Jeff Grabill
@grabill.bsky.social
Dean of Arts and Sciences, University at Buffalo
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With WNY seeing no shortage of snow, winter preparedness is top of mind. ❄️
Susan Clark, associate professor and Edward J. Kikta Jr. Innovation Professor of Experiential Learning in Environment and Sustainability, shares tips to help communities stay safe.
arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/news-and-eve...
Susan Clark, associate professor and Edward J. Kikta Jr. Innovation Professor of Experiential Learning in Environment and Sustainability, shares tips to help communities stay safe.
arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/news-and-eve...
UB researcher offers tips on winter preparedness
Susan Clark has some emergency preparedness tips that can help even the most seasoned Buffalonian as we head into the worst of the winter season.
arts-sciences.buffalo.edu
January 30, 2026 at 9:59 PM
With WNY seeing no shortage of snow, winter preparedness is top of mind. ❄️
Susan Clark, associate professor and Edward J. Kikta Jr. Innovation Professor of Experiential Learning in Environment and Sustainability, shares tips to help communities stay safe.
arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/news-and-eve...
Susan Clark, associate professor and Edward J. Kikta Jr. Innovation Professor of Experiential Learning in Environment and Sustainability, shares tips to help communities stay safe.
arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/news-and-eve...
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Hebden Bridge, west Yorkshire, at first light, 2021, photo by Bruce Cutts.
January 25, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Hebden Bridge, west Yorkshire, at first light, 2021, photo by Bruce Cutts.
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Chicago Cultural Center.
January 24, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Chicago Cultural Center.
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Jack Levine, Election Night, 1954
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134959
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134959
January 24, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Jack Levine, Election Night, 1954
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134959
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134959
Run, don't walk to buy and read and share this book by @berondam.bsky.social
Today is book release day for When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America's Black Botanical Legacy.
Available wherever books are sold.
Spotted on local shelf, and in good company of Robin Wall Kimmerer's The Serviceberry. What a welcome to the world.
Yes, we're outside!!!
Available wherever books are sold.
Spotted on local shelf, and in good company of Robin Wall Kimmerer's The Serviceberry. What a welcome to the world.
Yes, we're outside!!!
January 20, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Run, don't walk to buy and read and share this book by @berondam.bsky.social
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Tomorrow on book release day, I'll be in conversation about When Trees Testify (from @henryholtbooks.bsky.social / @macmillanpubusa.bsky.social) with @kqedforum.bsky.social at 9 AM PST.
Listen in!
Listen in!
January 19, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Tomorrow on book release day, I'll be in conversation about When Trees Testify (from @henryholtbooks.bsky.social / @macmillanpubusa.bsky.social) with @kqedforum.bsky.social at 9 AM PST.
Listen in!
Listen in!
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Rob Pointon, Middleport Flint Mill
January 17, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Rob Pointon, Middleport Flint Mill
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With a human-centred approach and the incentive of a short time frame, design sprints can bring multiple perspectives together to reimagine modules and curricula: https://ow.ly/i61350XU7Hm #HigherEd #AcademicSky #EduSky
Using design sprints to reimagine university learning experiences
With a human-centred approach and the incentive of a short time frame, design sprints can bring multiple perspectives together to reimagine modules and curricula
ow.ly
January 12, 2026 at 10:45 AM
With a human-centred approach and the incentive of a short time frame, design sprints can bring multiple perspectives together to reimagine modules and curricula: https://ow.ly/i61350XU7Hm #HigherEd #AcademicSky #EduSky
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Umberto Boccioni, Dynamism of a Soccer Player, 1913
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135642
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135642
January 11, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Umberto Boccioni, Dynamism of a Soccer Player, 1913
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135642
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135642
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Jacob Lawrence, One of the largest race riots occurred in East St. Louis, 1940-41
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134647
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134647
January 6, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Jacob Lawrence, One of the largest race riots occurred in East St. Louis, 1940-41
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134647
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134647
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Huge congratulations to Prof Piers Forster CBE! 🎉Director of the Priestley Centre, who has been awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours 2026 for his climate science leadership and impact. A brilliant recognition of excellence and action on climate change. 🌍 Read more www.leeds.ac.uk/university-n...
New Year Honours at the University of Leeds
www.leeds.ac.uk
January 5, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Huge congratulations to Prof Piers Forster CBE! 🎉Director of the Priestley Centre, who has been awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours 2026 for his climate science leadership and impact. A brilliant recognition of excellence and action on climate change. 🌍 Read more www.leeds.ac.uk/university-n...
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If we treated them respectfully but without corporate hype (that aims to layoff half the world)
The original post shows why verifying direct quoting and details are going to be so important in the next 20 years. And we are going to need a legion of not fact checkers but detail checkers.
The original post shows why verifying direct quoting and details are going to be so important in the next 20 years. And we are going to need a legion of not fact checkers but detail checkers.
January 5, 2026 at 2:05 AM
If we treated them respectfully but without corporate hype (that aims to layoff half the world)
The original post shows why verifying direct quoting and details are going to be so important in the next 20 years. And we are going to need a legion of not fact checkers but detail checkers.
The original post shows why verifying direct quoting and details are going to be so important in the next 20 years. And we are going to need a legion of not fact checkers but detail checkers.
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This gets at why I dislike LLM hype. It’s not that they’re entirely wrong but they aren’t detail oriented. they’re built for readers who skim (or writers). and their code is fine but if you have to return to the code, it degrades very fast, notably once an error happens. I’d be a lot happier…
I heard what everyone has been clamoring for is 6,000 words on what a simple question about the 1990s comedy My Cousin Vinny can teach us about the capabilities and surprising weaknesses of current LLMs. Well, I hate to disappoint people, so I went and wrote it. open.substack.com/pub/mikecaul...
What a simple question about My Cousin Vinny taught me about LLMs
If you want to see an LLM really malfunction, ask it to reconstruct a story from pieces. Also: Should this be a benchmark?
open.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:05 AM
This gets at why I dislike LLM hype. It’s not that they’re entirely wrong but they aren’t detail oriented. they’re built for readers who skim (or writers). and their code is fine but if you have to return to the code, it degrades very fast, notably once an error happens. I’d be a lot happier…
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Fernando Botero, The Presidential Family, 1967
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136084
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136084
January 1, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Fernando Botero, The Presidential Family, 1967
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136084
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136084
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Wishing everyone a safe and happy new year! 🎆 Let's make 2026 a great one 💙
#UBuffalo #UBTrueBlue #College #University
#UBuffalo #UBTrueBlue #College #University
December 31, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Wishing everyone a safe and happy new year! 🎆 Let's make 2026 a great one 💙
#UBuffalo #UBTrueBlue #College #University
#UBuffalo #UBTrueBlue #College #University
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A Room (in the Second Post-Impressionist) | Roger Fry
December 30, 2025 at 8:27 PM
A Room (in the Second Post-Impressionist) | Roger Fry
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Finally stopped to archive this beautiful '60s wall on Irving Park on a gorgeous sunny day.
December 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Finally stopped to archive this beautiful '60s wall on Irving Park on a gorgeous sunny day.
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The Monroe Building wearing Rookwood Pottery tile.
December 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The Monroe Building wearing Rookwood Pottery tile.
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Sir Titus Salt, mill-owner and philanthropist, died OTD in 1876. The model village of Saltaire was built between 1851 and 1871 to house his employees.
December 29, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Sir Titus Salt, mill-owner and philanthropist, died OTD in 1876. The model village of Saltaire was built between 1851 and 1871 to house his employees.
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Still Life with Apples, 1895-98
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/1134608
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/1134608
December 13, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Still Life with Apples, 1895-98
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/1134608
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/1134608
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Flowers in stone | Paul Klee
December 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Flowers in stone | Paul Klee
Joan's work is beautiful.
A bird's eye view 🪶 This #UBuffalo art professor's new mural was unveiled in downtown #BuffaloNY, featuring 154 species of local birds ⬇️ ms.spr.ly/63322tWdG2
New mural takes flight at DL&W Terminal
Art professor Joan Linder's "Birds of Buffalo" features 154 species of local birds and spans nearly 300 feet of the downtown train platform.
ms.spr.ly
December 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Joan's work is beautiful.
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Alexander Calder, Sow, 1928
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136111
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136111
December 16, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Alexander Calder, Sow, 1928
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136111
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136111