Global Impact

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

  • Recruitment Opportunities Abound for U.S. Universities as Canadian High Schools Graduate "Double Cohort" in 2003
    6/5/02
    The University at Buffalo is among U.S. institutions gearing up to recruit the most talented of the as may as 75,000 Canadian high school graduates who could be migrating to the United States next year to fill seats in college and university classrooms unavailable to them in their homeland.
  • International Education Expert Calls Presidential Directive Restricting Graduate Student Studies "Ghastly"
    5/3/02
    Stephen Dunnett, vice provost for international education at the University at Buffalo and a national leader in the field of international education, today expressed serious concern over a "hidden" directive from President George Bush that, if implemented, would place stricter controls on student visas and bar "certain international students from pursuing education and training in sensitive areas."
  • Graduate School of Education to Begin Counseling Degree Program in Singapore in June
    3/15/02
    In response to a new training priority identified by the Singapore Ministry of Education, the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education will offer a 36-credit hour Master of Education Degree in School Counseling through Singapore's Center for American Education in Singapore beginning June 15.
  • UB to Focus on International Education in Week of Activities
    11/7/01
    The Office of International Education at the University at Buffalo will host a week-long slate of activities, beginning Monday, dedicated to highlighting the importance of international education and the role of cultural exchange as part of the academic experience.
  • Bruce Lee and Asian Pop Cinema Put Recent UB Grad on the Road to a Rare Fulbright Scholarship
    8/8/00
    Thanks in part to the inspiration of actor and martial-arts superstar Bruce Lee, Nicholas Logue, a May graduate of the University at Buffalo Department of Theatre and Dance, is one of only two graduating seniors or master's degree candidates in the U.S. to receive a 2000-2001 Fulbright fellowship to study and teach in China.
  • A Fresh Look At Asia Today: History, Art, Culture And Reform Politics On UB’s Asian Studies Agenda This Month
    3/20/00
    The work of the Asian Studies Program in the UB College of Arts and Sciences once was planted squarely in the social sciences. Over the past few years, however, the program quietly has broadened its influence among the arts and letters departments at UB and has helped bring Asian artists, performers, political figures and humanities scholars to Buffalo to discuss and present work on contemporary Asian culture and arts.