CALL TO ACTION. Former vice president Al Gore delivered his message about climate change and global warming to a sell-out crowd in Alumni Arena Friday night and to more than 3,500 high school students earlier that day. For details, see stories below and in Top Stories. (Photo: Douglas Levere)
Graduation season opens tomorrow
Some 5,550 students are candidates to receive degrees during UB's general commencement and 13 other commencement ceremonies to be held tomorrow, May 10-13 and May 19. » Full Story
Gore warns of climate crisis
Former vice president Al Gore—the most prominent voice on global climate change—came to UB last week to sound the alarm on global warming. » Full Story
Reviewing security issues. UB's emergency response preparedness in the wake of the shootings at Virginia Tech was a major focus of Monday's meeting of the UB Council.
Four honored by Research Foundation. Four UB faculty members were among 30 of their SUNY colleagues honored for their research and scholarship by the SUNY Research Foundation.
Gore's presentation impresses students. High school students who heard former vice president Al Gore talk about global warming and climate change called his presentation "shocking" and "awesome."
Teaching is Yerrick's true calling. After a brief career in chemistry, GSE faculty member Randy Yerrick switched to education and found his true calling teaching science to students with a history of failure.
Distinguished performance. UB faculty member Gerald Finnegan has been nominated for a national Drama League Award.
‘Ghost Train.’ The Central Terminal will play host to a M.F.A. candidate's thesis project that promises to be a multimedia extravaganza of art, spooks, history and oddness.
Unlocking mysteries of nanostructures. Physicist Sambandamurthy Ganapathy is setting up a new lab in Fronczak Hall to study quantum effects in nanostructures.
Excellence in the arts. UB students have won three of four competitive fellowships awarded this year by SUNY to graduating students throughout the system who demonstrate outstanding achievement and high professional potential in the arts.