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Dancing His Dreams to Life
4/28/20
Kurtis Sprung landed his dream job with Circque du Soleil and competed on World of Dance.
Data storyteller
10/21/20
As you binge the latest hit on Netflix, scientists like Kamer Toker-Yildiz, PhD ’14, are using data to optimize your experience—and that of its 183 million subscribers worldwide—and reach new audiences.
Driving Diversity for the NFL
3/30/21
Beane spearheads the NFL’s overarching diversity, equity and inclusion strategy, and will collaborate with senior leadership to drive actionable change.
Facebook’s engineering director on 8 ways to think like an entrepreneur
10/15/19
We sat down with Tom Occhino, BS '07, engineering director at Facebook, to hear the eight things he recommends for thinking like an entrepreneur.
Feeling connected through Non-traditional social strategies
1/30/19
Non-traditional social strategies, like watching television, are just as effective at fulfilling social needs as family connections or romantic relationships, according to new UB research.