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UB bringing 2020 grads back to campus for commencement
8/1/21
Yahoo! News quoted UB president Satish K. Tripathi for its story on the university’s decision to hold an in-person commencement this October for the class of 2020, whose ceremony was disrupted due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.
WNY leaders react to the Derek Chauvin verdict
4/20/21
The Buffalo News and several local news outlets quoted from UB President Satish K. Tripathi’s statement on the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial in a roundup of local and state leaders’ reactions to the verdict.
Interview with one of WNY's most influential people: UB President Satish Tripathi
3/12/21
WGRZ-TV interviewed UB President Satish Tripathi, who was ranked No. 10 on Business First’s “Power 250” list of Western New York’s most influential people.
College presidents reaction to the violent unrest at the U.S. Capitol
1/7/21
An article in Inside Higher Education on the violent unrest in the U.S. Capitol featured UB President Satish K. Tripathi's message to the UB community.
With 'substantial progress' on UB 2020, Buffalo aims for Top 25
1/26/20
A story in the Buffalo News’ annual Prospectus section interviewed UB President Satish K. Tripathi about the substantial progress made on UB 2020.

UB expands student dining options with opening of new $37.8 million facility
3/31/22
One World Café will offer campus an international menu.
UB plans new engineering building to accommodate the school’s continued growth
1/21/22
Gov. Kathy Hochul, in designating UB as one of two SUNY flagships, announced the $102 million project during her State of the State address.
UB receives Siemens grant from for manufacturing software to prep students for in-demand jobs
9/23/21
The in-kind gift, part of UB’s Boldly Buffalo fundraising campaign, helped UB mark its most successful fundraising year in history.
UB is New York’s top public university in WSJ/THE rankings
9/22/21
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.
UB again ranked among the top universities in the nation
9/13/21
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.