Global Impact

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

  • International Humanitarian Amma to Receive Honorary Degree at UB
    5/18/10
    Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, chancellor of India's Amrita University, will receive a State University of New York Doctor of Humane Letters degree at a conferral ceremony to be held at 2 p.m. May 25 in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall on the University at Buffalo North Campus.
  • UB Confucius Institute to Mark Grand Opening with Traditional Chinese Music and Dance
    4/1/10
    The University at Buffalo will celebrate the grand opening of its Confucius Institute on April 9 with a ceremony featuring lively Chinese music and colorful dance, along with welcoming remarks by UB President John B. Simpson and Gong Huili, executive president of Capital Normal University in Beijing.
  • Media Advisory: Members of the UB Community Will Discuss Their Participation in Haiti Relief Efforts in "UB Reaching Others: The January 2010 Haiti Earthquake"
    3/25/10
    One UB faculty member treated survivors on a U.S. Navy ship; another led engineers to assess the safety of structures in Port-au-Prince, while another used remote sensing technologies to help determine the extent of damage.
  • UB, Nichols to Present Chinese New Year's Performance by Troupe from Wuhan, China
    1/28/10
    On Feb. 10 at 7 p.m., a performing arts troupe of musicians and dancers from Wuhan, China, will present a Celebration of China's New Year of the Tiger at Nichols School, 1250 Amherst St. in Buffalo.
  • UB Undergraduates Travel to Singapore to Study Student Leadership in Other Cultures
    12/31/09
    Seven University at Buffalo undergraduates interested in learning more about student leadership in other cultures are studying in the Far East through Jan. 8 as part of UB's SLIDE (Student Leadership International Dialogue and Exchange) Program.
  • UB to Celebrate International Education Week Nov. 16-20
    11/6/09
    The University at Buffalo will celebrate International Education Week (IEW), a joint initiative of the U.S. departments of State and Education to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to experience the U.S., Nov. 16-20.
  • Roswell Park Cancer Institute and the University at Buffalo to Initiate New Transatlantic Graduate Program
    10/7/09
    Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) and the University at Buffalo (UB) have received a $400,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to establish a dual master's degree program in the biology and systems of cancer. The RPCI/UB team will work collaboratively with universities in Luxembourg and the Netherlands to implement the graduate program.
  • UB Receives Grant to Expand South Asian Studies Program
    9/15/09
    The Asian Studies Program at the University at Buffalo has received a two-year, $172,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to expand the university's undergraduate course offerings, academic exchanges and events related to South Asia.
  • Media Advisory: UB to Host Foreign Trade Commissioners, Part of Governor's International Effort
    4/29/09
    A delegation of 60 Foreign Trade Commissioners, brought to Buffalo by Governor Paterson, will participate in a panel discussion with leaders from the University at Buffalo to discuss how UB's collaborations with industry have generated economic growth regionally and around the world.
  • French Ambassador to Speak on Renewal of U.S.-French Relations at UB in April
    3/25/09
    His Excellency Pierre Vimont, ambassador of France to the United States, will visit the University at Buffalo on April 8 to present a public lecture, "The United States and France and the Renewal of Transatlantic Relations," in which he will discuss the changing nature of relations between the two nations over the past several years.