Student Life

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  • A Sign of the Times -- Reference Assistance Now Provided Online by "Instant Librarians"
    11/21/01
    University at Buffalo librarians are offering real-time, online reference assistance to students, some as far away as China, using AOL Instant Messenger software (AIM) in the popular chat room format.
  • Yahoo! Internet Life Ranks UB 10th Among Country's "Most Wired" Colleges, Universities
    9/25/01
    The University at Buffalo is one the nation's top 10 most wired universities, according to Yahoo! Internet Life magazine.
  • UB Students Unearth Parts of Guard Houses, Trinkets During Archaeological Field School at Old Fort Niagara
    8/31/01
    Students in the University at Buffalo's summer archaeological field school at Old Fort Niagara have unearthed parts of the enlisted men's and officers' guard houses built by the British around 1768, as well as sections of the protective palisade around the old French "castle."
  • UB Students Pursue Evolutionary Evidence in Alaska as Part of New Course on Arctic Molecular Ecology
    7/27/01
    In search of evidence that could help explain how certain species were created and how their genome has changed with evolution, a University at Buffalo evolutionary biologist and nine of his students enrolled in a new course on arctic molecular ecology are participating in a two-week research expedition to the arctic climes of Alaska.
  • UB Named IBM "Best Practice" Partner for Innovative Student-Services Web Site
    7/27/01
    MyUB, a personalized Web site linking University at Buffalo students to important information -- including academic and student services -- has earned the university designation as an IBM "Best Practice" partner.
  • UB Announces Plans for Fifth New Housing Complex
    6/27/01
    As construction on its 540-bed Flint Village student housing project nears completion, the University at Buffalo is turning its attention to what administrators say is a pressing need for housing for graduate, professional and married students. UB plans to break ground in August on another residential complex, the fifth such project in five years. Located along Skinnersville Road on the northern edge of the North (Amherst) Campus near the Ellicott Complex, the project is slated for completion in August 2002.
  • Chemistry Major Named Goldwater Scholar
    5/4/01
    Joseph V. Mure of Buffalo, a junior chemistry major at the University at Buffalo, has been selected as a 2001-02 Goldwater Scholar by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation.
  • Wall Street Journal Ranks UB School of Management as One of the World's Top Business Schools
    4/30/01
    The Wall Street Journal has ranked the University at Buffalo School of Management as one of the "top business schools" in the world, according to a report released today within the newspaper's domestic and international editions.
  • Intern-to-Intern Program Pairs At-Risk High School Students with College Students from UB
    4/27/01
    As a high school senior, Tim Sullivan disliked school, and the thought of going on to college was the farthest thing from his mind. That's before he participated in the Intern-to-Intern Program -- a joint effort between Buffalo's Alternative High School and the University at Buffalo School of Management that pairs at-risk high school students with UB business students.
  • UB Student to Bike Cross-Country as Part of Fraternity Project to Raise Funds for People with Disabilities
    4/6/01
    University at Buffalo sophomore Grayson Omans will be one of 70 members of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity who will pedal cross-country this summer on a 3,900-mile "Journey of Hope" to fund projects for people with disabilities. The trip is part of Pi Kappa Phi's national service project, Push America, which is committed to raising awareness and funds on behalf of people with disabilities.