Global Impact

News about UB’s global partnerships and our impact around the world. (see all topics)

  • UB Receives Grant to Expand South Asian Studies Program
    9/15/09
    The Asian Studies Program at the University at Buffalo has received a two-year, $172,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to expand the university's undergraduate course offerings, academic exchanges and events related to South Asia.
  • Media Advisory: UB to Host Foreign Trade Commissioners, Part of Governor's International Effort
    4/29/09
    A delegation of 60 Foreign Trade Commissioners, brought to Buffalo by Governor Paterson, will participate in a panel discussion with leaders from the University at Buffalo to discuss how UB's collaborations with industry have generated economic growth regionally and around the world.
  • French Ambassador to Speak on Renewal of U.S.-French Relations at UB in April
    3/25/09
    His Excellency Pierre Vimont, ambassador of France to the United States, will visit the University at Buffalo on April 8 to present a public lecture, "The United States and France and the Renewal of Transatlantic Relations," in which he will discuss the changing nature of relations between the two nations over the past several years.
  • Asian Studies Seminar: Autism and Education in the People's Republic of China
    3/3/09
    On April 9, the University at Buffalo Asian Studies Program will present a free public seminar by McCabe, "Autism and Education in the People's Republic Of China," at 7 p.m. in the Unitarian Universalist Church of Amherst, 6320 Main St., Williamsville, across from the ECC North Campus.
  • Area Teachers Invited To Participate In A Free Seminar Series About Asia
    12/4/08
    The Asian Studies Program at the University at Buffalo in collaboration with the UB/Public Schools Partnership, will present an "East Asia Seminar for Teachers" on alternating Thursday afternoons and Saturday mornings from Jan. 15 to March 26 in the Buffalo Teacher Resource Center, 150 Lower Terrace.
  • UB Ranked 12th in International Enrollment Among U.S. Colleges and Universities
    11/17/08
    The University at Buffalo -- a longtime leader among major research universities in the United States in terms of percentage of enrollment represented by international students -- has increased its profile in the latest "Open Doors 2008" report published by the Institute of International Education (IIE).
  • UB's Large International Student Population an Economic, Cultural, Educational Boon
    8/26/08
    More than 15 percent of University at Buffalo students come from outside the United States -- 4,300-plus last year and about the same number expected for the new academic year, which began yesterday. It is a population UB is working hard to increase.
  • Info Site Juiced Up for UB's International Students
    8/21/08
    The 4,000-plus international students who begin classes this semester at the University at Buffalo will find enhanced resources on the UB Libraries' Web site suggested by their peers and developed by the libraries especially for them.
  • Western Press Stories Critical of Beijing Olympics Likely to be Resented by the Chinese People, Expert Says
    8/1/08
    The Chinese people resent media reports about exceptional air pollution in Beijing, China's Internet censorship, poor construction of Olympic venues, half-empty hotels, algae-thickened beaches, visa problems and world-wide protests of China's Tibet policy as examples of Western imperial attitudes, says the director of the University at Buffalo's Asian Studies Program.
  • Noted Environmental Specialist to Address CHINA Town Hall at UB
    3/25/08
    For the second year in a row, the University at Buffalo Asian Studies Program will host a "CHINA Town Hall" program organized by the National Committee on United States-China Relations.