Student Life

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  • UB to Hold 166th Commencement Ceremony on Sunday
    5/11/12
    Some 5,800 students are candidates to receive degrees this year as the University at Buffalo holds its 166th general commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. Sunday, May 13, in Alumni Arena on the UB North Campus.
  • More Than 5,800 Students to Graduate from UB in May
    5/3/12
    More than 5,800 students are candidates to receive degrees during the University at Buffalo's 166th general commencement and 14 other commencement ceremonies that will be held through May 22.
  • $35,000 Awarded in UB Entrepreneurship Competition
    5/3/12
    More than $45,000 in seed funding and in-kind business services was awarded to the top two teams in the University at Buffalo's Henry A. Panasci Jr. Technology Entrepreneurship Competition (Panasci TEC).
  • Media Advisory: More Than 175 University at Buffalo Students to Volunteer on Tuesday
    4/30/12
    More than 175 University at Buffalo students will volunteer across the Buffalo Niagara region Tuesday as part of the university's Pride and Service Day.
  • Media Advisory: Seven-time Tour de France Winner Lance Armstrong to Speak at UB
    4/27/12
    Lance Armstrong, seven-time Tour de France winner and founder of the Lance Armstrong Foundation, will speak at 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 28, in Alumni Arena as part of the University at Buffalo's Distinguished Speakers Series.
  • UB's Undergraduate Academies Enriches Students and Allows Them to Excel
    4/26/12
    "I want to be mayor of Buffalo," said Mike Puma, a University at Buffalo freshman at the time.
  • UB Competition Recognizes High School Entrepreneurs
    4/25/12
    Five students from area high schools won first place in an entrepreneurship competition on March 31 for their winning business proposal, an environmentally friendly gym.
  • Free Tax Service at UB Brings More than $1.3 Million Back to WNY
    4/24/12
    During the 2012 tax season, 126 IRS-certified accounting students from the University at Buffalo School of Management brought $1,353,406 back into the Buffalo community through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program.
  • 'Diversity in Disability' Symposium Brings Renowned Advocates to UB
    4/12/12
    Ari Ne'eman, founding president of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, will be among speakers at "Diversity in Disability," a University at Buffalo symposium on the role that disability plays in diversity and the formulation of identity.
  • NASA Astrophysicist to Discuss the 'History of the Universe, in a Nutshell'
    4/11/12
    A senior astrophysicist from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center will regale guests of the University at Buffalo with a brief history of the universe. John Mather, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist who specializes in infrared astronomy and cosmology, will deliver the UB Department of Physics' 18th annual Moti Lal Rustgi Memorial Lecture on Friday, April 20 at 5 p.m. in 225 Natural Sciences Complex on UB's North Campus in Amherst, N.Y.