• GSE scholar works to advance climate education in schools
    5/22/26

    Alexandra Schindel is part of a task force working to implement NYS policy requiring climate education for K-12 students.

  • Job got you stressed?
    5/21/26

    In the season finale of the Driven to Discover podcast, UB workplace behavior expert Min-Hsuan Tu offers some practical advice for a frustrated workforce.

  • Can AI help spot ‘healthy’ viruses in our bodies?
    5/21/26

    UB researchers have been awarded $1.6 million grant to use lab methods and AI to probe the human virome.

  • An extra special commencement
    5/21/26

    UB photographer Meredith Forrest Kulwicki was there to capture this special event for UB graduates — and for President Satish K. Tripathi.

  • UB surgeon endows new lecture series
    5/20/26

    The series endowed by Philip Glick and focused on the business of surgery will feature the senior vice president of Northwell Health as the first speaker.

  • UB to host Marie Curie fellow
    5/20/26

    Art historian Ilenia Pittui will conduct research at UB on the iconography of the Ottoman and Safavid worlds.

  • For Tripathi, it’s a wrap at 150
    5/19/26

    As UB's president, Satish K. Tripathi has presided over 150 commencement ceremonies, but Sunday morning's ceremony was admittedly special.

  • Longtime UBNow editor ‘pivots with grace’ one more time
    5/19/26

    Sue Wuetcher is retiring this month after nearly 40 years telling UB's stories.

  • Swihart receives mentoring award
    5/18/26

    The SUNY Distinguished Professor is the 2026 recipient of the Geoffrey Marshall Mentoring Award from the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools.

  • Poetics Program honors Creeley with symposium
    5/18/26

    The two-day event celebrates the centenary of the former UB faculty member who was one of the most revered poets of the 20th century.

  • No plans to retire for UB’s longest-serving faculty couple
    5/15/26

    Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian are still going strong, their shared legacy reaching across classrooms, scholarship and Buffalo’s cultural life.

  • Buffalo without lake-effect snow?
    5/15/26

    UB researchers have uncovered new evidence of a reverse snowbelt in which an Ice Age wind system pushed Great Lakes snowstorms west instead of east.

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  • UB celebrates Juneteenth

    Juneteenth of Buffalo stands as one of the world's longest-running and most attended summer festivals. Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, the UB community turned out for the parade on June 13. About 50 community members representing 70 individual units marched to support resilience, cultural pride and the enduring spirit of collective progress. Photos: Douglas Levere

    Published June 18, 2026

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Celebrating Student Excellence

Recipients of the 2026 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence — the highest honor SUNY bestows on a student — reflect on their journeys, what the award means to them and the True Blue experiences that shaped their success.

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