@UB: January 2008

As we celebrate the New Year and all of its promise, and make resolutions to improve our lives or the lives of others, consider the many ways you can become involved in the life of your alma mater.  This past year, more than 10,000 alumni made UB a part of their lives – by attending events, helping recruit students, offering career advice, assisting with fundraising, and bringing alumni together.  

In 2008, UB’s Office of Alumni Relations has many exciting events and programs planned, and will continue to facilitate connections through established local events such as Real Life 101 and Dinner for 12 Strangers, as well as national volunteer programs such as Meet-a-Mentor and Alumni Ambassadors. In addition, our chapters around the country are always looking for leadership and support, and if you are interested in bringing your classmates together for a reunion, we’re here to help you. We thank all of the alumni whose volunteer efforts have made UB a better university and invite others to make a resolution for 2008 – to reconnect with and volunteer for your university.

Learn more about the many ways to volunteer for UB.

Sincerely,

Graham G. Stewart
Associate Vice President for Alumni Relations

UNIVERSITY NEWS

SPITZER ENDORSES UB 2020: Gov. Eliot Spitzer in his State of the State Address on Jan. 9 endorsed UB 2020, the university’s strategic plan designed to transform it into a model 21st-century public research university.
Read more about this endorsement

STEPHEN COLBERT AT UB:  Comedian, satirist, actor and writer Stephen Colbert has been added to the spring lineup of UB’s Distinguished Speakers Series.
Learn more about Colbert's appearance

MILLARD FILLMORE ANNIVERSARY: The 208th anniversary of the birth of Millard Fillmore, UB’s first chancellor and 13th president of the United States was honored on Jan.7 in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo at Fillmore’s gravesite. 
Read more about  the Fillmore anniversary

CFA GRANT: The Center for the Arts has been awarded a $287,182 grant by the John R. Oishei Foundation to establish a program that will bring the performing arts and artists into health-care settings to enhance the healing environment for patients and caregivers. 
Learn more about this prestigious grant

UB PEOPLE

NEW JOURNAL: A new journal founded and edited by Issac Ehrlich, SUNY Distinguished Professor and UB Distinguished Professor of Economics, has debuted from the University of Chicago Press.
Read more about this journal

NEW BOARD: Five individuals have been named to serve three-year terms on the board of the University at Buffalo Foundation, Inc.
Learn more about the incoming board members

GREATBATCH PROFESSORSHIP: A $500,000 gift from Greatbatch, Inc. to the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences will support scientific work through the Greatbatch Professorship in Power Sources Research.
Read more about the Greatbatch Professorship

BREAKING RESEARCH

FAST-FOOD DANGER: Eating a typical fast-food meal of a burger, fries, large beverage and apple pie puts more stress on the lining of blood vessels, raising heart-attack risk, in the obese than in individuals of normal weight, according to UB researchers.
Learn more about this fast-food danger

FOCUS ON WORMS: A professor in the College of Arts and Sciences is focusing on microscopic worms to learn more about conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease related to aging in humans.
Read more about these microscopic worms

INEXPENSIVE TESTING: UB medical researchers have shown that a simple and inexpensive technique employed currently to assess glaucoma could be used instead of expensive magnetic resonance imaging to monitor the progression of multiple sclerosis and to assess the effectiveness of new and current MS treatments. 
Learn more about this form of testing

HEARD ON CAMPUS

 “(It) is really recognition of the wonderful faculty and staff and students who we have here. They are UB. They are as committed as I am to building a great partnership between our university and our community, a partnership that can help produce an era of economic recovery in Western New York and contribute, therefore, to a positive way to a bright future for all our children.”

--UB President John B. Simpson, reacting to Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s endorsement of the UB 2020 strategic plan during the governor’s State of the State Address.  To watch video of the president’s comments, click here

IN MY OPINION

For more than 20 years, UB’s Distinguished Speaker Series has brought a wealth of innovators, artists, scientists, and heads of state to take part in what is one of the hottest tickets in town.  Past US president Jimmy Carter, award-winning actor Sidney Poitier, CBS Nightly News anchor Katie Couric, comedian Bill Cosby and author Toni Morrison are just a few of the speakers who have graced the stages of Alumni Arena and the Center for the Arts here at UB.  Which speaker has had the most impact on you and why?   


Tell us about what DSS guest had the most impact on you.  

Read comments from last month’s question about keeping in touch with Buffalo.  

HOT LINKS

Come to the UB football’s National Signing Day Event

Are you in?  Join the UB Alumni Association today!

Help fight cancer at the Feb. 9 UB Women’s Basketball game.

Join the UB Alumni Association LinkedIn group today

New UB postcards! Send one to a friend today!