Philanthropy

News about generous gifts and our philanthropic programs. (see all topics)

Media Advisory: UB Alumni Association to present Achievement Awards Friday
10/12/18
The UB Alumni Association will honor alumni and friends who have brought distinction to the university at the 2018 UBAA Achievement Awards program to be held Oct. 12 in the Center for the Arts on the North Campus.
UB to honor distinguished alumni at annual awards ceremony
10/5/18
The University at Buffalo will recognize 12 distinguished alumni at the UB Alumni Association Achievement Awards ceremony to be held at Oct. 12 in the UB Center for the Arts.
UB alumnus honors father with engineering scholarship
7/20/18
The annual Felix Smith Scholarship for part-time students will continue in perpetuity.
Lee Foundation grants aim to train, retain UB psychology and psychiatry students in Western New York
6/1/18
The awards will benefit Western New York, where there is a lack of mental health professionals and treatment resources.
UB announces $650 million Boldly Buffalo campaign
4/30/18
The University at Buffalo today launches a fundraising campaign that is the largest in university history and the largest in the history of the State University of New York system.
Grabowski named vice president for philanthropy and alumni engagement
11/21/17
Rodney M. Grabowski, a highly accomplished fundraising executive with more than 25 years of experience, has been named UB vice president for philanthropy and alumni engagement.
$4.5 million bequest gift from beloved faculty member to benefit Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
11/17/17
The late Peter Ayers Nickerson, a beloved UB faculty member who spent nearly 50 years teaching in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has given $4.5 million to the school.
UB School of Law unveils the Anthony J. Colucci Jr. Esq. ’58 Buffalo Law Review Suite
10/10/17
Colucci has had a long and successful career in banking, corporate, finance and real estate law.
Media Advisory: Good to be blue: UB to celebrate Homecoming and Family Weekend
10/5/17
Western New York will be seeing blue this weekend as the University at Buffalo celebrates Homecoming and Family Weekend.
Media Advisory: UB to announce major gift at Thursday news conference
10/4/17
The gift will help UB advance its goal of becoming one of the nation’s premier public research universities.