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UB’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences recognized as national leader in diversity and inclusiveness
8/15/19

The UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has been recognized as an Exemplar Bronze Award recipient by the ASEE Diversity Recognition Program. The program publicly recognizes engineering colleges that make significant progress in increasing diversity and inclusion.

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Batta named interim engineering dean
6/24/19

A UB faculty member since 1984, Batta previously served as acting/interim dean in 2011-12.

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Tech giants award UB $150,000 to bring ethics into computer science classes
6/18/19

Ethics in curriculum will be a requirement as opposed to an afterthought, organizers say.

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Congratulations to Chi Zhou, NSF CAREER Award recipient
5/23/19

Zhou is among nine early career researchers in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences to receive the award this year.

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UB alumna Kay Stanney elected to National Academy of Engineering
5/21/19
Kay Stanney, CEO and founder of Design Interactive Inc. and an alumna of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
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Nine engineers receive coveted CAREER awards from National Science Foundation
5/20/19

The grants, which total $4.5 million, show that UB is recruiting the very best early-career faculty.

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SEAS Dean’s Award recipient Jonathan Watts helps students and keeps his father’s vision alive
5/17/19
Jonathan Watts, vice president at Watts Architecture & Engineering, came to the University at Buffalo as a transfer student in 1996. He left his previous college because he felt that UB offered a more comprehensive engineering education, and went on to earn his BS in industrial engineering in 2000 and a BS in civil engineering in 2003.
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Lukasiewicz and Odonkor to address fellow students at SEAS Commencement ceremonies
5/15/19
Later this week, over 1,300 School of Engineering and Applied Sciences graduates will sit in anticipation, on the cusp of crossing from student life to adulthood, academia to careers, knowledge to application. While they all share the hope and sadness and pride of the moment, each student arrives with their own unique story of how they got there.