Student Life

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  • UB Student Daniel Salem Receives Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
    4/5/12
    Every year a select few students are awarded the nationally renowned Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. Daniel Salem, a junior chemical engineering major at the University at Buffalo, has now joined that prestigious group.
  • Media Advisory: Outstanding Students Display Research at Celebration of Student Academic Excellence
    4/4/12
    The University at Buffalo will celebrate the scholarly, research and creative achievements of outstanding students on Thursday, April 5 at the eighth annual Celebration of Student Academic Excellence.
  • Buzzers Ready! UB Trivia Players Head to Chicago for National Tournament
    3/22/12
    A team of four University at Buffalo trivia players will head to Chicago March 30 to take on other college teams in a national, invitation-only quiz bowl. Hands clenching buzzers, they'll field questions on topics including music, literature, mythology, philosophy, geography, astronomy, quantum mechanics and more.
  • Students Develop Economic Revival Plans for Buffalo Neighborhoods
    3/22/12
    Don't tell the students in the University at Buffalo Law School's Regional Economic Development class the next big idea to revive Western New York communities isn't sitting in plain sight -- complete with reader-friendly illustrations.
  • Great New Apps are the Goal at UB's First Hackathon
    3/21/12
    A student organization focused on excellence in computing will hold the University at Buffalo's first hackathon, UB Hacking 2012, on March 23-24 with the goal of generating creative, new software programs (apps). The event is being held in the spirit of the original meaning of hacking: coding and building programs for computer software.
  • UB's Career Services Connects Students with Top Companies
    3/9/12
    In today's survival-of-the-fittest job market, the University at Buffalo Career Services office is setting its sights high when it comes to helping students and graduates. That office aims to develop job opportunities within companies that have been recognized for their excellence in rankings such as "Fortune's Top 100 Best Companies to Work For," as well as employers where graduates wish to begin their careers.
  • A UB Student's Winning Plan to Reimagine a Siberian City
    3/9/12
    Matthew Wattles, a senior in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning, and his planning team -- the only Americans among students from around the world to have participated -- were the winners of the 13th session of the International Winter University (WU).
  • Lance Armstrong Added to UB Distinguished Speakers Series
    3/8/12
    Lance Armstrong, seven-time Tour de France winner and founder of the Lance Armstrong Foundation has been added to the spring lineup of the University at Buffalo's Distinguished Speakers Series.
  • UB Undergraduates Showcase Research to Elected Officials and SUNY Chancellor
    3/7/12
    Four University at Buffalo students presented original research in diverse fields to elected officials and State University of New York Chancellor Nancy Zimpher as part of "Discovery -- An Undergraduate Showcase," a symposium on undergraduate research and creative activities presented by the SUNY Faculty Senate.
  • Space Shuttle Software Advances UB Student Group's Community Service Mission
    3/2/12
    Simulated missions to space have recently begun launching from Jarvis Hall on the University at Buffalo North Campus, thanks to a donation from Exciting Simulations to the UB chapter of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (UB-SEDS).