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The College of Arts and Sciences leads the way in bold inquiry, innovative research and cutting-edge performance and visual arts. Check out some of our recent achievements below.

This Month

UB launches accelerated five-year music education program
1/29/25
Students can earn both their BA in music performance and EdM in music education in just five years.
Department of Geology now Department of Earth Sciences
1/28/25
The departmental name change better reflects its breadth of research, from glaciers to lava.
Bacteria found to eat forever chemicals — and even some of their toxic byproducts
1/28/25
UB researchers identified a strain that can also break down some of the toxic byproducts.
‘The Letters of Emily Dickinson’ tops multiple best-books lists for 2024
1/28/25
Co-edited by retired UB English professor Cristanne Miller, the book has also received significant critical attention and glowing reviews.
Buffalo Film Seminars back for its 50th edition
1/28/25
"Duck Soup" and "Double Endemnity" are among the films to be screened in the popular film series hosted by faculty members Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian.
First-year students work to create North Campus field guide
1/28/25
The guide includes chapters on edible and medicinal plants, critters, mental health and zero waste on campus.
Groundbreaking course challenges students to reimagine justice through art, game design, history
1/9/25
A pioneering CAS collaboration has produced a new course that challenges students to reimagine justice through art, game design and history.

Last Month

2024 Year in Review
12/23/24
Top stories from the College in 2024.
Career Pathfinding Offers Insights on Where a Liberal Arts Degree Can Lead
12/17/24
Robin G. Schulze, dean of the College, moderated a conversation with three College alumni during "Professional Pathfinding - Chart Your Own Career Map."
Pain drives rising disability rates among middle-aged and older adults, UB study finds
12/16/24
From 2002-18, the number of Americans attributing their disability to chronic pain increased by nearly 10 million people, according to UB study.
UB among Top 25 in U.S. for environmental, social impact
12/16/24
UB comes in at No. 21 in the U.S. and 137th globally, an improvement of six spots from last year, in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability.
Zeng elected fellow of American Physical Society
12/10/24
The UB physics professor’s nanomaterials work has applications in quantum information, renewable energy, biomedicine and more.

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