• Building homes easier
    10/12/26

    Partnership between the School of Architecture and Planning, City of Buffalo taps into successful trend of creating pre-approved housing on vacant lots.

     

  • Advancing justice, inspiring change
    10/12/26

    Law professor Heather Abraham reflects on her academic journey, the questions that drive her scholarship, the rewards of teaching, and what lies ahead in her work.

  • PhD student receives Health and Aging Policy Fellowship
    10/12/26

    Mary Milnamow, a social welfare PhD student in the School of Social Work, plans to work as an aging and caregiving researcher and policy advisor.

  • Studying extreme heat among food service workers
    10/9/26

    The team, led by Daniel Jackson Smith of the School of Nursing, was recently awarded a $467,507 grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.

  • BlackRock Future Builders awards UB over $630,000
    10/9/26

    The grant will help UB modernize construction trades training and update credentials through Industry Ready New York, a multi-region workforce initiative.

  • UB, Buffalo residents partner on documentary
    10/9/26

    Public premiere for “Buffalo Corridors” will take place Oct. 12 at the North Park Theatre on Hertel Avenue in Buffalo. 

  • An inaccurate picture of mental health
    10/8/26

    Management study finds that when app designers work on the mental health issues people tend to conceal, they often end up with solutions that can make problems worse.

  • Araujo elected to international committee
    10/8/26

    The School of Dental Medicine dean has been elected to the Science Committee of the FDI World Dental Federation.

  • Ending gun violence
    10/7/26

    Jacobs School conference in September created a space to honor lives lost, share experiences and evidence, and identify solutions to the ongoing public health crisis.

  • Joyce museum receives Irish backing
    10/7/26

    Ireland prime minister announced the Irish government will provide $90,000 in funding to the UB Libraries for the planned UB James Joyce Museum.

  • Making scientists more relatable
    10/7/26

    With an NSF grant, Robin Costello is developing a tool to measure how undergraduate STEM students perceive scientists.

  • Homecoming and Family Weekend in photos
    10/7/26

    See how campus came to life for this True Blue tradition, as seen through the lenses of UB photographers.

  • Celebrating 90 years

    The UB School of Nursing is commemorationg its 90th annivesary and the party started last month with a gala celebration held at the Richardson Hotel on Sept 23. The school welcomed alumni, community partners, faculty, staff, students and friends, and honored the 2026 alumni award recipients, who were announced that night. Photos: Heather Bellini, Bellini Studios

    Published October 13, 2026

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A new cultural landmark

Despite having the world’s largest and most comprehensive James Joyce collection since 1950, the Poetry Collection in UB Libraries has never had a dedicated museum area in which to share its Joyce materials with the general public. Creating a new landmark visitor attraction in the heart of Buffalo will ensure that UB continues as a cultural destination for academic researchers and literary scholars, along with enhancing the already robust cultural tourism of the Buffalo-Niagara region. Read more

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