Diversity and Outreach News

Paolo Bourdeau presents his research.
Plans to protect Port-au-Prince begin in Ketter Hall
12/5/18
UB undergraduate Paolo Bourdeau plans to use the research he conducted during a 10-week Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) research internship last summer to make his home country of Haiti more resilient to hurricanes.
Jesse and Adrian
Callanan wins “Mr. Miyagi” award for best LSAMP summer program mentor
11/6/18
As a summer research project, Adrian Denner, an undergraduate in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, set out to scavenge useful energy from the vibrations of a thermoacoustic resonator.
Baxter robot at UB
Media Advisory: UB to host kid-friendly robotics event Saturday
10/26/18

Activities include rides in a self-driving bus, robot demonstrations, robot programing and learning about careers in robotics.

Solar power plant
UB, Alfred State lead effort to bolster clean energy workforce development
10/4/18

The program will close critical workforce gaps by strengthening the connectivity between clean energy employers and educators in Western New York.

AI illustration of brain
AI and machine learning summit planned for Oct. 5
9/25/18

The event, which is free and open to public, will explore the past, present and future of artificial intelligence.

illustration of worker and robotic arm
Online collaborative robot safety course available to public
9/4/18

The UB Center for Industrial Effectiveness (TCIE), the business outreach center of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, conceived the course and directed production.