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The College of Arts and Sciences is home to the arts, humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and mathematics at the University at Buffalo.
How does social media amplify our fears about climate change? 📱🌿
A new #UBuffalo study led by Holly Jean Buck explores how online engagement can fuel “climate doom” — and what that means for mental health and environmental action.
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A new #UBuffalo study led by Holly Jean Buck explores how online engagement can fuel “climate doom” — and what that means for mental health and environmental action.
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Study links climate anxiety to social media use
Climate doom, the belief that climate change will cause societal breakdowns, predicts support for radical actions, according to study.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
How does social media amplify our fears about climate change? 📱🌿
A new #UBuffalo study led by Holly Jean Buck explores how online engagement can fuel “climate doom” — and what that means for mental health and environmental action.
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A new #UBuffalo study led by Holly Jean Buck explores how online engagement can fuel “climate doom” — and what that means for mental health and environmental action.
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The human side of AI. 💬🧠
Adjunct linguistics professor Rohini Srihari joins Driven to Discover to explore how AI supports communication, mental health, migration insights and creativity.
Adjunct linguistics professor Rohini Srihari joins Driven to Discover to explore how AI supports communication, mental health, migration insights and creativity.
Chatbots for good 💬 A #UBuffalo expert is redefining chatbots by using conversational #AI to build trust, improve care and strengthen human connection. Hear more in the latest Driven to Discover podcast. ▶️ www.buffalo.edu/ubnow/Driven...
November 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The human side of AI. 💬🧠
Adjunct linguistics professor Rohini Srihari joins Driven to Discover to explore how AI supports communication, mental health, migration insights and creativity.
Adjunct linguistics professor Rohini Srihari joins Driven to Discover to explore how AI supports communication, mental health, migration insights and creativity.
#UBuffalo just leveled up sound design! 🎼🔊
The new Slee B1 lab features a 22-channel Meyer sound system and a rare Nadia processor (1 of 12 worldwide). Students can now craft spatial audio like that used in stadiums, concerts and the Lincoln Center!
The new Slee B1 lab features a 22-channel Meyer sound system and a rare Nadia processor (1 of 12 worldwide). Students can now craft spatial audio like that used in stadiums, concerts and the Lincoln Center!
UB grant brings cutting-edge spatial audio to Slee
The new Meyer sound system positions the Department of Music at the forefront of immersive composition and performance technology.
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October 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
#UBuffalo just leveled up sound design! 🎼🔊
The new Slee B1 lab features a 22-channel Meyer sound system and a rare Nadia processor (1 of 12 worldwide). Students can now craft spatial audio like that used in stadiums, concerts and the Lincoln Center!
The new Slee B1 lab features a 22-channel Meyer sound system and a rare Nadia processor (1 of 12 worldwide). Students can now craft spatial audio like that used in stadiums, concerts and the Lincoln Center!
#UBuffalo research goes cinematic! 🎥🏔️
Elizabeth Thomas from the Dept. of Earth Sciences and her team uncover a once-vegetated landscape beneath the Greenland ice sheet—now featured in the new documentary titled The Memory of Darkness, Light, and Ice.
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Elizabeth Thomas from the Dept. of Earth Sciences and her team uncover a once-vegetated landscape beneath the Greenland ice sheet—now featured in the new documentary titled The Memory of Darkness, Light, and Ice.
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UB’s ice sheet research featured in new documentary
“The Memory of Darkness, Light, and Ice” looks at ancient sediment pulled from beneath the ice sheet that was stored at the university for many years.
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October 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
#UBuffalo research goes cinematic! 🎥🏔️
Elizabeth Thomas from the Dept. of Earth Sciences and her team uncover a once-vegetated landscape beneath the Greenland ice sheet—now featured in the new documentary titled The Memory of Darkness, Light, and Ice.
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Elizabeth Thomas from the Dept. of Earth Sciences and her team uncover a once-vegetated landscape beneath the Greenland ice sheet—now featured in the new documentary titled The Memory of Darkness, Light, and Ice.
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Congrats to Nick Henshue in the #UBuffalo Dept. of Environment and Sustainability on being named one of SUNY's inaugural Sustainability Faculty Fellows!
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Henshue named inaugural SUNY fellow for sustainability
Henshue and the 10 other fellows will assist SUNY faculty in incorporating climate and sustainability topics into existing courses.
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October 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Congrats to Nick Henshue in the #UBuffalo Dept. of Environment and Sustainability on being named one of SUNY's inaugural Sustainability Faculty Fellows!
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The College of Arts and Sciences has made impressive gains in the 2026 U.S. News & World Report rankings!
Economics moved up 14 spots to No. 52 and psychology moved up nine places to 45th among public universities.
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Economics moved up 14 spots to No. 52 and psychology moved up nine places to 45th among public universities.
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U.S. News Best Colleges rankings place UB 36th among public universities
The university is tied for No. 36 in the latest U.S. News Best Colleges rankings.
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September 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The College of Arts and Sciences has made impressive gains in the 2026 U.S. News & World Report rankings!
Economics moved up 14 spots to No. 52 and psychology moved up nine places to 45th among public universities.
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Economics moved up 14 spots to No. 52 and psychology moved up nine places to 45th among public universities.
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Behind the scenes, building careers! ✨👗🎭
In the #UBuffalo Department of Theatre and Dance's Costume Shop, students design and construct hundreds of costumes each season under the guidance of alum and assistant professor, Max Levitt.
In the #UBuffalo Department of Theatre and Dance's Costume Shop, students design and construct hundreds of costumes each season under the guidance of alum and assistant professor, Max Levitt.
Costume shop opens doors for student designers
Costume shop manager Max Levitt helps showcase student creativity — from concept to curtain.
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September 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Behind the scenes, building careers! ✨👗🎭
In the #UBuffalo Department of Theatre and Dance's Costume Shop, students design and construct hundreds of costumes each season under the guidance of alum and assistant professor, Max Levitt.
In the #UBuffalo Department of Theatre and Dance's Costume Shop, students design and construct hundreds of costumes each season under the guidance of alum and assistant professor, Max Levitt.
This summer, #UBuffalo students turned WNY into a climate lab!
With guidance from professor Sophie Nowicki, 15 students studied Lake Erie ice, shoreline erosion and past climate shifts, tackling challenges facing the Great Lakes and beyond.
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With guidance from professor Sophie Nowicki, 15 students studied Lake Erie ice, shoreline erosion and past climate shifts, tackling challenges facing the Great Lakes and beyond.
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WNY becomes living lab for students studying climate hazards
UB and universities nationwide investigated climate hazards and extreme weather. Over 10 weeks, 15 students worked with UB researchers on projects tackling the complex challenges of global climate cha...
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September 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This summer, #UBuffalo students turned WNY into a climate lab!
With guidance from professor Sophie Nowicki, 15 students studied Lake Erie ice, shoreline erosion and past climate shifts, tackling challenges facing the Great Lakes and beyond.
Read more: arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/news-and-eve...
With guidance from professor Sophie Nowicki, 15 students studied Lake Erie ice, shoreline erosion and past climate shifts, tackling challenges facing the Great Lakes and beyond.
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After 14-plus years, UB President Satish K. Tripathi has announced he will step down in July 2026. As the longest-serving president of UB since it joined the SUNY system in 1962, Tripathi helped cement #UBuffalo as a premier public research university. Learn more ⬇️
Tripathi to step down as UB president
The longest-serving president to lead UB since it joined the SUNY system in 1962 will step down next July and return to his faculty role in the engineering school.
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September 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
After 14-plus years, UB President Satish K. Tripathi has announced he will step down in July 2026. As the longest-serving president of UB since it joined the SUNY system in 1962, Tripathi helped cement #UBuffalo as a premier public research university. Learn more ⬇️
We’re excited to welcome new #UBuffalo faculty this fall!
⚖️ Sojung Lim - Korean Studies and Sociology and Criminology
⚛️ Jamir Marino - Physics
🌎 Eric Sandvol - Earth Sciences
📚 Genie JH Yoo - History
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⚖️ Sojung Lim - Korean Studies and Sociology and Criminology
⚛️ Jamir Marino - Physics
🌎 Eric Sandvol - Earth Sciences
📚 Genie JH Yoo - History
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September 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
We’re excited to welcome new #UBuffalo faculty this fall!
⚖️ Sojung Lim - Korean Studies and Sociology and Criminology
⚛️ Jamir Marino - Physics
🌎 Eric Sandvol - Earth Sciences
📚 Genie JH Yoo - History
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⚖️ Sojung Lim - Korean Studies and Sociology and Criminology
⚛️ Jamir Marino - Physics
🌎 Eric Sandvol - Earth Sciences
📚 Genie JH Yoo - History
Read more: arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/college/abou...
#UBuffalo is bringing climate science to the stage! 🌎🎭🌿
Faculty in the Departments of Environment and Sustainability (EVS) and Theatre and Dance are using theatre to spark big conversations about climate change and resilience.
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Faculty in the Departments of Environment and Sustainability (EVS) and Theatre and Dance are using theatre to spark big conversations about climate change and resilience.
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Shaping climate education through the humanities
A collaboration between the sciences and the humanities at UB has led to an innovative way to share important climate change information.
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September 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
#UBuffalo is bringing climate science to the stage! 🌎🎭🌿
Faculty in the Departments of Environment and Sustainability (EVS) and Theatre and Dance are using theatre to spark big conversations about climate change and resilience.
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Faculty in the Departments of Environment and Sustainability (EVS) and Theatre and Dance are using theatre to spark big conversations about climate change and resilience.
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🗓️ Mark your calendars!
The 2025 Buffalo Humanities Festival is Sept. 19–20.
This year’s theme: Fabrication — from creativity & craft to deception & truth.
🔵 Sept. 19: An Evening with Nick Cave
🔵 Sept. 20: Panels & talks at the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
Register ➡️ buffalohumanities.org
The 2025 Buffalo Humanities Festival is Sept. 19–20.
This year’s theme: Fabrication — from creativity & craft to deception & truth.
🔵 Sept. 19: An Evening with Nick Cave
🔵 Sept. 20: Panels & talks at the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
Register ➡️ buffalohumanities.org
September 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
🗓️ Mark your calendars!
The 2025 Buffalo Humanities Festival is Sept. 19–20.
This year’s theme: Fabrication — from creativity & craft to deception & truth.
🔵 Sept. 19: An Evening with Nick Cave
🔵 Sept. 20: Panels & talks at the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
Register ➡️ buffalohumanities.org
The 2025 Buffalo Humanities Festival is Sept. 19–20.
This year’s theme: Fabrication — from creativity & craft to deception & truth.
🔵 Sept. 19: An Evening with Nick Cave
🔵 Sept. 20: Panels & talks at the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
Register ➡️ buffalohumanities.org
Transforming education in Nigeria! 🌍
#UBuffalo associate professor Ndubueze Mbah received a $75,000 Spencer Foundation Vision Grant that will help create 260 project-based “Smart Green Schools" in the Enugu State of Nigeria.
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#UBuffalo associate professor Ndubueze Mbah received a $75,000 Spencer Foundation Vision Grant that will help create 260 project-based “Smart Green Schools" in the Enugu State of Nigeria.
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UB research driving comprehensive educational reform in Nigeria
A Spencer Foundation Vision Grant awarded to UB professor Ndubueze Mbah is already producing tangible results.
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September 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Transforming education in Nigeria! 🌍
#UBuffalo associate professor Ndubueze Mbah received a $75,000 Spencer Foundation Vision Grant that will help create 260 project-based “Smart Green Schools" in the Enugu State of Nigeria.
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#UBuffalo associate professor Ndubueze Mbah received a $75,000 Spencer Foundation Vision Grant that will help create 260 project-based “Smart Green Schools" in the Enugu State of Nigeria.
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A warm welcome from Dean Jeff Grabill 💙🦬
He kicks off the new year with a message full of excitement for the ideas, connections and discoveries ahead at #UBuffalo.
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He kicks off the new year with a message full of excitement for the ideas, connections and discoveries ahead at #UBuffalo.
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Welcome from Dean Jeff Grabill
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August 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
A warm welcome from Dean Jeff Grabill 💙🦬
He kicks off the new year with a message full of excitement for the ideas, connections and discoveries ahead at #UBuffalo.
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He kicks off the new year with a message full of excitement for the ideas, connections and discoveries ahead at #UBuffalo.
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Congrats to Kristin Poinar, UB Earth Sciences, on receiving the 2025 NSF CAREER Award! 🏔️🧊
Her project uses AI to make ice sheet models faster and more accurate, helping predict sea-level rise.
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Her project uses AI to make ice sheet models faster and more accurate, helping predict sea-level rise.
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August 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Congrats to Kristin Poinar, UB Earth Sciences, on receiving the 2025 NSF CAREER Award! 🏔️🧊
Her project uses AI to make ice sheet models faster and more accurate, helping predict sea-level rise.
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Her project uses AI to make ice sheet models faster and more accurate, helping predict sea-level rise.
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Checkerboard waves? 🌊 They’re called matrix tides.
UB math professor Gino Biondini and his team used simulations to crack the code behind these rare patterns—revealing nature’s hidden rhythms.
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UB math professor Gino Biondini and his team used simulations to crack the code behind these rare patterns—revealing nature’s hidden rhythms.
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We now have the math to describe ‘matrix tides’ and other complex wave patterns
A UB study characterizes two-dimensional wave patterns, such as the undular bores seen in a Chinese river, that move along two directions.
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August 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Checkerboard waves? 🌊 They’re called matrix tides.
UB math professor Gino Biondini and his team used simulations to crack the code behind these rare patterns—revealing nature’s hidden rhythms.
Read more: arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/news-and-eve...
UB math professor Gino Biondini and his team used simulations to crack the code behind these rare patterns—revealing nature’s hidden rhythms.
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The College of Arts and Sciences is thrilled to be able to offer AI-focused degrees this fall!
Redefining #AI education 💡#UBuffalo is blending AI with the humanities and social sciences to prepare students for tomorrow’s challenges, fueled by a $5M investment from New York State. Learn more 🔽
First-of-their-kind ‘AI + X’ degrees to be offered at UB this fall
The new programs will prepare students to use AI in other disciplines in collaboration with the new Department of AI and Society.
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August 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The College of Arts and Sciences is thrilled to be able to offer AI-focused degrees this fall!
#UBuffalo Professor Sophie Nowicki was awarded $2.1M to lead ISMIP7—a global project combining ice sheet, ocean and climate models to better predict sea-level rise.
100+ scientists are working together to understand how fast Antarctica and Greenland are melting, and what that means for our coasts.
100+ scientists are working together to understand how fast Antarctica and Greenland are melting, and what that means for our coasts.
Multimillion-dollar grant will help UB project ice sheet loss, sea level rise
The funding allows earth sciences researcher Sophie Nowicki to continue leading an international ice sheet modeling project.
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July 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
#UBuffalo Professor Sophie Nowicki was awarded $2.1M to lead ISMIP7—a global project combining ice sheet, ocean and climate models to better predict sea-level rise.
100+ scientists are working together to understand how fast Antarctica and Greenland are melting, and what that means for our coasts.
100+ scientists are working together to understand how fast Antarctica and Greenland are melting, and what that means for our coasts.
#UBuffalo has been named a global leader in sustainability in the 2024 Times Higher Ed Impact Rankings — recognized for advancing climate action, clean energy, and responsible consumption. 🌎💙
UB again ranks among nation’s best in sustainability measures
UB excels in Times Higher Education's rankings of global health, climate action and sustainability research.
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July 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
#UBuffalo has been named a global leader in sustainability in the 2024 Times Higher Ed Impact Rankings — recognized for advancing climate action, clean energy, and responsible consumption. 🌎💙
Six #UBuffalo Arts and Sciences students are headed abroad with Fulbright awards! 🌍✈️
They’ll teach, research and study across the globe—from Austria to Jordan, Taiwan to the Canary Islands.
Congrats to James, Olivia, Laibah, Jaden, Constance and Taylor!
They’ll teach, research and study across the globe—from Austria to Jordan, Taiwan to the Canary Islands.
Congrats to James, Olivia, Laibah, Jaden, Constance and Taylor!
Six UB students receive Fulbright awards
The students join the university's long history of sending students to take part in the prestigious program.
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July 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Six #UBuffalo Arts and Sciences students are headed abroad with Fulbright awards! 🌍✈️
They’ll teach, research and study across the globe—from Austria to Jordan, Taiwan to the Canary Islands.
Congrats to James, Olivia, Laibah, Jaden, Constance and Taylor!
They’ll teach, research and study across the globe—from Austria to Jordan, Taiwan to the Canary Islands.
Congrats to James, Olivia, Laibah, Jaden, Constance and Taylor!
Congrats to #UBuffalo PhD student Festus Adegbola, studying Geography with a concentration in Earth Systems Science, on earning the prestigious NASA FINESST Fellowship! 🌍🚀
He is using remote-sensing tech to study biodiversity from above, and now has NASA’s support to keep going.
He is using remote-sensing tech to study biodiversity from above, and now has NASA’s support to keep going.
UB student awarded NASA fellowship to map biodiversity in South Africa
Festus Adegbola’s work on the BioSCape project monitors — from the air — how plants and wildfires influence bird diversity.
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July 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Congrats to #UBuffalo PhD student Festus Adegbola, studying Geography with a concentration in Earth Systems Science, on earning the prestigious NASA FINESST Fellowship! 🌍🚀
He is using remote-sensing tech to study biodiversity from above, and now has NASA’s support to keep going.
He is using remote-sensing tech to study biodiversity from above, and now has NASA’s support to keep going.
If you're working on a new energy technology and want to learn how to bring it to market, consider applying for the NSF I-Corps Energy Innovators Course, running from August 18 to September 17! ⚡🔌 💡
Apply today: www.tfaforms.com/5172906
Apply today: www.tfaforms.com/5172906
July 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
If you're working on a new energy technology and want to learn how to bring it to market, consider applying for the NSF I-Corps Energy Innovators Course, running from August 18 to September 17! ⚡🔌 💡
Apply today: www.tfaforms.com/5172906
Apply today: www.tfaforms.com/5172906
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There is still time to sign up for one of our Summer Session M classes (Jul 8 - Aug 15)!
We are offering Intro to Microeconomics, Macroeconomic Theory, and Econometrics I.
Check out pub.hub.buffalo.edu for more info!
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We are offering Intro to Microeconomics, Macroeconomic Theory, and Econometrics I.
Check out pub.hub.buffalo.edu for more info!
#UBuffalo @ubartsandsciences.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
There is still time to sign up for one of our Summer Session M classes (Jul 8 - Aug 15)!
We are offering Intro to Microeconomics, Macroeconomic Theory, and Econometrics I.
Check out pub.hub.buffalo.edu for more info!
#UBuffalo @ubartsandsciences.bsky.social
We are offering Intro to Microeconomics, Macroeconomic Theory, and Econometrics I.
Check out pub.hub.buffalo.edu for more info!
#UBuffalo @ubartsandsciences.bsky.social
Grammy-winning violinist and #UBuffalo music professor Melissa White is the new artistic director of Clarion Concerts!🎻
She’s bringing fresh energy to classical music—highlighting Black composers, launching school outreach, and creating hands-on opportunities for students.
She’s bringing fresh energy to classical music—highlighting Black composers, launching school outreach, and creating hands-on opportunities for students.
White named artistic director of Clarion Concerts
The award, given every three years, is presented to only a handful of scholars.
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July 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Grammy-winning violinist and #UBuffalo music professor Melissa White is the new artistic director of Clarion Concerts!🎻
She’s bringing fresh energy to classical music—highlighting Black composers, launching school outreach, and creating hands-on opportunities for students.
She’s bringing fresh energy to classical music—highlighting Black composers, launching school outreach, and creating hands-on opportunities for students.