Community Partnerships

News about partnerships and programs that support the local community, including community-led initiatives. (see all topics)

Uncovering the past at a Buffalo church
7/26/24
UB archaeologist Douglas Perrelli and his students are conducting a dig on the site of Buffalo’s historic Michigan Street Baptist Church.
Media Advisory: Children to receive school supplies Saturday in honor of the late Dr. Jonathan Daniels
7/25/24
Approximately 300 supply-filled backpacks will be given to students in grades K-8.
UB’s New York State Center for Plastics Recycling Research and Innovation hosts first New York state microplastics summit
7/3/24
Microplastics enter the environment from the breakdown of macroplastics that often come from cosmetics, synthetic fibers on clothing, tire ware, industrial processes, packaging and more.
Media Advisory: Leaders from IBM, M&T Bank, Moog, other companies to discuss AI and industry
5/30/24
The event will be Friday morning on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.
Dental school partners with TeamSmile, Buffalo Bills to provide free dental care in half-day event
5/8/24
Hygiene and treatment units will be set up in Highmark Stadium to serve more than 200 kids .
UB awarded $1.25 million grant to create clean energy research hub
4/1/24
The project, supported by Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, will tap UB’s expertise in materials science, advanced manufacturing, AI and more.
UB elevates data and information fusion center to institute
3/8/24
The relaunch reflects UB researchers’ expertise in space defense, big data, automated decision making and cybersecurity.
More than 400 engage at the Jacobs School to discuss ‘How We Change the Black East Side’
3/7/24
Several hundred people from Buffalo and UB filled the M&T Auditorium in the Jacobs School to capacity to launch a grassroots movement creating a bold, new vision for the Black East Side.
NFL Physicians Society selects Leslie Bisson, UB professor and Bills head team physician, for top research award
3/6/24
After providing on-field care for Damar Hamlin when he suffered cardiac arrest, Leslie J. Bisson, MD, is leading an effort to do CPR training in underserved communities
Media Advisory: UB provides free tax prep services to Western New Yorkers
2/21/24
The program has prepared more than 10,000 tax returns and brought nearly $13 million in tax refunds back to participants over the past eight years.

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