The Philosophy, Politics and Economics program has received a nearly $4M U.S. Dept. of Education grant to advance civil discourse and civic engagement through a new four-year initiative: From Campus to Community. 🌟 arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/news-and-eve...

How will social media influence the 2026 midterm elections? 🗳️📲 Yini Zhang, assistant professor in the Department of Communication, shares expert insight on how political messaging is evolving and the growing challenges facing journalists. arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/news-and-eve...

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...

How can climate models better serve the people most affected by environmental change? 🌎 #UBuffalo Earth Sciences professor Yifan Cheng is partnering with Indigenous communities to co-design climate models with real-world impact. arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/news-and-eve...

How a month without alcohol can change behavior and wellbeing 🧠🍷 Megan Strowger, psychology postdoctoral associate, shares insights on the benefits of Dry January, including better sleep, weight changes, and greater confidence in social settings. Q&A: arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/news-and-eve...

Wei Sun, associate professor in Communicative Disorders and Sciences at #UBuffalo, is co-leading research on an AI-based hearing test using pupil responses to sound, with implications for early detection and cognitive decline. 👂👁️ arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/news-and-eve...

New insights into Greenland’s ice history 🌎 #UBuffalo Earth Sciences professor Jason Briner co-led research showing the Prudhoe Dome ice cap was ice-free just 7,000 years ago. The work comes from GreenDrill, a first-of-its-kind project funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation.

Big news! 💡 #UBuffalo is receiving $50M from New York State to launch a biofabrication and imaging research hub! This will support engineering, medicine and life sciences—advancing regenerative medicine, drug discovery, medical devices and more.

#UBuffalo Earth Sciences students go deep into volcanic fieldwork! 🌋 Six UB students and 10 from @sunyofficial.bsky.social explored massive volcanic calderas in New Hampshire—camping, hiking, and prepping meals while mastering geological fieldwork. 💬 arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/news-and-eve...

Where code meets composition! 💻 🎶 #UBuffalo student Matt Domzalski blends the precision of computer science with his passion of music—bridging two majors that may seem worlds apart. youtu.be/x_TiUQrzols?...

Bulls give back 💙 #UBuffalo's Horns Up for Hope is campus wide effort to collect food and winter clothing to support the #BuffaloNY community 🫱🏼‍🫲🏽 Learn more 🔽

The “Untamed Garden” of post-pandemic growth 🌷🍃 In a new American Historical Review visual essay, #UBuffalo historian Claire Schen and her daughter, illustrator Maddy Cherr, reflect on teaching, learning and resilience in the long shadow of COVID-19. 💬 arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/news-and-eve...

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. 💬 arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/news-and-eve...

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.

#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!

#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. 💬 arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/news-and-eve...

Congrats to Nick Henshue in the #UBuffalo Dept. of Environment and Sustainability on being named one of SUNY's inaugural Sustainability Faculty Fellows! 💬 arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/news-and-eve... @sunyofficial.bsky.social

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. 💬 arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/news-and-eve...

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.

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...

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 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. 💬 arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/college/abou...

🗓️ 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

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. 💬 arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/news-and-eve...

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. youtu.be/6GdXRA8HToM?...

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. Read more ➡️ arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/news-and-eve...

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...

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.

No matter where you look, #UBuffalo shines through. 💙📸

#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!

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.

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

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

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.

#UBuffalo researchers found nearly 500 human genes that act like light switches—either fully on or off! 💡🧬 Led by Omer Gokcumen, Alber Aqil & Naoki Masuda, the study blends math + biology to uncover genetic patterns linked to fertility, COVID-19, cancer & more.

We're so proud of Emery! A rockstar legal studies major in our Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Program. 🤩 #UBuffalo

Elizabeth “Libby” Otto, #UBuffalo professor of modern and contemporary art history is reshaping what we know about the Bauhaus under Nazi rule. She’s earned Guggenheim, Radcliffe, and Dedalus Foundation fellowships to support her new book on art, resistance, and complicity in 1930s Germany.

Excited for this partnership in developing the new Department of AI and Society at #UBuffalo!

One undergrad. Three research fields. Endless curiosity. 💡🔍 Grace Hafner explored geology, public health, and ecology, all as an undergrad at #UBuffalo. From glowing rocks to mosquito maps to bats and light pollution, her research proves that curiosity doesn’t stick to one lane.

Congratulations College of Arts and Sciences faculty who have received Fulbright Scholar awards! 🌎✈️] From dementia research in Sri Lanka to studying wave phenomena in Greece, these scholars are making a global impact through teaching, research, and international collaboration. Read more ⬇️

#UBuffalo chemist Diana Aga discovered a soil bacterium that breaks down forever chemicals—toxic substances found in things like nonstick pans, water-resistant clothing and food packaging.🧪🌎 Big breakthrough. Tiny microbe. Hear the story on The Academic Minute 🎧 ⬇️

At our graduate commencement ceremony on May 16, Luis A. Colón, SUNY Distinguished Professor and A. Conger Goodyear Professor in the Department of Chemistry, received the UB President’s Medal. This Medal recognizes extraordinary contributions to the university and the broader community. 🏅 #UBuffalo

Exciting news, #UBuffalo! 💙 We’re thrilled to announce that Jeffrey T. Grabill has been appointed as the new dean of the UB College of Arts and Sciences, starting Aug 1, 2025. Dr. Grabill brings valuable experience from the University of Leeds to continue our mission of educational excellence!

Hear from our ✨Grammy-winning✨ music professor, Jeff Scott, and how he made his mark on both the performance and composition of urban classical music!

The #UBuffalo Department of Geology is now the Department of Earth Sciences! 🌍✨ From glaciers to lava, climate change to solar eclipses 🌒, they're uncovering Earth’s coolest secrets. 🌋 #EarthSciences #Geology

Welcome to our page, #UBuffalo! Who are we? 💡 We innovate. 🚀 We lead. 🌟 We inspire. 🌍 We make an impact. From groundbreaking research to incredible achievements, we’ll be sharing all the exciting things happening across the arts, humanities, natural sciences, mathematics and social sciences.