Global Impact

News about UB’s global partnerships and our impact around the world. (see all topics)

  • UB Ranked 12th in International Enrollment Among U.S. Colleges and Universities
    11/17/08
    The University at Buffalo -- a longtime leader among major research universities in the United States in terms of percentage of enrollment represented by international students -- has increased its profile in the latest "Open Doors 2008" report published by the Institute of International Education (IIE).
  • UB's Large International Student Population an Economic, Cultural, Educational Boon
    8/26/08
    More than 15 percent of University at Buffalo students come from outside the United States -- 4,300-plus last year and about the same number expected for the new academic year, which began yesterday. It is a population UB is working hard to increase.
  • Info Site Juiced Up for UB's International Students
    8/21/08
    The 4,000-plus international students who begin classes this semester at the University at Buffalo will find enhanced resources on the UB Libraries' Web site suggested by their peers and developed by the libraries especially for them.
  • Western Press Stories Critical of Beijing Olympics Likely to be Resented by the Chinese People, Expert Says
    8/1/08
    The Chinese people resent media reports about exceptional air pollution in Beijing, China's Internet censorship, poor construction of Olympic venues, half-empty hotels, algae-thickened beaches, visa problems and world-wide protests of China's Tibet policy as examples of Western imperial attitudes, says the director of the University at Buffalo's Asian Studies Program.
  • Noted Environmental Specialist to Address CHINA Town Hall at UB
    3/25/08
    For the second year in a row, the University at Buffalo Asian Studies Program will host a "CHINA Town Hall" program organized by the National Committee on United States-China Relations.
  • UB Will Internationalize Mechanical Engineering in Vietnam
    2/20/08
    As part of a national program to help internationalize higher education in that country, one of Vietnam's most competitive universities has entered into a partnership with the University at Buffalo to begin teaching UB's undergraduate mechanical engineering curriculum to its own students next fall.
  • UB Maintains Leadership Position in International-Student Enrollment
    11/13/07
    The University at Buffalo continues to maintain its leadership position among America's major public research universities in terms of percentage of enrollment represented by international students, according to the latest annual "Open Doors" report of the Institute of International Education (IIE).
  • Task Group Calls for Internationalizing UB
    10/25/07
    A University at Buffalo faculty task group has released a set of recommendations for "internationalizing" UB, calling for new investments in student experiences, faculty scholarship and institutional mission.
  • Free Intensive Asian Studies Enrichment Program Open to Area Teachers
    10/12/07
    The Five College Center for East Asian Studies (FCCEAS) at Smith College will sponsor a free, intensive 30-hour, six-session seminar for middle and high school teachers in Western New York.
  • Amnesty International Leader to Speak at UB Law School
    10/3/07
    Irene Zubaida Khan, secretary general of Amnesty International, will deliver the University at Buffalo Law School's Mitchell Lecture at 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 25 in 106 O'Brian Hall on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.