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FOR THE FUTURE OF
EDUCATION

UB has set a course for excellence that includes attracting the best and brightest faculty and researchers to guide and mentor students and pursue discoveries that transform society.

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Bright

Increasing the number of endowed professorships and tenure-track faculty means UB is well positioned to join other esteemed peers among the top 25 public research universities in the nation.

The Parker Quartet, on campus to perform the Slee Beethoven String Quartet Cycle, conducted a masterclass in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall, coaching UB students.

The internationally acclaimed Parker Quartet, on campus to perform the Slee Beethoven String Quartet Cycle, conducted a masterclass on in March 2023 in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall, coaching UB students in an open session. The cycle is the result of a bequest from Frederick and Alice Slee, which has funded the six concerts of all the Beethoven string quartets since 1955. Photographer: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki

Faculty Chairs

54 new endowed faculty positions were created thanks to generous gifts to the Boldly Buffalo campaign, including chairs and professors in the following disciplines:

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Advanced manufacturing and biotechnology
  • Engineering sustainability
  • Accounting and law
  • Social justice
  • Clinical pharmacy
  • Drug discovery and development

Boldly Buffalo by the numbers

$780 M

Invested in student support and success

$185 M

Raised to strengthen UB's academics through endowed positions and research

303

New scholarships established

Supportive

Scholarships provide our students with the priceless opportunity to think bigger, go further and tap into their fullest potential as researchers, scholars and leaders. Providing more scholarships enables more students from more backgrounds to earn a degree—and take on the world.

All that is not given is lost

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Daniel Alexander, MD ‘99, BA ‘95, and Gail Alexander, BS ‘87, decided to help students achieve their dreams through UB to shape next version of Western New York, by developing our next generation of doctors.

"Do It Right, and Do It Right Now!"

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Known for living by the motto "do it right, and do it right now," Jack Davis believed  in the transformative power of education and spent his career moving forward and giving back to future UB engineers.

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