UB reaches major milestone in carbon neutrality goal On Earth Day, President Tripathi announces UB has achieved its target for directly controlled emissions, five years ahead of schedule.

Big news this #EarthDay! 🌎 #UBuffalo has reached carbon neutrality for its directly-controlled emissions ahead of its 2030 goal, proving what's possible when an entire campus community commits to a greener future! 🔽

Fifteen students receive SUNY Chancellor’s Awards The award recognizing student excellence is the highest honor SUNY bestows upon its students.

A proud #UBTrueBlue achievement! 🏅 Congrats to these #UBuffalo students on receiving a SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence, the highest honor @sunyofficial.bsky.social bestows upon its students 🤘

NYPA, UB launch clean energy fellowship program UB researchers will harness AI to address some of the power industry's key challenges.

Powering up! ⚡#UBuffalo is partnering with the New York Power Authority on a new #AI fellowship program to address some of the power industry's key challenges 🔽

IHE US AI Summit banner. Text: 'Ensuring AI for the public good', June 3-4, 2026, Buffalo, NY. Co-organizer: Times Higher Education. Host partner: University at Buffalo. Image shows an aerial view of a campus at night.

Advancing #AI ⏩ See the agenda for Inside Higher Ed’s US AI Summit at #UBuffalo, exploring the future of artificial intelligence and how to develop #AI-driven solutions to serve the public good ➡️ ms.spr.ly/63323QhCVT

Signs of #spring 🌸🐣 The peregrine falcons are back on #UBuffalo's South Campus with a few additions on the way! Watch the live feed ▶️ www.buffalo.edu/sustainabili...

Three UB students named Goldwater scholars The national award recognizes outstanding undergraduates pursuing research careers in science, mathematics and engineering.

Congratulations to these outstanding #UBTrueBlue students 💙 Meet the three #UBuffalo undergraduates named 2026 Goldwater Scholars, one of the most prestigious STEM honors in the nation! 🔽 ms.spr.ly/63327QhklP

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Congratulations to #UBuffalo’s recipients of the 2026 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence! As you continue to pursue your goals at UB and beyond, we look forward to seeing all you achieve in the years ahead.

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Commencement season is here! 🎓 Whether you're a member of the #UBClassOf2026 or cheering from the crowd, visit our Commencement page for schedules, streaming, guest info and more! ▶️ ms.spr.ly/63329Q70fh

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Why doesn’t the U.S. recycle more plastic? New study points to lack of access. Recycling infrastructure inequities in the South, sparsely populated states tied to lower income, less-college educated communities.

What keeps people in the United States from recycling plastic?

The answer is complex, but #UBuffalo researchers, including #UBSEAS faculty John Atkinson and Monica Miles, have found unequal access to recycling infrastructure plays a key role.

Read more: ubseas.info/4mrKz2m

UB’s robot dog sniffs out possible structural defects in the Erie Canal UB researchers put their robot dog to work helping to safeguard the Erie Canal.

Engineer’s best friend 🐶🤖 #UBuffalo researchers are putting their robot dog, Yubie, to work helping to safeguard the Erie Canal! 🔽

#BuffaloNY #WNY

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Thank you to Paul Brown and the members of the Buffalo Building Trades Council for your support of #UBuffalo and the impact you have made on our education, research and athletic environments. Your partnership plays a critical role in the ongoing transformation of our campuses!

Sunlight streams through the columns of Baird Point on UB's North Campus. Lake LaSalle appears calm in the foreground. Trees flank Baird Point.

A warm welcome to everyone on campus for Accepted Students Day today! 🤘🏽 We hope you find your reason to love #UBuffalo 💙

UB President Satish K. Tripathi and Bilkent University's Rector Kursat Aydogan smile and shake hands, holding copies of a document.

UB President Satish K. Tripathi and METU President Ahmet Yozgatligil sit at a conference table as they sign an agreement.

UB President Satish K. Tripathi and Ankara University's Rector Necdet Ünüvar stand together holding copies of a document.

UB President Satish K. Tripathi shakes hands with Istanbul Technical University's Rector Hasan Mandal.

#UBuffalo continues to enhance and expand our international impact, most recently in Turkey with highly productive conversations, new MoUs and agreement renewals with Bilkent University, Middle East Technical University, Ankara University and Istanbul Technical University.

Three people stand together in front of a screen that says, "Turkey: Presidential Dinner with UB Alumni-2026, Istanbul, Turkey, April 4, 2026."

A group of seven people stand together in front of a screen that says, "Turkey: Presidential Dinner with UB Alumni-2026, Istanbul, Turkey, April 4, 2026." Many of them are holding up their hands to show the UB Bulls symbol.

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While in Istanbul, I was delighted to meet with members of the #UBuffalo Alumni Turkey Network and provide an update on all we have accomplished in recent years at UB to enhance the student experience, cultivate groundbreaking research and education and deepen our global impact.

President Tripathi and Jacob Brink pose for a photo while they hold a plaque in between them.

Jacob Brink holds his award and poses for a photo with VP of Athletics Mark Alnutt and Jacob's coach Vicki Mitchell.

Jacob poses for a photo with his parents.

Jacob holds his award and poses for a photo with a group of eight people.

Congratulations to our 2026 Clifford C. Furnas Scholar-Athlete awardee, Jacob Brink! An accomplished X-country runner & a stellar student, Jacob graduates in May with a B.S. in electrical engineering & will continue pursuing his master’s degree in the same field at #UBuffalo.

At #UBuffalo, curiosity fuels breakthroughs in robotics, AI, and beyond. 💡 Here, at one of the nation’s leading public research universities and New York’s flagship, is where it all begins. Learn more ▶️ buffalo.edu

Several UB programs rank among the top 50 in the U.S. in QS World University Rankings by Subject Ranked among the country’s top 10 for dentistry, School of Dental Medicine highlights UB rankings.

Proud moment for the #UBuffalo arts and sciences!

Top 50 in QS World University Rankings by Subject:
🌎 Geography (No. 21)
🔍 Archaeology (No. 36)
💭 Philosophy (No. 49)
🧪 Materials Science (No. 50)

Plus many more programs in the top 100!

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AI That Helps Doctors Think Smarter Built on 13 million medical facts, UB’s clinical AI tool uses reason to help physicians make complex diagnoses.

#AI for a better diagnosis 🤖 Built on 13 million medical facts, #UBuffalo’s clinical AI tool uses reason to help physicians make complex diagnoses. Learn more 🔽

UB schools among best in U.S. News grad school rankings UB professional schools and programs are among the best in the nation according to the magazine's new rankings of the nation’s Best Graduate Schools.

#UBTrueBlue excellence! 🤘🏽 #UBuffalo is proud to have four graduate programs ranked No. 1 in New York State and many more among the top 50 nationwide in the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools rankings! 🔽

Supercharging Drug Discovery Modeling how thousands of compounds affect the body at once, UB’s AI platform is speeding up new treatments for countless diseases.

Accelerating breakthroughs 💊 #UBuffalo's #AI platform is speeding up new treatments for countless diseases by modeling how thousands of compounds affect the body at once. Learn more 🔽

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#UBuffalo is leading the charge in AI research and teaching for social good. On this episode of UB Tech Talk, learn more about the Center for Information Integrity, what role universities should play in AI adoption and how you can spot misinfo in the age of AI.
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AI system curbs hallucinations in automated chest X-ray reports UB researchers develop AI framework that reduces common errors by anchoring report generation to what appears in the medical image.

AI is a useful tool in medical imaging analysis, but the AI vision-language can sometimes drift away from the X-ray image as they write.

#UBuffalo researchers are working to curb these, creating a more efficient analysis.

Learn more about the new method:


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Smarter Wound Monitoring With AI A new device can assess covered wounds and how they’re healing with remarkable precision—without the need to open any dressings.

Smart wound monitoring with #AI 🩹 A new device that can assess covered wounds and how they’re healing with remarkable precision is in development at #UBuffalo. Learn more 🔽

Harnessing Light to Fight Cancer Pancreatic cancer is notoriously difficult to treat. A new method would use light-infused chemotherapy to take on the deadly disease.

Bring the light💡 Pancreatic #cancer is notoriously difficult to treat. A new method in development at #UBuffalo would use light-infused #chemotherapy to take on the deadly disease.

UB secures funding for cross-border supply chains With $1M in federal funding, the initiative will help small- and medium-sized businesses navigate the challenges of cross-border trade.

Boosting local business 📈 A new $1M+ center at #UBuffalo will help #WNY businesses strengthen cross-border supply chains with Canada and drive regional growth 🔽

Quote on brain scan images: "THINK ABOUT RECONNECTING A HUMAN WITH THE WORLD... IMAGINE THE FREEDOM, OR THE HUMANITY, YOU GIVE BACK TO SOMEONE..." - ELAD LEVY

Brain power to the max 🧠 A #UBuffalo neurosurgeon discusses brain-computer interface technology and what it means for people living with paralysis on the latest Driven to Discover podcast. ➡️ www.buffalo.edu/ubnow/Driven...

Amit Goyal appointed associate editor-in-chief at NAE flagship publication, The Bridge University at Buffalo scientist Amit Goyal has been named associate editor-in-chief of The Bridge, the flagship quarterly journal of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).

Amit Goyal has been named associate editor-in-chief of The Bridge, flagship journal of the National Academy of Engineering.

Learn more about professor Goyal's appointment:

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IHE US AI Summit: "Ensuring AI for the public good," June 3–4, 2026, in Buffalo, NY. Co-organizer: THE Times Higher Education. Host partner: University at Buffalo. An aerial view of the University at Buffalo is in the background.

Convening global #AI leaders 🌎 The first speakers have been announced for Inside Higher Education’s US AI Summit at #UBuffalo. Meet the experts working to shape the future of AI, advancing solutions for the public good ➡️ ms.spr.ly/63322QvwBu

The first AI degrees of their kind in the nation New interdisciplinary degrees provide a deep understanding of AI while preparing students for tomorrow’s careers.

The next gen of AI leaders starts here. 💡 #UBuffalo’s new interdisciplinary degrees provide a deep understanding of #AI while preparing students for tomorrow's careers. 🔽

Remembering UB’s Ivy Day — on Ivy Day UB Then looks back at UB's unique take on the annual tradition at the Ivy League schools.

Planting a legacy 🌱 Take a look back at Ivy Day, a unique #UBuffalo tradition rooted in history, community ⬇️