During UB's spring break week, just over 600 high school students visited the university for the annual Science Exploration Day. More than 50 different presentations, tours, demonstrations and activities were offered during concurrent sessions led by UB faculty, staff, students and external partners. The event was sponsored by the Vice President for Health Sciences; Outreach and Community Engagement, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Hospice & Palliative Care Buffalo; Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences; M&T Bank; and the Buffalo Niagara Medical Center. Photos: Douglas Levere
Published March 25, 2026
In an effort to make it easier for the UB community to recycle — and keep more waste out of landfills — the university this summer is rolling out hundreds of ROT (Recycle, Organics, and Trash) stations across the campuses. The ROT initiative is a key part of UB’s climate action plan aiming for climate neutrality and a zero waste goal of diverting 90% of waste from landfills and waste-to-energy facilities by 2030.
True Blue pride was on full display as President Satish K. Tripathi and Provost A. Scott Weber hosted a celebration honoring UB’s newest inductees to the National Academies of Medicine and Engineering on March 23 at the president’s residence. The inductees, posing with Tripathi (far right) and Weber (far left) are (from left) Andrew Whittaker, SUNY Distinguished Professor, Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, National Academy of Engineering; Allison Brashear, vice president for health sciences and dean, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, National Academy of Medicine; and Maria Lehman, Samuel P. Capen Professor of Engineering Management, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, National Academy of Engineering. Photo: Nancy J. Parisi
Published March 27, 2026