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UB to hold commencement ceremonies

Graduates tossing caps, Abbott Hall in the background.

Photo: Douglas Levere

UBNOW STAFF

Published April 26, 2024

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Some 6,453 students are candidates to receive 6,909 degrees and certificates during UB’s 2024 commencement ceremonies being held April 26 through May 19.

Commencement season begins today with the ceremony for students graduating from the MD program in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. The event, the Jacob School’s 178th annual commencement ceremony, will take place at 3 p.m. in the Center for the Arts. James Marks, a former executive vice president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a former U.S. assistant surgeon general and a 1973 graduate of the Jacobs School, will receive a SUNY honorary degree in science.

The remainder of the commencement schedule:

  • School of Dental Medicine: 3 p.m. May 3, Center for the Arts.
  • School of Public Health and Health Professions: 5 p.m. May 16, Alumni Arena.
  • School of Nursing: 9 a.m. May 17, Alumni Arena.
  • Graduate School of Education: 9 a.m. May 17, Center for the Arts.
  • School of Management (undergraduate): 1 p.m. May 17, Alumni Arena.
  • College of Arts and Sciences (graduate): 1 p.m., May 17, Center for the Arts.
  • School of Management (graduate): 5 p.m. May 17, Alumni Arena.
  • School of Architecture and Planning: 5 p.m., May 17, Center for the Arts.
  • School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (graduate 1): 9 a.m. May 18, Alumni Arena. The UB President’s Medal will be presented to Venu Govindaraju, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and vice president for research and economic development.
  • School of Social Work: 9 a.m., May 18, Center for the Arts.
  • School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (graduate 2): 1 p.m. May 18, Alumni Arena.
  • School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences: 1 p.m. May 18, Center for the Arts.
  • School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (undergraduate): 5 p.m. May 18, Alumni Arena. The President’s Medal will be presented to Deborah Duen Ling Chung, professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
  • College of Arts and Sciences (undergraduate arts, natural sciences and math): 9 a.m., May 19, Alumni Arena.
  • Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (undergraduate and graduate): 9 a.m. May 19, Center for the Arts.
  • College of Arts and Sciences (undergraduate humanities and social sciences): 1 p.m., May 19, Alumni Arena.
  • School of Law: 1 p.m. May 19, Center for the Arts.

The university also is holding several university-wide recognition and certificate ceremonies:

  • Veterans and Military Recognition Ceremony honoring graduating UB students who are reservists, members of the National Guard, newly commissioned officers or veterans of the U.S. armed forces: 3 p.m. April 24, Buffalo Room, 10 Capen Hall.
  • Lavender Ceremony celebrating the achievements of graduating students who identify with the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community at UB: 3 p.m. May 10, 145 Student Union.
  • Educational Opportunity Center, 7 p.m. May 15, Center for the Arts.
  • ALANA Celebration of Achievement honoring graduating ALANA (African, Latino/a, Asian and Native American) students: 2 p.m. May 16, Center for the Arts.
  • University Honors College, 7:30 p.m. May 16, Center for the Arts.