Philanthropy

News about generous gifts and our philanthropic programs. (see all topics)

Terradiol pledges gift to promote patient safety through technology
2/6/17
The $100,000 gift will help UB researchers develop an integrated system for patient safety and therapeutic efficacy of cannabinoids.
UB artists in residence reach for new audience in hour-long staged reading of Faust with new chamber score
1/9/17
UB’s Creative Arts Initiative will present The Faust Project: A Staged Reading with Live Music of Goethe's Faust, an inventive reworking of Goethe’s epic by playwright Neil Wechsler and composer Nathan Heidelberger.
RIA awarded more than $5 million in NIH grants to study alcohol issues
6/13/16
The UB Research Institute on Addictions has received two grants totaling more than $5 million from the National Institutes of Health to study public health issues involving alcohol.
Interdisciplinary NIH grant will train next generation of addiction researchers
5/17/16
UB's Research Institute on Addictions will continue its critical research training and professional development of addiction researchers with the support of another five-year, $2 million grant for training postdoctoral associates.
Ciminelli gift to support Hayes Hall restoration and the Buffalo region
4/19/16
The Louis P. Ciminelli Family Foundation has given $1 million to the UB School of Architecture and Planning to help build a brighter future for the school and its host communities.
Doctor to discuss diabetes drug discovery during fifth annual Chu Lecture
4/13/16
Snakes, lizards and Gila monsters play an important role in this year’s David Chu Lecture presented by the UB Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Media Advisory: Refugees, migrants the focus of events in memory of Alison Des Forges
4/7/16
Experts from Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International will be among presenters at the symposium at UB.
UB Alumni Association to honor university alumni and friends at awards ceremony
3/30/16
Frank Clement (BS ’66) hasn’t let a distance of 2,600 miles keep him from remaining close to UB.
All systems go for Blackstone LaunchPad in Buffalo
3/7/16
UB today officially unveiled Blackstone LaunchPad at UB, a hands-on learning program created by the Blackstone Charitable Foundation to introduce entrepreneurship as a viable career option to UB’s students, regardless of major.
UB professors pledge $1 million bequest to support creative arts students
3/4/16
UB faculty members Diane Christian and Bruce Jackson are widely known for having multifaceted careers. They recently added a new role to their lengthy résumés: that of philanthropists.

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