Student Life

News about the student experience at UB. (see all topics)

Praxair named corporate partner of the year by UB Engineering
10/7/14
Pop quiz: How has Praxair enriched the educational experience for University at Buffalo students?
UB’s FAFSA Project opening doors to educational futures
9/30/14
When your team of financial aid specialists can raise the percent of Buffalo high school students successfully completing the all-important financial aid application by 61 percent in a few months, you do the reasonable thing: You try to reach more students.
Beta Alpha Psi honored among world’s best for sixth straight year
9/25/14
The University at Buffalo School of Management’s Beta Alpha Psi was once again recognized as one of the best chapters in the world, accepting several special awards at the organization’s annual meeting held Aug. 7-9 in Atlanta.
UB Law School launches two new international legal studies programs
9/17/14
Continuing to develop its presence in global legal education, the University at Buffalo Law School has begun two new programs for international students.
UB BEAM program hires executive director
9/10/14
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Monika McFoy, who formerly worked as an academic coach coordinator in the University at Buffalo Academic Resource Center, was named executive director of the Buffalo Engineering Awareness for Minorities (BEAM) program in the UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Tap into UB’s expanding universe of experiential learning opportunities
9/2/14
Mini-trips to exotic lands. Mentor connections with renowned professors and accomplished alumni. Community-based service that blends real-world experience with life-changing impact. That’s the real picture behind the University at Buffalo’s expanding focus on “experiential learning."
UB's first food truck to debut at football game
8/29/14
The food truck movement has finally reached the University at Buffalo.
UB Media Advisory: 100 UB students will get hands dirty tilling Buffalo gardens
8/19/14
While most freshmen are deciding on dorm decorations, more than 100 students and faculty members in the University at Buffalo Undergraduate Academies will get their hands dirty weeding and pruning in local community gardens.
Undergraduate Education creates scholarship coordinator role
7/22/14
University at Buffalo students have received Marshall, Fulbright, Goldwater and other prestigious scholarships in the past year. UB hopes to build on that success, which is why the Office of Undergraduate Education recently appointed Elizabeth Colucci as coordinator of nationally competitive fellowships and scholarships.
Student researcher travels to Arctic to test the prediction that the ice-sheet melted later than 12,000 years ago
7/3/14
After one of the snowiest winters in recent history, William Philipps will forego the beach to spend the summer studying glaciers at the world’s northernmost university.