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Media Advisory: ‘Insider’ Jeffrey Wigand to discuss his tobacco industry experience at UB
3/27/14
BUFFALO, N.Y. – University at Buffalo alumnus and tobacco industry whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand will be at UB to talk about his experience with the tobacco industry at 9:30 a.m. Friday, March 28th, in 125 Kimball on the South Campus.
Nursing expert on diabetes to present the 2014 Margaret A. Nelson Lecture
3/20/14
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Gail D’Eramo Melkus, EdD, C-NP, FAAN, the Florence and William Downs Professor in Nursing Research and director of the Muriel and Virginia Pless Center for Nursing Research at New York University will present the annual Margaret A. Nelson Lecture at 2 p.m. on March 28 in 114 Wende Hall on UB’s South Campus.
13 to be honored by the UB Alumni Association
3/17/14
Among the 230,000 University at Buffalo alumni around the world, only a handful are selected annually to receive an award from the UB Alumni Association. This year the honorees include Jeffrey Wigand, who became a whistle blower against the tobacco industry; Jeffrey Umland, who designed the landing gear for the Mars Rover Curiosity; and Janet Litster Rideout, co-inventor of the AIDS treatment AZT.
Media advisory: UB to host its largest job and career fair Wednesday on North Campus
3/11/14
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Whether UB students are seeking full-time jobs or internships, CareerFest 2014 is an important step.
‘Watch parties’ unite Bulls nation back home
12/20/13
A variety of local viewing parties will give University at Buffalo Bulls football fans the chance to mix familiar chicken wings with the potato theme of the day as fans gather on Famous Idaho Potato Bowl day to cheer for their team and reaffirm their university connection.
UB Nation unites in party mode to support bowl game
12/16/13
All Hail Buffalo Bulls Nation. A network of “watch-parties” stretching from Buffalo to both American coasts will gather at homes and restaurants at kick-off time to cheer on the University at Buffalo’s latest national bowl appearance.
Malaysian alum is UB’s first director of international alumni relations.
12/11/13
Wei-Loon Leong, a double alumnus of the University at Buffalo, has returned to Buffalo from China eight years after his graduation to be the university’s first director of international alumni relations.
Bowl game gives UB a chance to shine before national audience
12/11/13
The University at Buffalo is heading to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl on Dec. 21, giving the university an opportunity to introduce a national audience to the institution’s athletic, academic and research strengths.
Smile! In video, UB students share why they’re thankful this holiday season
11/26/13
Sure, it’s gray outside, but that’s no reason to feel grim. In a Thanksgiving video, University at Buffalo students share what has them smiling this holiday season.
Lee Foundation makes $600,000 gift to UB for schizophrenia research
11/5/13
A gift from the Patrick P. Lee Foundation is funding a University at Buffalo scientist’s promising research on the cause of schizophrenia.