University at Buffalo (UB)
Published September 21, 2017 This content is archived.
An article in the Buffalo News reports on Tuesday’s Distinguished Speakers Series program by Malala Yousafzai, the teenage activist who protested a Taliban ban on education for girls and survived a shooting attack to the face, and who became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Liesl Folks, dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, served as moderator.
"The Taliban made a big mistake. They wanted to silence me," she said. "Now I'm speaking globally for all girls."
Read the Buffalo News story here.