UB will raise minimum stipends to $23,000 and $29,900 for full-time, fully funded PhD students on 10-month and 12-month appointments, respectively, effective fall 2023. These increases will ensure that PhD stipends remain competitive and UB programs are able to recruit the very best PhD students to the university.

John B. King Jr., a lifelong educator and secretary of education in the Obama administration, was appointed SUNY’s 15th chancellor today by the board of trustees.

The UB Foundation has announced the sale of the historic Butler Mansion in downtown Buffalo to Douglas Development for $3.75 million. 

UB is no stranger to the World University Games. The university was a host to the games in July 1993, providing the venues for track and field, diving, tennis and volleyball, and housing the games’ 5,000 participants in the Ellicott Complex. And UB Stadium was built specially for the games and remains one of the World University Games’ most recognizable legacies.

Lois J. Baker, a longtime member of University Communications, died Dec. 1 in Harris Hill Nursing Facility from complications from dementia. She was 77.