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News about UB’s graduate education programs and our partnerships with local schools. (see all topics)

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  • Increasing Organ Donations Among NYC Minorities Goal of Study
    11/5/07
    A study aimed at increasing the number of African-American, Hispanic and Asian registered organ donors in New York City and focusing on college students is underway and headed by a researcher at the University at Buffalo.
  • Task Group Calls for Internationalizing UB
    10/25/07
    A University at Buffalo faculty task group has released a set of recommendations for "internationalizing" UB, calling for new investments in student experiences, faculty scholarship and institutional mission.
  • Getting Fathers Involved in Children's ADHD Treatment Programs
    10/23/07
    While working with parents of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) at the University at Buffalo, Gregory A. Fabiano noticed something was missing: the fathers.
  • Protecting Essential Buildings and Their Contents during Earthquakes
    10/12/07
    A new testing facility at the University at Buffalo and MCEER is the world's first test apparatus specifically designed to subject costly equipment and mechanical systems in hospitals and other important structures to the precise floor vibrations that they experience during the strongest earthquakes.
  • Free Intensive Asian Studies Enrichment Program Open to Area Teachers
    10/12/07
    The Five College Center for East Asian Studies (FCCEAS) at Smith College will sponsor a free, intensive 30-hour, six-session seminar for middle and high school teachers in Western New York.
  • UB Establishes Partnership with Brock University in Ontario
    10/8/07
    The University at Buffalo has established a major new exchange partnership with Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, that calls for a variety of cooperative research and educational initiatives, with a particular focus on the shared border region of Western New York and Southern Ontario.
  • UB Founds Honors College for Exceptional Students
    10/2/07
    The University at Buffalo announced today the founding of The University Honors College, marking a major milestone in UB's long tradition of providing honors programming for exceptional undergraduate students.
  • Schools of the Future Will Look and Function in Surprising Ways
    9/26/07
    In October, the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning will offer Western New Yorkers an opportunity see and discuss some of the most exciting and beautiful contemporary schools built here and abroad, and to consider the adoption of such inventive architecture by local school districts.
  • UB Institutes Text Messaging for Emergency Notifications
    9/1/07
    The University at Buffalo has supplemented its crisis communication vehicles with a new text-messaging service designed to disseminate critical information in a timely manner to members of the university community. At the same time, it is actively encouraging faculty, staff and students to identify and report potentially dangerous situations and individuals.
  • Singing Alumni Relations Head Introduces Students to UB Traditions
    7/27/07
    Incoming students at the University at Buffalo this summer are getting a lesson in UB pride and spirit -- as well as an introduction to the university's alumni association -- before they even step into a classroom.