Student Life

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Media Advisory: UB students to begin moving into residence halls
8/17/26
UB will also host Welcome Weekend, an annual celebration to mark the start of the school year.
EOP Summer Bridge welcomes students for extended orientation
7/30/26
The program, part of a broader SUNY effort, gives new UB students a head start, prepares them for success.
UB renames Department of Electrical Engineering
7/30/26
Name change – to the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering – reflects its longstanding research and education in computer engineering.
UB’s ‘SEE’ program sharpens focus in year three
7/28/26
Eighty-four externs at 41 host organizations discover wide career spectrum WNY offers.
UB trains future AI, cybersecurity and advanced manufacturing workforce
7/10/26
Programs are supported by two National Science Foundation grants totaling $950,000.
New Office of AI Innovation and Integration centralizes AI efforts at UB
7/8/26
The office will connect people and ideas, help guide projects from concept to implementation, and ensure responsible use of AI.
UB School of Nursing launches upstate New York’s first Midwifery DNP program
6/22/26
The effort will strengthen the maternal health workforce, and improve patient outcomes.
Students help advance sustainability in Moog’s supply chain
6/18/26
The work is part of UB’s Carbon Reduction Challenge course, in which students work with local companies.
NSF fellowship recipient to develop viable fuels from CO2
6/9/26
Nicholas Reilly, a recent chemical engineering alum, has received the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program award.
Media Advisory: UB hosts ‘Talking Cancer in the African American Community,’ offering cancer screenings
6/5/26
Event is partnership between First Shiloh Baptist Church and the Jacobs School’s Neighborhood Network of Integrated Care.