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Raising Guide Dog Puppies on Campus: How Students Are Helping Make a Difference for the Blind
Have you met Tarzan or Juan yet on campus? These latest members of the University community are hard to miss, with their friendly dispositions, shiny coats and wagging tails. Tarzan, a one-year-old black lab, and Juan, a four-month-old yellow lab, are…
Museum Studies Program Receives Funding from Fisher Price for Major Digitization Project
The museum studies program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design has received a $28,000 grant from Buffalo-based Fisher-Price, Inc. to fund the coordination and digitization of the View-Master™ archive. View-Master™ was first introduced at the…
3 Student Veterans Honored as Tillman Scholars
Three talented and passionate ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ student veterans—Benetta Dousuah G’25, second-year law student Jude Akpunku and Zahra Johnson G’25—were recognized as 2024 Tillman Scholars by the Pat Tillman Foundation. The award unites and empowers remarkable military service members, veterans and…
New Director Brings Disability Law Expertise and Lived Experience to Disability Law and Policy Program
Katherine Macfarlane, a leading expert on disability law, civil procedure and civil rights litigation, joined the College of Law last summer to lead the groundbreaking Disability Law and Policy (DLPP) program. The program was founded and led by Professor Emerita…
Student-Athletes Enjoy New Study Away Sports Communications Course
They toured the offices of Fox Sports, SONY Pictures and the NFL Network. They got tips on making presentations from former NFL champions Lou Alexander ’12, Derrell Smith ’10 and Roland Williams ’97. They learned storytelling from sports broadcasters Andrew…
Nimisha Thakur Receives Newcombe Fellowship for Doctoral Research in India
Nimisha Thakur, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Anthropology in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, has received a Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. Awarded by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, the Newcombe Fellowship supports…
Volunteers Needed to Host Fulbright Scholars
Each summer, students from around the world come to ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ as Fulbright Scholars, and International Programs within the College of Professional Studies is seeking volunteers to host these Fulbright Scholars for a meal during their time in Central New…
New Student Representatives to the Board of Trustees Named
The Board of Trustees welcomes four new undergraduate, graduate and law student representatives to the board. All have been deeply engaged in student activities while pursuing diverse career paths and will bring new insights to the governance process. The undergraduate…
College of Law Introduces Two Groundbreaking Intercollegiate Trial Advocacy Competitions
The College of Law will host two first-of-its-kind intercollegiate trial advocacy competitions in the 2024-2025 academic year. The new competitions are the National Military Trial Competition and the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Deposition Competition, bringing the total of hosted ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Law competitions to…
2023-24 National Student Employment Week Award Winners Announced
Every April, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Student Employment (’Cuse Works) celebrates and honors the University’s student employees and their supervisors during National Student Employment Week. They do this in part by presenting students and staff with the Undergraduate Student of the Year…