Buffalo News reports Sen. Schumer backing of $120 million grant for UB materials research

The Buffalo News reports on Senator Charles E. Schumer's appearance with UB president Satish K. Tripathi at Barbara and Jack Davis Hall yesterday on the North Campus to announce Schumer's support of UB's application for a $120 million federal grant to pursue materials research within the university's Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics. Tripathi is quoted in the article as saying, "This is an incredibly exciting opportunity for not only UB and our research enterprise, but for our entire region and state." The News reports that UB "could emerge as a national center for specialty materials research, with the potential to generate hundreds of new jobs."

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