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UB remains Top 25 destination for international students

UB remains Top 25 destination for international students

UB, long known for its global student body, continues to move up the rankings as one of the top universities in the nation for hosting international students. The Institute of International Education ranked UB No. 23 this year in its latest census of international students on U.S. college campuses. This is the 21st straight year...

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Amit Goyal serves on National Academies’ committee for NSF’s work on Materials Genome Initiative

Amit Goyal serves on National Academies’ committee for NSF’s work on Materials Genome Initiative

The expert panel recently issued a report on the National Science Foundation’s participation in the Materials Genome Initiative BUFFALO, N.Y. – University at Buffalo materials scientist Amit Goyal recently served on a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) committee that issued a consensus study report, “NSF Efforts to Achieve the Nation’s Vision for...

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The evolving legacy of the UB Rugby Football Club

The evolving legacy of the UB Rugby Football Club

Rugby offers a thrill that differs from the typical college sports like football or basketball — exciting, bone-crunching tackles, tactical teamwork and unique camaraderie forged through intense, on-field challenges. Photos: Douglas Levere Amid the crowd, action bursts forth at UB’s Ellicott Field, adjacent to Red Jacket parking lot. Clad in jerseys reminiscent of laundry ads...

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Lynn adds new facilities and amenities in response to strong enrollment

Lynn adds new facilities and amenities in response to strong enrollment

Lynn University welcomed its 2023–24 academic year with strong enrollment as it strategically continues to expand and design its future. To instill a foundation of success and support the university’s 30% student growth over the past seven years, the university introduced the 20,000-square-foot Snyder Center for Health and Wellness at the heart of campus, added...

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Beautiful Brains named top business in Fast 46 contest

Beautiful Brains named top business in Fast 46 contest

UB has named Beautiful Brains as the fastest-growing business owned or led by an alumnus or former student during the Fast 46 celebration on Sept. 14. The Fast 46 competition, named in honor of UB’s founding in 1846, recognizes successful businesses led or owned by UB alumni or former students. To be considered a Fast...

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Women’s soccer player’s first World Cup experience ‘surreal’

Women’s soccer player’s first World Cup experience ‘surreal’

Peyton McNamara’s first FIFA Women’s World Cup was historic twice over. Last month, The Ohio State University women’s soccer midfielder played for the Jamaican national team, which became the first Caribbean team to reach the tournament’s round of 16 – the stage after countries face off in group play. But that wasn’t the only historic...

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Student shines his determined light on UB

Student shines his determined light on UB

Each day, UB rising senior Matthew LaFratta dedicates an hour to lifting spirits online. Living with the eye disorder cone-rod dystrophy, he spends this time reading social media posts on Instagram, leaving encouraging comments to spark joy in someone’s day. It’s a simple activity, but for LaFratta, it holds a lot of meaning. “You never...

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Big lift

Big lift

John Tyler is the U.S. national powerlifting champion, as well as an excellent student-researcher with a passion for addiction medicine. Photo: Sandra Kicman Published August 16, 2023 Until recently, most of what Panayotis Thanos, a senior research scientist, knew about John Tyler was his work as a student researcher in his lab. Then Tyler asked Thanos...

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UB holds steady in Times Higher Education Impact rankings

UB holds steady in Times Higher Education Impact rankings

UB continues to hold steady in a global ranking of how universities stack up against a variety of United Nations sustainability measures. The Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings are the only global performance tables that assess universities against the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The rankings use carefully calibrated indicators to provide...

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Teachers become students for a day at STEAMM Rising event

Teachers become students for a day at STEAMM Rising event

In partnership with The Ohio State University, JPMorgan Chase recently hosted more than 100 Columbus City Schools educators interested in learning how to establish pathways for their students in science, technology, engineering, the arts, mathematics and medicine (STEAMM). The event held Friday at JPMorgan Chase’s Columbus campus was part of STEAMM Rising, a collaboration between...

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UB making progress toward Top 25 Ambition

UB making progress toward Top 25 Ambition

Whether it was in research or the state budget or student and faculty recognition, the past academic year saw UB continue to make progress toward reaching its goal of becoming among the Top 25 public research universities in the U.S., President Satish K. Tripathi said this week. “As I look back on the past academic...

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