New York is pouring money into UB engineering. Will it drive WNY tech?

Published April 4, 2022

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The Buffalo News reports that New York State is making significant investments to support the expansion of UB’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, including funding for a new building, a project that could have a major impact on the Buffalo Niagara economy and UB.

The article states that the project “could raise UB’s profile in the engineering world and turn it into more of a magnet for those highly coveted science and math-oriented students” and quotes Kemper Lewis, the school’s dean. “I’m committed to making sure the next generation of engineers and computer scientists recognize early how much impact they can have on the world with their gifts and talents in math and the sciences,” Lewis said.

Read the story here.