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UB Theatre and Dance presents: The Threepenny Opera
2/13/19
The play opens in May in the Center for the Arts.
UB Theatre and Dance presents 'Julius Caesar'
2/5/19
Shakespeare’s epic tragedy explores honor, ambition, betrayal and the twist of fate that plunges Rome into war.
UB faculty member leads team representing U.S. at international theater design exhibition
1/17/19
UB's Jonathan Shimon has been selected as the technical director by the United States Institute for Theatre Technology for the U.S. entry in the 2019 Prague Quadrennial, the global showcase for the best in performance design, scenography and theater architecture.
Fearful conservatives and angry liberals process political information differently
1/9/19
Fear and anger related to the 2016 presidential election and climate change, one of the campaign’s major issues, had different effects on the way conservatives and liberals processed information about the two topics, according to a new UB study.
UB to present music group Ranky Tanky
12/17/18
The group had been profiled on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross and their album soared to the No. 1 position on the Billboard.
Anthology inspires critical thinking about the importance, history and possibilities of women’s sports
12/13/18
Dartmouth College Press has released an updated and expanded edition of “Women and Sports in the United States: A Documentary Reader,” co-edited by Susan Cahn, professor of history in the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences.
One tree, 40 different fruits? Yes, really. Hybrid tree artist to headline at Buffalo Science & Art Cabaret
11/30/18
Sam Van Aken is developing real-life trees that will bloom in multiple colors and bear 40 different kinds of fruit.
Peg + Cat Live!
11/29/18
Buffalo, N.Y. - The University at Buffalo Center for the Arts, presents Peg + Cat Live! Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $79 (VIP), $35, $25, and go on sale Wednesday, November 28 at 10 a.m. online and 12 p.m. at the Center Box Office.
South Campus garden memorializes former Poorhouse residents
11/27/18
The University at Buffalo officially dedicated a memorial garden yesterday to honor those who died in the care of the former Erie County Poorhouse and were buried on land that is today part of UB’s South Campus.
Robotics, virtual reality and the intelligence of art are center of WNY’s first LASER Talk
11/21/18
Artificial life, robotics and human-computer interaction will be the focus of Buffalo’s first LASER Talk, an international program that gathers artists and scientists for the exchange of information and ideas.