Arts and Culture

News about UB’s arts and humanities programs and related events. (see all topics)

Physics and theater come together as Science & Art Cabaret returns
3/1/22
The event will feature a conversation between two UB physicists and theater professionals following a local production of the play ‘Constellations.'
UB architect Kelly Hayes McAlonie receives lifetime achievement award from AIA New York State
2/4/22
The James William Kideney Award is the highest honor bestowed on a member.
Media Advisory: Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of ‘The 1619 Project’ to speak at UB
1/31/22
Nikole Hannah-Jones appears as part of UB’s Distinguished Speakers Series.
Media Advisory: Olympic gymnast, advocate Aly Raisman to speak at DSS
11/10/21
Raisman, who led the nation’s women’s gymnastics teams in 2012 and 2016, is a positive body image advocate.
Winston Duke lecture cancelled
11/2/21
The lecture, originally set for Oct. 13, then rescheduled for Thursday, was cancelled due to a conflict with Duke’s filming schedule.
UB bio-art project that recreates smell of human sweat named Falling Walls 2021 winner
8/19/21
“Labor,” a biological art project by UB professor Paul Vanouse that uses bacteria to recreate the smell of human sweat, was named one of 10 winners in the art and science category at international science competition Falling Walls 2021.
A historian’s legacy: Building resources to tell history’s untold stories
7/15/21
Lillian S. Williams has devoted much of her career to building archives and organizations to advance the study of Black history, women’s history and local history.
New book explores how poison shaped medieval Chinese medicine and culture
6/28/21
UB history professor Yan Liu probes the history of Chinese medicine through its medicinal substances to tell a previously unwritten story of the value poison acquired in Chinese medicine and culture.
Amid COVID-19, UB researchers improve air safety for BPO
6/11/21
The work concluded the protocols employed by the BPO were effective in containing the aerosols emitted by the musicians.
UB forensic dentist pens sequel to award-winning crime novel
6/8/21
UB professor Mary Bush, a forensic dentist who has helped analyze prominent criminal investigations, published her second crime fiction novel, “The Secrets We Bury,” on June 2.

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