On Oct. 3, 1964 — less than a year after his brother’s assassination — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addressed students on the Squire Hall Terrace, in front of the building that used to be Norton Union on the South Campus. Photo: UB Archives

Former President Jimmy Carter visited UB as part of the 1988-89 Distinguished Speakers Series. Photo: UB Archives

Reggae star Jimmy Cliff performed at Fallfest in 1991. Photo: UB Archives

Former President Gerald R. Ford appeared as a speaker in the 1988-89 Distinguished Speakers Series. Photo: UB Archives

Beat generation poet Allen Ginsberg. Ginsberg visited UB in 1966 and 1971. Photo: UB Archives

U.S. Sen. Charles Goodell, father of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. Goodell visited UB in 1969 and 1970. Photo: UB Archives

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks at Kleinhans Music Hall in 1967.

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger spoke at UB on Dec. 19, 1986. Photo: UB Archives

Consumer advocate Ralph Nader appeared at UB on the first Earth Day in 1970. Photo: UB Archives

UB photographers were in Memorial Auditorium in 1968 when Richard Nixon passed through Buffalo on a presidential campaign swing. Photo: UB Archives

New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, center, wields a shovel during the groundbreaking for UB's North Campus. Photo: UB Archives

Actor William Shatner — Captain Kirk in the original "Star Trek" television series — was one of several "Star Trek" stars who visited UB, usually for science fiction conventions. Shatner is pictured here in 1976. Photo: UB Archives

Rocker Pat Benatar performed at Fallfest in 1988. Photo: UB Archives

CBS News correspondent Lesley Stahl spoke in Alumni Arena as part of the 1988-89 Distinguished Speakers Series. Photo: UB Archives

From left: "Star Trek" stars Walter Koenig (Chekov) and George Takei (Sulu) attended a science fiction convention on campus in 1984. Photo: UB Archives

Talking Heads frontman David Byrne, left, steps into a song during a 1983 concert at Alumni Arena. Photo: UB Archives

The Clash perform in Alumni Arena on April 28, 1984, during the seminal punk band's final North American tour. Photo: UB Archives

Muhammad Ali addresses students in Norton Union in 1967. Photo: UB Archives

The Police, fronted by a very young Sting, right, play Clark Gym on the South Campus during the band's first U.S. tour in 1980. Photo: UB Archives

Archbishop Desmond Tutu visited UB on Jan. 29, 1989. Photo: UB Archives