Department News

  • DLD Day WGRZ
    11/6/26
    On October 16th, students and faculty from the CDS Department visited landmarks around WNY that were glowing purple and yellow for Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) Awareness Day.
  • CDS Colloquium Event
    10/29/26
    Join us on October 30th for our next CDS Colloquium where we will learn from Dr. Katrina Fulcher, PhD CCC-SLP as she presents: “Ethical AAC Practice: Foundations for Clinical Decision-Making.” This talk explores how ethical principles shape AAC practice and support the rights of people who use AAC. Through the Communication Bill of Rights and case studies, participants will consider ethical decision-making in assessment, device selection, vocabulary selection, and communication access.
  • CDS CEU 2026 Event
    10/19/26
    We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Courtney Byrd, who will be presenting the following workshop: Evidence-Based CARE: A Strengths-Based Assessment and Treatment for Stuttering, on November 6th, 2026 from 8am-4pm in Hayes 403.
  • We're Hiring! Audiology Faculty Position Available
    10/16/26
    The University at Buffalo Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences (CDS) is accepting applications for a full-time, 12-month, non-tenure-track faculty position in Clinical Audiology as a Clinical Assistant Professor or Clinical Associate Professor.
  • UB CDS Advocacy in Action
    10/15/26
    Last month, UB second-year SLP graduate student Hailey Carrasco and Dr. Alison Hendricks joined colleagues from across the country for ASHA's 2026 Capitol Hill Day to meet with Congress members and emphasize the essential work of audiologists and speech-language pathologists.
  • Register for UB CDS Graduate Applicant Virtual Open House
    10/16/26
    Join the University at Buffalo Department of Communicative Disorders & Sciences for our Graduate Applicant Virtual Open House on Friday, October 30th from 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (ET) on Zoom!
  • Alli Barsi awarded the ASHFoundation Graduate Student Scholarship
    10/15/26
    We are excited to share that UB second-year SLP graduate student, Alli Barsi, is a recipient of the 2026 Graduate Student Scholarship from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation (ASHFoundation)!
  • Dr. Guo New Research Grant
    10/15/26
    We are thrilled to share that Dr. Guo has been awarded the Artificial Intelligence in Communication Sciences and Disorders Research Grant from the ASHFoundation! This grant supports interdisciplinary research that advances the ethical, scientifically grounded implementation of AI into CSD clinical practice and service delivery. The research project will examine "LENS: A Multimodal, Clinician-Led System for Child Language Sample Analysis".