College of Arts and Sciences

Support students in the College of Arts and Sciences through the UB Fund. Give now

Solving for X. This Is Why.

“What problem do you want to solve?” That’s the bold question we put to students and faculty. It’s the question of a lifetime, because choosing an important problem—then working to solve it—creates lifelong fulfillment and makes powerful contributions possible. Now, with support from philanthropy, we’re continuing to find answers to the world’s most pressing questions.

Here Is How We Bring Learning to Life

Foundational to our continued success are the opportunities we give students to learn outside the classroom. Now, we are investing in making these invaluable experiences a reality, through an Experiential Learning Support Fund and Hands-On Learning Spaces. Our vision is simple at its heart: make a CAS education accessible to all while giving each and every student access to the best that UB, Buffalo and our world have to offer.

Here Is How We Practice What We Teach

The college is home to more than 450 faculty experts—researchers, teachers and mentors whose immeasurable contributions to society are eclipsed only by their life-changing impact on our students. Now, we will build on their strengths through two distinct initiatives:

Endowed Innovation Professors: Attracting and retaining faculty members who are dedicated to experiential learning
Innovation Professor Endowed Startup Fund: Providing startup funds to support these professors

Students and a professor inspecting solar panels.

Two students in a lab working on research at a computer.

Here Is How We Change the World, Starting Right Here

Our world is filled with questions that no single discipline can answer. At CAS, we are distinctively equipped to use our multidisciplinary expertise to create lasting solutions to real-world problems. Now, we are seeking significant philanthropic investment in two distinct initiatives.

The Arts Collaboratory

As we create a new model for infusing art and culture throughout a community, we will also ensure that students have the business acumen and entrepreneurial focus that can help them succeed as professional artists.

Experiential Learning Opportunities

Students will gain more meaningful learning experiences, which will live up to the highest standards across our curriculum, and ensure that these experiential opportunities permeate every facet of our culture.

The needs are great. But our ambition to advance the world and our power to effect change are even greater.

We are seeking your investment in designing and building a better world.

News from the College of Arts and Sciences

previous next

Field biologists and NASA planes to map biodiversity in South Africa’s Greater Cape Floristic Region
7/8/21
The region includes two Global Biodiversity Hotspots; the project will document the distribution and function of species and ecosystems.
How did dogs get to the Americas? An ancient bone fragment holds clues
2/23/21
The remains — thought to be the oldest confirmed from a dog in the Americas — support the theory that the animals may have traveled with people along a coastal route. This image is a composite that employs a technique called focus-stacking to show details of the bone more clearly.
Two UB faculty win Fulbright awards
9/27/21
Diana Aga and Robert M. Straubinger are UB's newest faculty recipients of the prestigious international awards.
‘Death Is But a Dream’: Partnering to tell stories about the end of life
4/15/21
UB professor Carine Mardorossian, a writer and author, has worked with hospice doctor Christopher Kerr on projects that explore end-of-life experiences from the perspective of both patients and caregivers.
Rescuing the public from political intolerance requires more than addressing extremism
10/25/21
We’re in a very polarized time with outsized perceptions of each other, Jacob Neiheisel says
How sugar-loving microbes could help power future cars
11/22/21
In a new study, genetically engineered E. coli eat glucose, then help turn it into molecules found in gasoline.
Study: Adult children with college degrees influence parents’ health in later life
7/14/21
Researchers looked at the intergenerational relationship between parents and children over time, while statistically balancing factors that could influence an aging parent’s health.