Global Impact

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

  • Student Mobility, Globalization to be Topics of International Forum on Oct. 16
    9/24/04
    Higher-education leaders from more than 15 countries -- including presidents from 10 overseas universities -- will gather at UB next month to discuss how globalization and government policies are creating opportunities and barriers for international students who wish to study in the United States or elsewhere in the world.
  • China's Consul General Presents 500 Chinese Texts to UB Libraries
    7/28/04
    Ambassador Liu Biwei, consul general of the People's Republic of China, led a delegation from his New York City office that today presented a gift of 500 Chinese texts to the University at Buffalo Libraries.
  • UB Plans to Branch-Out Overseas with New Programs and Campuses
    4/15/04
    Faced with possible declines in international-student enrollments due to strict post-9/11 student-visa regulations, the University at Buffalo is among several U.S. institutions reaching out to international students by establishing new programs and campuses on international soil.
  • Singapore Program Will Be University at Buffalo's First Undergraduate Program Operated Entirely Overseas
    11/14/03
    The University at Buffalo has established a program at the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) that will lead to a bachelor's degree in business administration from UB. Beginning in June 2004, it will be the first UB undergraduate degree program to be delivered entirely overseas.
  • Full Menu of Events Slated for International Education Week at UB
    11/11/03
    The University at Buffalo is joining schools, colleges and universities across the country in the celebration of International Education Week, being held Nov. 15-21.
  • UB Aims to Increase Enrollment of Canadian Students by Offering Scholarships for Incoming International Freshmen
    5/15/03
    Beginning in the Fall 2003 semester, the University at Buffalo will offer renewable $2,500 scholarships to qualified international students who are incoming freshmen.
  • Distinguished UB Graduate is China's New Education Minister
    4/4/03
    Zhou Ji, a distinguished researcher and scholar who received master's and doctoral degrees in mechanical and aerospace engineering from the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Science, has been named minister of education of the People's Republic of China.
  • Recruitment Opportunities Abound for U.S. Universities as Canadian High Schools Graduate "Double Cohort" in 2003
    6/5/02
    The University at Buffalo is among U.S. institutions gearing up to recruit the most talented of the as may as 75,000 Canadian high school graduates who could be migrating to the United States next year to fill seats in college and university classrooms unavailable to them in their homeland.
  • International Education Expert Calls Presidential Directive Restricting Graduate Student Studies "Ghastly"
    5/3/02
    Stephen Dunnett, vice provost for international education at the University at Buffalo and a national leader in the field of international education, today expressed serious concern over a "hidden" directive from President George Bush that, if implemented, would place stricter controls on student visas and bar "certain international students from pursuing education and training in sensitive areas."
  • Graduate School of Education to Begin Counseling Degree Program in Singapore in June
    3/15/02
    In response to a new training priority identified by the Singapore Ministry of Education, the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education will offer a 36-credit hour Master of Education Degree in School Counseling through Singapore's Center for American Education in Singapore beginning June 15.