Alumni

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UB literacy teachers in demand during challenging educational times
10/29/13
Graduates of the University at Buffalo’s Center for Literacy and Reading Instruction (CLaRI) gave their alma mater a meaningful gift to celebrate its 50th year of service.
College of Arts and Sciences to begin new ‘Scholars on the Road’ lecture series
10/25/13
The University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences will connect with alumni through a mutual love of zombies, theater and new technology in their new “Scholars on the Road” lecture series.
UB alumnus, a national expert on U.S. economy, to speak at CTRC in November
10/16/13
A top national expert – who also happens to be University at Buffalo graduate – will discuss the state of the U.S. economy on Wednesday, Nov. 13, at the UB Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC)
UB to celebrate Homecoming and Family Weekend Oct. 4-6
9/16/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The University at Buffalo will celebrate Homecoming and Family Weekend Oct. 4-6 with a variety of activities to be held on the North Campus.
Bright Buffalo Niagara seeks company presenters for fall venture forum
7/18/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Bright Buffalo Niagara, Western New York’s premier venture forum, is accepting applications from early-stage high-tech companies that wish to present at the annual entrepreneur showcase on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1.
UB students head to Houston to test micropump at near-zero gravity for NASA
7/1/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – NASA is welcoming six students from the University at Buffalo to test how much more effective a pump could be if it used electricity instead of mechanical parts in the low-gravity conditions of space travel.
University at Buffalo Alumni Association elects first out-of-town president
6/28/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Carol Gloff of Natick, Mass., has been elected to serve a two-year term as president of the University at Buffalo Alumni Association (UBAA), a group that represents the interests of more than 230,000 graduates around the world.
Founder of Chinese search-engine giant Baidu, Robin Li, and wife make gift to UB Engineering
6/27/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – A gift of $200,000 from Melissa Dongmin Ma and Robin Li, MS '94, co-founder of China’s search-engine giant Baidu.com, will fund a laboratory in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in the University at Buffalo’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.The Robin Li Data Mining and Machine Learning Laboratory will be located in Davis Hall on the North Campus.
SoftBank Capital Partner, Z80 Labs founder Jordan Levy to speak to students on entrepreneurship
4/15/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Jordan Levy — venture capitalist, entrepreneur, Synacor board member and co-founder of Buffalo’s Z80 Labs technology incubator — will speak with University at Buffalo students on April 17, offering his take on why we need to change the way we think to foster entrepreneurship.
Heavy lifting by UB students aims to help revive the Heights neighborhood
4/3/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – They are called PULL projects – multiyear Pop-Up Living Laboratories – whose aim is to promote economic stabilization, neighborhood revitalization, crime reduction and a prosperous business district in the Heights neighborhood surrounding the University at Buffalo South Campus.