Social-change entrepreneur Veronika Scott will share her insights with the UB community as the undergraduate Academies' 2015 Civic Engagement Keynote Speaker.
Laura Hubbard, vice president for finance and administration, outlined the current SUNY budget picture at last week's meeting of the Professional Staff Senate.
UB faculty member Cecil Foster is one of five jurors who will select the winner of the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize, frequently referred to as “Canada’s Pulitzer.”
The Department of Music is one of several local cultural institutions presenting a six-day festival exploring the work of Charles Ives, considered by many to be America’s first great composer.
UB students, faculty and administrators will gather April 16 to recognize student research and creative achievements at the 11th annual Celebration of Student Academic Excellence.
Identifying discrimination is a necessary first step toward confronting prejudice, yet victims may be unlikely to recognize some types of discrimination unless they have higher self-esteem, according to a new UB study.
The School of Public Health and Health Professions will recognize National Public Health Week April 3-12 with a series of events that highlight and celebrate public health efforts locally and globally.
Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act is bringing much needed attention to an entire class of laws, says Michael Boucai, UB associate professor of law.
In an address to the Voting Faculty, President Satish K. Tripathi said extending predictable tuition increases is a priority as UB officials meet with state lawmakers.
UB's School of Dental Medicine will host its first Dentistry Smiles on Veterans program – a day of free dental screenings, cleanings and repairs for local veterans.
UB is partnering with M&T Bank and the city of Buffalo to provide free, outdoor, public Wi-Fi service along the Main Street corridor from North Street to Canalside and the Erie Basin Marina.
President Satish K. Tripathi attended the Summit of the Americas in Panama City last week, taking part in a panel examining the role of universities in sustainable economic development.
UB’s Research Institute on Addictions has received a federal grant to examine the experience of sexual assault among lesbian and bisexual women compared to heterosexual women.
UB faculty member Daniel Hess has received a fellowship from the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions program to study the aging socialist-era housing in the Baltic states.
President Satish K. Tripathi thanked members of the Western New York legislative delegation for their support of the university at a special event on Monday.
A biotechnology venture that offers a revolutionary new way to deliver cancer drugs has earned three graduate students first place in UB’s Henry A. Panasci Jr. Technology Entrepreneurship Competition.
An upcoming repair project at MacKay Heating Plant, home to UB's peregrine falcons, is prompting the state Department of Environmental Conservation to move the falcon chicks to ensure their safety once they hatch next month.
UB students, faculty and administrators recognized the outstanding scholarly, research and creative achievements of students at the annual Celebration of Student Academic Excellence.
The second Victor E. Reichert Robert Frost lecture on Wednesday will examine a play by poet Robert Frost that serves as the 43rd chapter of the Bible's "Book of Job."
Performance artist Cassils, who performs transgendered, but from a perspective of a continually becoming body, is the featured artist at the next Queer Art Lecture series on April 23.
A new study by UB researchers has found that parents who chronically fail to provide for their children contribute to the likelihood that they will develop aggressive and delinquent tendencies later in adolescence.
About 250 UB students planted trees in South Campus neighborhoods last Saturday as part of the “ReTree the District” project that aims to plant 1,000 trees in the University District by the end of 2016.
The "game-changing" stroke treatment reported last week in the New England Journal of Medicine was long in coming, with UB neurosurgeons developing many of the techniques back in the 1990s.
In recognition of the outstanding guidance and support they give UB undergraduates, faculty members Ana Mariella Bacigalupo, Lance Rintamaki and Mark Swihart have been named recipients of the Meyerson mentoring award for 2015.
New York State’s chief digital officer told a UB audience last week that culture change and education are critical to increasing the numbers of women in STEM-related careers.
UB faculty member José Buscaglia's familiarity with Cuba earned him a spot in the delegation traveling to the Caribbean nation as part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's recent trade mission.
The Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus and UB teamed up to provide some answers to that dreaded question and help families learn more about careers and internship opportunities available on the medical campus.
Five companies, including one founded by two UB medical researchers and another by a UB alumnus, have been approved for START-UP NY through their affiliation with the university.
UB Law professor Michael Boucai believes there is overwhelming evidence to suggest the Supreme Court will grant same-sex couples the right to marry and that the decision hinges on Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Robert G. Wilmers, chairman and chief executive officer of M&T Bank Corporation, will be awarded the Chancellor Charles P. Norton Medal, UB’s highest honor, during the 169th annual University Commencement on May 17.
UB microbiologist Michael Russell writes in the journal mBio that scientists must develop a better understanding of the human immune system and its adaptability in order to deal with increasing drug resistence and deadly viral pathogens.
After two trips to do field research in Europe, UB Law Interim Dean James A. Gardner is back in Buffalo with new insight into the struggle for power between central governments and their states.
Climbing to base camp at Mount Everest was something Scott Weber had wanted to do for some time. But the UB administrator didn't expect that very place to turn into a disaster zone a mere eight days after he returned to Buffalo.
Some 5,645 students are candidates to receive degrees during UB’s 169th University Commencement and 15 other commencement ceremonies being held May 1 through May 23.
“Martha Jackson Graphics,” a new exhibition of prints from UB’s modern graphics collection, will be on view in the UB Anderson Gallery May 2 through Aug. 16.
Silicon Valley legend Steve Wozniak concluded the 2014-15 edition of UB's popular series with a candid discussion of his early days at Apple, the future of technology and his passion for education.
