Recent News

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Three from College of Arts and Sciences receive SUNY Chancellor’s Awards

6/24/19

Two faculty members and one staff member from the College of Arts and Sciences have been named as recipients of the 2019 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence.

Students on the balustrade of the canteen terrace, around 1931.

UB art historian gives Bauhaus women overdue recognition

6/20/19

An exhibition co-curated by UB art historian Libby Otto, and a new book she co-authored, profile 45 women who carried the Bauhaus message to a global audience.

Two UB students work with small drones inside a UB lab.

UB awarded $150,000 to bring ethics into tech curriculum

6/20/19

UB students will grapple with questions about ethics and technology under a new curriculum being developed by a multidisciplinary team that includes Mark Shepard, a professor in Department of Media Study.

Concept of choice overload featuring a person standing in front of different arrows representing choices.

The 'paralyzing paradox' of too many choices

6/19/19

People faced with more options than they can effectively consider want to make a good decision, but feel they’re unable to do so, according to the results of a novel UB study.