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Bronwyn Keenan, director of the Arts Collaboratory, speaks during the meet-and-greet reception as CAS Dean Robin Schulze looks on. Photo: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki.
Introducting the Arts Collaboratory initiative
2/14/19
The College of Arts and Sciences introduced its new Arts Collaboratory initiative, and the initiative’s inaugural director, Bronwyn Keenan, at a meet-and-greet reception last Thursday in the Center for the Arts’ atrium.
Nestor Zarragoitia, adjunct professor of Transnational Studies, teaches students in a Capen Hall classroom. Photographer: Douglas Levere
50 Years of African and African-American Studies at UB
2/11/19
The Department of Transnational Studies will celebrate five decades of African and African-American studies at UB with a 50th Anniversary Symposium on Feb. 12.
The Department of Biological Science’s laboratory spaces, designed to foster rich, robust research, were previously closed off from each another. They now feature open walkways that facilitate conversation and idea-sharing between different groups.
New space for new ideas
2/6/19
Major moves and renovations are underway within the Cooke-Hochstetter complex. After more than a year of construction, the Department of Biological Sciences began the spring semester on a newly redesigned floor.
The exterior of House 4 (foreground), site of UB's Lumagination display. That's the Asian Rainforest, House 3, bathed in pink light in the rear. Photo: Steven Zehler
Wind inspires UB’s ‘Lumagination’ exhibit
1/25/19
For the third consecutive year, a team from the Department of Theatre and Dance is contributing a display to “Lumagination,” the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens’ annual light and sound show.
Timothy Cook, assistant professor of chemistry, served as a judge in the competition. "I'm a photochemist," he said. All things are made better with light." Photo: Douglas Levere
New year, new sparkle! National crystal contest judged at UB
1/25/19
On Jan. 9, scientists from UB and three other U.S. universities met in the Natural Sciences Complex on the North Campus to judge the U.S. Crystal Growing Competition.
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