After receiving a five-year, $5 million grant from the NYS DEC, UB is to re-establish and lead the statewide consortium of colleges and universities focusing on scientific leadership in the Great Lakes basin.
Graduate students split between three labs within the UB School of Architecture and Planning have joined forces to research how Buffalo's urban design can be improved to mitigate the long-term effects of climate change. Their work was focused on Buffalo's East Side, where students are working to create a statewide framework for municipalities to utilize when implementing heat-mitigation strategies in a way that is effective and inclusive.
The University at Buffalo has again achieved a Gold rating in an international higher education sustainability measurement tool, achieving higher scores in both academics and campus engagement.
Becoming the second state in the country to do so, New York will be implementing a new cross-curricular requirement for climate change instruction across K–12 schools beginning in the 2027–28 academic year.
