May

Several College of Arts and Sciences graduate programs are among the best in the nation according to rankings by U.S. News & World Report. Included among the top 50 include: audiology (20), speech-language pathology (38), clinical psychology (50), and English (46).

Genetic analysis suggests some Alaska Natives live near where their ancestors did 3,000 years ago.

Academic adviser Joe Syracuse took first place in this year's Step Challenge, recording more than 1.6 million steps during the month of April.

Six UB students and alumni have won Fulbright awards, the prestigious national scholarship competition for grants to study, research and teach abroad.

The new center for research and education about Asia and its diasporic communities opened last month with a conference titled “#Asia: Here and Now.”

Laibah Mir, a rising junior majoring in political science and philosophy, has been named a “Key into Public Service Scholar” by the Phi Beta Kappa Society, the nation’s most prestigious academic honor society.

Students were recently inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, which is widely considered the highest general academic honor an American undergraduate can receive.