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Media Advisory: Buffalo Student Sandbox to award $10,000 in prizes on Friday to student entrepreneurs
7/28/15
The winning team will receive $7,500 and the runner-up will receive $2,500.
Media Advisory: UB solar home to see the light of day
7/27/15
The ultra-efficient modern home — UB’s entry in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon contest — will be moved outside on July 29.
Distinguished Speakers Series to feature Kevin Spacey, John Legend, Siddhartha Mukherjee
7/27/15
Singer/songwriter John Legend and cancer physician Siddhartha Mukherjee will join Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Spacey to headline the speakers in UB’s 2015-16 Distinguished Speakers Series.
UB announces its 2015 Presidential Scholars
7/23/15
Eighteen scholars – all from New York State – will receive full tuition, fees, housing, board and books for four years of undergraduate study after they were chosen for UB Presidential Scholarships, an honor given to the top 1 percent of students in each new freshman class.
Media Advisory: UB summer workshop introduces local high school students to computational science
7/8/15
Teams of local high school students participating in a unique and intensive UB informatics workshop will present their findings on ways to use hospital and patient treatment databases to improve the overall patient experience at a program to be held beginning at 9:30 a.m. on July 10.
Students tackle obesity, sleep and smoking in summer research at nursing school
7/8/15
Newborn sleep, insomnia and nutrition interventions are under the microscope as eight undergraduate students conduct summer research in the University at Buffalo School of Nursing.
UB ‘SPARK’ program searches for future academic stars
7/2/15
The program guides outstanding students in applying for nationally and internationally competitive fellowships and scholarships.
Digging in the sandbox
6/29/15
The innovative entrepreneurial program pays eight student-led technology startups to further their respective businesses.
UB series to present free films under the stars
6/17/15
Some of the summer’s biggest movies, including “Tomorrowland,” “Furious 7” and “Mad Max: Fury Road,” are in the lineup for the UB undergraduate Student Association’s popular, free outdoor Summer Film Series.
UB Space Bulls place third at NASA Mars rover contest in Texas
6/12/15
At the contest, the rover's arm failed, forcing the students to act quickly — they needed to make the fix within 10 minutes or they’d be disqualified.