Downtown Campus News

The late Peter Ayers Nickerson, a beloved UB faculty member who spent nearly 50 years teaching in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has given $4.5 million to the school.

Representatives including UB President Satish K. Tripathi and New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo gathered for the traditional topping out ceremony.

The use of terra cotta panels as the high-performance "skin" of the new home of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is a nod to Buffalo's rich architectural history.

Imagine a kids’ menu with no French fries or soda that offers healthy entrees. This is the type of menu that an East coast restaurant chain introduced to encourage healthier eating. After its introduction, orders of healthier children’s items increased.  

Recruited to UB and Women & Children’s Hospital last year, he brings a fresh perspective to Western New York’s pediatric obesity issue.

The University at Buffalo today launches a fundraising campaign that is the largest in university history and the largest in the history of the State University of New York system.

The new building allows UB to train more doctors to alleviate physician shortages, achieve breakthroughs in biomedical research and transform health care in Buffalo.

The work has resulted in about $52 million in MWBE contracts.