An electrified crowd of 3,500 high school students, 2,000 UB students and various other attendees sat in Alumni Arena this past Friday to hear award-winning environmentalist and former Vice President Al Gore.Gore visited UB as part of the annual Distinguished Speaker Series, in conjunction with the university's Greener Shade of Blue campaign.
Students armed with work gloves and trash bags took to the streets on Sunday for the Student Association
Amidst the grief and controversy following the shootings at Virginia Tech on Monday, the question that most concerns some UB officials is, what would we have done?"Colleges and universities should be - and generally are - safe havens... places where the currency is ideas, not violence.
A professor in the Graduate Department of Learning and Education recently took on a countrywide endeavor in education when he was appointed to the President's National Mathematics Advisory Panel.
Dr. Peter Nickerson, chair of the Faculty Senate, announced Wednesday that Professor Risa Palm was appointed to the position of SUNY Provost and will join the UB faculty under the geography department.
Nearly a thousand footsteps on the floor of Alumni Arena began the 12-hour stride against cancer at the American Cancer Society's (ACS) Relay for Life this past Friday.Following thanks from representatives of the ACS, UB basketball head coach Reggie Witherspoon took the stage alongside UB's mascot Victor E.
Alumni Arena bustled with excitement and opportunity Wednesday as CareerFest 2007 took over the main gym.For three hours, nearly 140 employers from companies in all fields of service entertained questions and introductions with hundreds of UB students."There's something for everyone here," said Laura Godwin, CareerFest director and senior associate with the Office of Career Services.Beginning with a job fair workshop held on March 1, students were educated on how to prepare themselves and what to expect."It's nice to know that students know what they're looking for.
From its inception in 1973, the UB Media Study Department brought together some of the world's most distinguished artists.
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