Alumni

When it came time to choose a home for the state’s new $400-million artificial intelligence consortium, Empire AI, the University at Buffalo was a natural fit.

Innovation Boosted by AI

As a research university with an entrepreneurial mindset, UB’s AI resources go beyond the campus to help organizations solve problems in the real world.

60 Seconds With Holly Hughes

Holly E. Hughes, MA ’02, helps manage one of the world’s premier collections of 20th century modern art at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum.

Protecting our ocean one treaty at a time

If Elizabeth Kim, PhD ’97, JD ’94, BA ’87, has her way, 30% of the world’s ocean will be protected by 2030, in large part because of a global treaty she helped negotiate.

Greatest of All Time

Winnie the therapy goat, and her pal Clark, offered UB students a way to ﬁnd some stress relief outside the Student Union in fall 2024.

Futura Breaks Out

Multidimensional artist FUTURA spoke in the Center for the Arts in September to coincide with the survey exhibition FUTURA 2000: Breaking Out.

Collaborative Care

Founded by medical students, the Lighthouse Free Medical Clinic serves uninsured patients in Buffalo with free health care as well as health insurance assistance.

Barbie Dream Campus

University Facilities staff and School of Architecture and Planning faculty won two of the three awards in a Gingerbread Build competition.

February Frisbee

Students gathered for pick-up games at Kunz Field on an unseasonably warm Friday afternoon in February 2024.

Solar Eclipse

Western New Yorkers witnessed the total solar eclipse on April 8. Totality lasted approximately 3 minutes, 30 seconds.

Explore the archive Find stories from all our previous print issues

One Big Community
5/15/23
UB alumna believes philanthropy is about leaving a legacy, so she's leaving hers for rising entrepreneurs.
Teaching With a Cause
1/10/23
Crump is combining his previous experience with the knowledge gained from the teacher residency program to set a path for his students that he also walked down. With Crump in the classroom, more students can also confidently say, “I’ve got plenty of time.”
Stumbling upon a passion for public health
6/4/19
When Jackie Andula (BS '90, MPH '03) first graduated with her nursing degree from UB, she had no idea she’d accidentally stumble upon a passion for public health that would span over three decades.
A Pathway to Hope
3/30/21
Margie Hempling McGlynn has endowed a professorship in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences to find holistic solutions for rare genetic diseases.
Living Art Out Loud
3/8/21
Visiting professor Michael Mwenso says he feels “very fortunate to be at UB and the Arts Collaboratory...and teach about Black music and how it can empower your life and make you be a deeper human being.”
Speaking Truth to Power
1/30/19
When Henry Louis Taylor Jr. was a little boy, he remembers his father posing enigmatic but probing questions. “He would always ask me things like, ‘Son, what victories will you win for humanity?’ he says. “‘How will you change the world?’”

Spring 2024

Our Most Recent Print Issue

In this issue, learn about UB’s half century of pioneering work in artificial intelligence, how an alumna is working to save the ocean, and find out what curating a major modern art gallery takes.

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Nostalgia

Once in a (UB student's) Lifetime

6/4/24

Talking Heads frontman David Byrne, left, strikes one of his signature dance moves during the Homecoming Weekend concert on Oct. 9, 1983, in Alumni Arena. The 21-song setlist included the classics "Once in a Lifetime," "Burning Down the House, "Genius of Love" and "Take Me to the River." Presented by the University Union Activities Board, tickets were $10 for students and $13 for the general public.