UB awarded MAC's first diversity and inclusion award

Published September 3, 2018 This content is archived.

An article in the Buffalo News reports UB has been awarded the Mid-American Conference’s first-ever Diversity & Inclusion Institution Award, and quotes UB President Satish K. Tripathi and Athletic Director Mark Alnutt. "We are tremendously honored that the MAC is recognizing our commitment to diversity and inclusion," Tripathi said. "Diversity and inclusion are core values of our institutional mission — central to our identity as a public research university and, therefore, central to all of our programs across Buffalo. That the MAC, with this inaugural institutional award, is celebrating our athletics department's success in fostering a welcoming, inclusive environment is a source of great pride for all of us at Buffalo."