Alumni

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  • 16 to be honored by the UB Alumni Association
    3/22/13
    BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The University at Buffalo Alumni Association will honor a physicist and a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph during the UB Alumni Association Achievement Awards ceremony to be held at 6 p.m. April 12 in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall on the UB North Campus.
  • Buffalo bee dwelling wins international architecture award
    3/21/13
    BUFFALO, N.Y. — Elevator B, a honeycomb-themed tower housing bees on Buffalo’s waterfront, has won a highly-regarded international architecture award.
  • Undergraduate Academies to host entrepreneurship speaker series lecture
    2/8/13
    BUFFALO, N.Y. – A handful of Buffalo’s most driven risk-takers will gather Tuesday, Feb. 12, for an entrepreneurship speaker series hosted by University at Buffalo’s Entrepreneurship Academy to teach UB students how to hand in homework by day, and manage a thriving business at night.
  • UB Alumni Association to Present Scholarships to Six
    1/25/13
    BUFFALO, N.Y. – University at Buffalo Alumni Association President Tim Lafferty, BS ’86, will present $8,000 in scholarship money to six students during the UB Alumni Association scholarship dinner Feb. 8 in the Center for Tomorrow on the UB North Campus.
  • Obama Awards Highest Technology Honor to Buffalo Businessman and UB Alumnus Norman McCombs
    1/8/13
    BUFFALO, N.Y. -- President Barack Obama has announced that Norman R. McCombs, a University at Buffalo alumnus who developed an oxygen production system that spawned a billion dollar industry and helped ease the pain of millions suffering from lung diseases, was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the U.S. government’s highest honor for technological achievement.
  • Through Science, Alumni Give Back to Buffalo Schools
    12/28/12

    Two Hutch Tech graduates — now scientists — return to the Buffalo Public Schools to work with teachers and students in a science education program.

  • UB Incubator Program Welcomes Seven New Companies in 2012
    12/27/12

    The University at Buffalo’s business incubators welcomed seven new tenants in 2012, including companies working in Western New York’s biomedical, energy, materials and high-tech sectors.

  • UB’s “Best Value” Rank Improves, Kiplinger’s says
    12/27/12
    BUFFALO, N.Y. — The University at Buffalo’s standing among colleges that provide a quality education at an affordable price continues to climb, according to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance.
  • A Life Sciences Phoenix: QuaDPharma Rises, Led By Experts from Departed WNY Firm
    12/11/12
    With help from UB, former employees of Contract Pharmaceuticals Limited have launched QuaDPharma, a Clarence-based pharmaceuticals manufacturer.
  • UB's Gifted Math Program Challenges Buffalo's Brightest Students
    12/5/12
    David Wang was underachieving in math class because he was too smart. The seventh grader at Transit Middle School simply lost interest in the subject. What he needed was a challenge. His father decided to reignite his son's curiosity in math by enrolling him in the Gifted Math Program (GMP), an after-school, advanced mathematics program for middle and high school students at the University at Buffalo.