Graduate News

Here is how our graduate faculty, students and researchers are making headlines at the University at Buffalo.

  • Eight named SUNY Distinguished Professors
    5/23/25

    The UB faculty members were promoted to SUNY's highest faculty rank at the board of trustees' April 29 meeting.

  • Four first-gen students share stories of triumph following commencement
    5/23/25

    About one-third of undergraduates at the University at Buffalo are the first in their family to attend college. They radiate determination and ambition, and they inspire others to pursue higher education as a path toward upward mobility. 

  • Hayes McAlonie receives national architecture award
    5/22/25

    UB's director of campus planning was honored with the 2025 American Institute of Architects Award for Excellence in Public Architecture.

  • Remembering Chet Langway
    5/22/25

    Considered the pioneer of ice core drilling, the late UB professor emeritus' work extracting climate data from ice sheets continues at the university today.

  • UB wraps up another commencement season
    5/21/25

    Catch all the festivities through the lenses of University Communications photographers Douglas Levere and Meredith Forrest Kulwicki.

  • New website raises awareness of UB’s research impact
    5/21/25

    The new website aims to put the spotlight on the transformative research being done by UB faculty researchers, students and alumni.

  • UB student receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
    5/21/25

    Margaret Azu, a PhD student in clinical psychology, has received the prestigious award that supports the recipient's graduate research training.

  • UB students becoming proficient in digital dentistry techniques
    5/21/25

    Courses use 3D printing, scans and virtual reality for range of dental procedures.

  • UB statement on violation of commencement rules
    5/21/25

    During Sunday’s commencement ceremony for the College of Arts and Sciences, a graduating senior ignored multiple directives, ran away from officers, and broke commencement rules by bringing an infant onto the commencement stage.

  • UB pairs with Florida Atlantic for wireless communications research and education
    5/20/25

    The partnership, which includes a workforce development program, will tap UB’s expertise in wireless networking, AI, autonomy and more.

  • Guay selected fellow of American College of Nurse-Midwives
    5/20/25

    One of the profession’s highest honors, fellowship recognizes leadership, clinical excellence and sustained contributions to midwifery.

  • 90-year legacy of Lockwood Library
    5/19/25

    On May 15, 1935, UB dedicated the original Lockwood Memorial Library — now known as Abbott Library — marking a pivotal moment in the university’s history.

  • Media Advisory: About 100 high schoolers to showcase DNA research May 21 at UB
    5/19/25

    Students work with UB throughout the school year to collect, isolate, and analyze bacterial DNA found in local waterways.

  • Remembering Chet Langway, ‘savior of ice cores’
    5/19/25

    Retired professor’s work extracting climate data from ice sheets continues at UB today.

  • New theory suggests ‘emotional invalidation’ can be a precursor to crime
    5/19/25

    UB criminologist Christopher Dennison builds upon General Strain Theory, with implications for crime reduction.