Alumni News

UB Engineers Without Borders students work to bring clean water to Nicaraguan community

10/15/18

“It was the most beautiful place I have ever been to. From the top of the hills, we could see miles and miles of mountains, trees and coffee bushes,” said Aaron Chaney, secretary of Engineers Without Borders and a student in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering.

Victor Bahl helps Microsoft—and students—succeed in today’s technological world

5/15/18

This year's distinguished alumnus graduate commencement ceremony speaker, Victor Bahl, is director of mobility and networking research in Microsoft’s Artificial Intelligence and Research division, a member of Microsoft’s Redmond Lab Leadership Team, and co-founder of a non-profit organization, Computing For All, which he began with his wife, Ritu.

For Gina Lee-Glauser, small talk is a big deal for underrepresented STEM students

5/11/18

As a child, one of Gina Lee-Glauser’s (MS ’88, BS ’82) dreams was to become an astronaut. But today, the 2018 SEAS Dean's Award winner has a different mission: helping underrepresented and underprepared students achieve their dreams of graduating college.

Scolese to receive the 2018 von Kármán Lectureship in Astronautics award

4/20/18

His love of space began in kindergarten, but Christopher Scolese (BS '78) credits the broad and somewhat unique curriculum at UB for ultimately leading him to his position as center director of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.