The Buffalo News reports on President Satish K. Tripathi’s State of the University Address, during which he announced that UB aspires to rank among the nation’s top 25 public research universities.
UB President Satish K. Tripathi is quoted in an article on Forbes.com about how immigration reform can help the U.S. acquire new talent in the workforce, especially at a time when a large proportion of the labor population is aging.
An article on Higher Education Plus reports UB and the Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology will offer a joint program that will allow doctoral students to study at both institutions, and quotes UB President Satish K. Tripathi.
UB is once again the No. 1 public university in New York State and a top 40 public university in the nation in the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings.
The No. 38 ranking makes it four years in a row that UB has been among the top 40 public universities in the annual list of the top universities in the nation.
This year's series will bring “The 1619 Project” creator Nikole Hannah-Jones, gold medal Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman, actor and UB alumnus Winston Duke, and conservationist and environmental journalist Jeff Corwin to campus for DSS' 35th season.
Keith A. Alford, a professor of social work and chief diversity and inclusion officer at Syracuse University, will succeed Nancy Smyth as dean of UB's School of Social Work starting Aug. 15.