable will take place on April 23 and 24.
UB summit will promote empowering and advancing women in STEM careers
4/15/15
The April 23 summit will encourage women to enter the science and engineering workforce and support those on the path already.
Know the term ‘GIS’? Top GIScience expert to speak at UB
4/14/15
Michael Goodchild is widely recognized as one of the founders of geographic information science.
UB Dental brings smiles to WNY vets
4/10/15
Western New York veterans have a reason to smile.

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