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University at Buffalo, The State University of New York - Athletics
The school's sports teams are known as the Buffalo Bulls. However, the women's teams were originally called the Buffalo Royals.
In 1958, the football team won the Lambert Cup, emblematic of supremacy in Eastern U.S. small-college football. That led to the team's first bowl invitation, to the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando, Florida, againstFlorida State University. But the Bulls would be allowed to participate only if backup defensive end Mike Wilson and starting halfback Willie Evans, who were black, did not play. The team stood behind the two, and refused the bowl offer; Buffalo did not receive another bowl invitation until the 2008 season when they won the MAC championship against previously undefeated Ball State.[80]
Several UB football stars from the 1950s and early 1960s went on to play professional football, including quarterback John Stofa with the American Football League's Miami Dolphins and Cincinnati Bengals, and defensive lineman Gerry Philbin with the AFL's New York Jets. Philbin is a member of the AFL Hall of Fame and the All-time All-AFL Team. Philbin and UB's Willie Ross were the first two UB graduates to play on professional football championship teams in the United States: Ross with the 1964 AFL Champion Buffalo Bills; and Philbin with the 1968 AFL Champion New York Jets, who also won that season'sAFL-NFL World Championship Game (Super Bowl III). James Starks was on the Green Bay Packers Super Bowl XLV champions as a rookie. Ramon Guzman played on the 2009 Grey Cup championMontreal Alouettes.
Since 1996, the UB teams have participated in the NCAA's Division I (I-A for football), in the Mid-American Conference. The mascots are 'Victor E. Bull', a blue bull with a gold nose ring, and his sister 'Victoria S. Bull'. After several years of poor performance in the two most popular college sports, men's basketball and football, the university's men's basketball team has recently begun to show some promise. In March 2005, the men's basketball team reached the Mid-American Conference Championship game, but suffered a harrowing 79-80 loss to the Ohio Bobcats, thus missing a chance for their first trip to the NCAA Tournament.
On March 25, 2009, the athletic department announced that the rowing program has joined the Colonial Athletic Association as an associate member. The Women's Rowing team went on to win the CAA championship in April 2010 for the first time. In May 2010, the team won the Jack & Nancy Seitz Women's Point Trophy at the Dad Vail Regatta for the third year in a row, nicknamed the "threepeat" by Head Coach Rudy Wieler.
With the hiring of Turner Gill as head football coach in 2006, UB was the only Division I-A school with an African American athletic director (Warde Manuel), men's basketball head coach (Reggie Witherspoon), and football head coach (Gill).
The university is home to the Thunder of the East marching band. The band performs at all home football games and travels to both local and national parades and competitions.
Jamey Richard, 2008 graduate of the University of Buffalo, plays in the National Football League and was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the 7th round, with the 236 pick of the 2008 NFL Draft. Trevor Scott, 2008 graduate of the University of Buffalo, plays in the NFL and was selected by the Oakland Raiders. Quarterback Drew Willy, 2009 graduate of the University of Buffalo, originally signed with theBaltimore Ravens and later the practice squad of the Indianapolis Colts. He was on the active roster for the Colts for one game and was with the team for Super Bowl XLIV. He is currently on the roster of the New York Jets. James Starks (6th round, 193rd overall) now plays with the Green Bay Packers. And Naaman Roosevelt (Undrafted, started off as a player on the practice squad, but moved to the big club later on) who plays for the Buffalo Bills[81]
Buffalo has three fight songs: "Victory March", "Go For a Touchdown", and "Buffalo Fight Song".[82]
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York - Student life
Associations and activities
UB boasts two student-run periodicals: The Spectrum,[71] and Generation magazine.[72] Both publications are distributed on campus. The Spectrum is the only independent publication[citation needed]. Generation is funded by advertising and through Sub-Board I,[73] the student services corporation. UB also has a student radio station, WRUB.[74] WRUB broadcasts all UB home football games and select road games, as well as most UB men's and women's home basketball games. After the retirement of John B. Simpson, the undergraduate students have also developed a university forum[75] with the hopes of developing a thriving online campus. This move was supported by now incumbent president Satish K Tripathi who called it a "model of University spirit and entrepreneurship".[76] In 1923, an honorary senior society called Bisonhead was founded. It has since represented the twelve most elite undergraduate leaders at UB.[77]
UB annually hosts the world’s largest mud-volleyball game known as “Ooz-fest”. Teams of at least six students compete in a double elimination volleyball tournament at “The Mud Pit” each April. Fire trucks are brought in to saturate the dirt courts to create the mud. Awards are handed out to not only the victors, but the most creatively dressed. In the past, students have worn business suits and even dresses to the tournament.
Many of UB clubs are run through the Undergraduate Student Association and the Graduate Student Association, with each level requiring respective senate recognition for clubs.
[edit]Student housing
Student residence halls are located on both the North and South Campuses. On the North Campus, there is the Ellicott Complex, which consists of Fargo, Porter, Red Jacket, Richmond, Spaulding, and Wilkeson Quadrangles. Next to Fargo Quad is the newly built in 2011 Greiner Hall, a dorm strictly for sophomores. Also on North Campus is the Governors Complex, home to the Freshman Honors Housing and various other living communities. On South Campus is Goodyear and Clement Hall. The unique aspect of these dorms is that residents share a bathroom with the adjacent room, rather than have a communal bathroom. Up until Spring of 2011, there were three other dorm buildings, referred to as "The Quad": MacDonald, Pritchard, Schoellkopf, and Michael Hall. Michael Hall currently exists as the Student Health Center, whereas the other three are closed and abandoned.
In 1999, the university built its first apartment complex for families and graduate students at Flickinger Court. Since the success of Flickinger, UB has developed South Lake Village, Hadley Village, Flint Village, and Creekside Apartments. Most students who wish to still live on or near the North Campus but enjoy the lifestyle of apartment living take advantage of these apartments. University Village at Sweethome and Villas at Chestnut Ridge are both student apartment communities adjacent to the North Campus and offer a shuttle service.[78] Collegiate Village off campus apartments offers transportation to both North and South Campus.[79] Students also find housing in private locations. Those locations are generally situated in the University Heights district of Buffalo, and other areas close to the North and South Campuses. The school assigns rooms based on a lottery system.
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York - Rankings and reputation
n the 2012-2013 edition of "World University Rankings", Times Higher Education ranked UB at 198. In Kiplinger's "Best Values in Public Colleges" of 2012, the University at Buffalo ranks 38th in the nation for in-state students and 27th in the nation for out of state students.[53]
U.S. News and World Report's 2013 edition of America's Best Colleges ranked UB 106th on their list of "Best National Universities", and 51st among public universities. The School of Engineering is ranked 54th, the Law School is ranked 82nd, the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is ranked 17th, the School of Social Work is ranked 26th, and the School of Medicine and Biological Sciences is ranked 57th for best research.[54]
In the School of Arts and Sciences, the economics department is ranked 79th, audiology is ranked 17th, English is ranked 41st, library and information studies is ranked 36th, math is 68th, physics is 85th, fine arts is 72nd, political science is 78th,history is 85th, physical therapy is 51st, computer science is 61st, chemistry is 74th, statistics is 62nd, and psychology is ranked 64th.[54]
The School of Management at UB is ranked 89th by U.S. News, 48th by Forbes[55] and 57th by BusinessWeek for full-time MBA.[56] The School of Education at UB is well regarded, and is 92nd, the School of Public Health and Health Professions is ranked 36th, the School of Nursing is ranked 79th with the anesthesia program ranking 17th.
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York - Academics
Buffalo is a large, public research university with very high research activity.[34] The university has been accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education since 1921.[35] In 2009, the university awarded 4,036 bachelors degrees across 74 undergraduate programs, 2,076 masters degree across 190 programs, 367 doctoral degrees across 83 programs, and 609 professional degrees across 18 programs.[36][37]
The four-year, full-time undergraduate program comprises the majority of enrollments at the university which emphasizes a balanced curriculum across the arts, sciences, and professions.[34] The university enrolled 18,493 undergraduate and 9,144 graduate students in the spring 2011.[38] Women make up 48% of the student body and 78% of the student body is from the state of New York.[39] 7,204 students live on-campus, 10,172 students live off campus, and 11,505 students commute.[39] Undergraduate tuition, room & board, and fees for New York state residents for the 2011-2012 school year totals $18,681 and costs to out-of-state residents totals $27,461.[40]
UB's admission is selective with high levels of transfer-in as well as rolling admission deadlines.[34] The university received 21,985 applications for the Class of 2015, admitted 11,298 (51.4%), and matriculated 3,154 (27.9%).[41] Among first year students, 34% graduated in the top tenth of their high school class[42] and theinterquartile range was 500-610 for SAT reading, 550-650 for SAT math, and 23-28 on the ACT composite.[41] UB received 6,107 transfer applicants, admitted 3,623, and enrolled 1,850.
Emphasis has been placed on developing a community of research scientists centered around an economic initiative to promote Buffalo and create the Center of Excellence for Bioinformatics and Life Sciences as well as other advanced biomedical and engineering disciplines.[43]
Total R&D for the fiscal year of 2010 was at $349.6 million, ranking 61st, which is higher than that of Brown, Dartmouth, Tufts, and others.[44] UB offered an earlyComputer Science major (distinct from a mathematics major).[45] Additionally, UB played a significant role as a crucial internet hub for the eastern seaboard during the internet's inception.
University at Buffalo academic and professional faculty are represented by United University Professions.[46] The two UUP chapters at the University at Buffalo are Health Sciences and Buffalo Center. United University Professions has over 34,000 members at 29 campuses of SUNY.
The University at Buffalo is also one of only two public schools in New York to have a medical school and a dental school, the other being the Stony Brook University.
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York - Administration and organization
Buffalo is a public university and is one of four university centers of the 64 campuses in the State University of New York (SUNY) which enrolled 467,845 students and employed 33,455 faculty in 2011.[19] SUNY is governed by a 17 member Board of Trustees, 15 of whom are appointed by the Governor of New York and the remaining two members being elected from the Student Assembly and University Faculty Senate. Carl McCall is the Chairman of the SUNY Board of Trustees andNancy L. Zimpher is the Chancellor of the SUNY system. Satish K. Tripathi was appointed by the SUNY Board of Trustees as the 15th president of the University at Buffalo in April 2011 after previously serving a six-year tenure as the UB provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. He receives compensation of $385,000, $115,000, and $150,000 annually from each of the university, SUNY Research Foundation, and the UB Foundation respectively.[20] The University at Buffalo Foundation (UB Foundation) was chartered in 1962 as an independent non-profit corporation and is controlled by a privately appointed board of trustees. It serves as a vehicle to raise private funds for the university, develop real estate, and manage endowment investments on behalf of the university.[21] The foundation managed a $685.2 million endowment for FY2011.[22]
UB is organized into 13 academic schools and colleges.[23]
- The School of Architecture and Planning is the only architecture school in the SUNY system and offers the only accredited professional masters degree in architecture. The School of Architecture and Planning awarded 96 baccalaureate degrees and 69 master's degrees.
- The College of Arts and Sciences was founded in 1915 and is the largest and most comprehensive academic unit at UB with 25 academic departments, 12 academic programs, and 21 centers and institutes across the humanities, arts, and sciences.[24]
- The School of Dental Medicine was founded in 1892 and offers accredited programs in DDS, oral surgery, and other oral sciences.[25]
- The Graduate School of Education was founded in 1931 and is one of the largest graduate schools at UB. The school has four academic departments: counseling and educational psychology, educational leadership and policy, learning and instruction, and library and information science.[26] In academic year 2008-2009, the Graduate School of Education awarded 472 master's degrees and 52 doctoral degrees.
- The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences was founded in 1946 and offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in six departments. It is the largest public school of engineering in SUNY.[27]
- The Law School was founded in 1887 and is the only law school in the SUNY system.[28] The school awarded 265 JD degrees in the 2009-2010 academic year.
- The School of Management was founded in 1923 and offers AACSB-accredited undergraduate, MBA, and doctoral degrees.[29]
- The School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is the founding faculty of the UB and began in 1846. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in the biomedical and biotechnical sciences as well as a MD program and residencies.[30]
- The School of Nursing was founded in 1936 and offers bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees in nursing practice and patient care.
- The School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences was founded in 1886, making it the second-oldest faculty at UB and the only pharmacy school in the SUNY system.[31]
- The School of Public Health and Health Professions was founded in 2003 from the merger of the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine and the UB School of Health Related Professions. The school offers a bachelor's degree in exercise science as well as professional, master's and PhD degrees.[32]
- The School of Social Work offers graduate MSW and doctoral degrees in social work.
- The Roswell Park Cancer Institute Graduate Division was founded in 1898 by Roswell Park and is the oldest comprehensive cancer center in the world. It offers five PhD programs and a MS program in basic and translational biomedical research related to cancer.[33]
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York - History
City leaders of Buffalo sought the establishment of a university in the city from the earliest days of Buffalo. A University of Western New York was begun at Buffalo under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church and property was purchased at North Street and College, (the site of the later YMCA), on the north side of the Allentown district.[9]This university was chartered by the state on April 8, 1836. However, the project collapsed and no classes were ever offered, and only the layout of College Street remains.[9]
The University of Buffalo was founded on May 11, 1846[9] as a private medical school to train the doctors for the communities of Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and surrounding villages. James Platt White was instrumental in obtaining a charter for the University of Buffalo from the state legislature in 1846. He also taught the first class of 89 men in obstetrics. State Assemblyman Nathan K. Hall was also "particularly active in procuring the charter".[10]
The doors first opened to students in 1847 and after associating with a hospital for teaching purposes, the first class of students graduated the medical school in July 1847. The first chancellor of the University was future President of the United States Millard Fillmore. Upon his ascension to the presidency after President Taylor's death, Fillmore stayed on as part-time chancellor. Fillmore's name now graces the continuing education school Millard Fillmore College located on the South Campus as well as the Millard Fillmore Academic Center, an academic and administrative services building at the core of the residential Joseph Ellicott Complex, located on the North Campus.
"The first lectures were delivered in a wooden building over the old post office, corner of Seneca and Washington streets."[10] The first building specially built for the university was a stone building at the corner of Main and Virginia streets, built in 1849-50, through donations, public subscription, and a state grant.[10]
There were continuous expansions to the college medical programs, including a separate pharmacy division, which is now The School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. In 1887 a law school was organized in Buffalo, which quickly became associated with Niagara University just to the north of Buffalo. After four years, in 1891, the law school was acquired by the University of Buffalo as the University of Buffalo Law School, which had a downtown Buffalo facility.
In the first few years of the 20th century, the University began planning for a comprehensive undergraduate college to complete the basic structure of a university, and in 1909 the University acquired the Erie County Almshouse grounds from the county of Erie, which became the University of Buffalo's initial campus. The establishment may have been influenced by the 1910 Flexner Report which criticized the preparation of the medical students at the university.[11] With that additional space, in 1915, the then University of Buffalo formed the College of Arts and Sciences, creating an undergraduate division in addition to its prior educational work in the licensed professional fields. In 1916, Grace Millard Knox pledged $500,000 for the establishment of a "department of liberal arts and sciences in the University of Buffalo," which was at the time still a private institution. The initial gift of $100,000 was for the purchase of what would become Townsend Hall and the remainder was to establish the university's first endowment, in her husband's name, to support the department.[12]
In 1950, the Industrial Engineering department branched off from the Mechanical Engineering department. In 1956, a Civil Engineering Department was formed under Lehigh University graduate Robert L. Ketter, who went on to become Dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and later President of the University.
In 1959, WBFO was launched as an AM radio station by UB's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and run by UB's students. The station has since become the launching pad of two modern National Public Radiopersonalities: Terri Gross and Ira Flatow.
In 1961, the Western New York nuclear research program was created. This program installed a miniature, active nuclear fission reactor on the University's South (Main Street) Campus. This program was not particularly active, nor could it compete with other government-run research labs, consequently, the programs performed in this facility were abandoned somewhat shortly after its inception. This reactor was formally decommissioned in 2005 with little fanfare due to material security concerns.
[edit]Acquisition by the SUNY system and second campus
In the early 1960s, the private University of Buffalo was purchased by and incorporated into the State University of New York or SUNY system, and became known as theState University of New York at Buffalo, or SUNY at Buffalo, and more recently as the University at Buffalo. As a part of the agreement to merge the university into the SUNY system, the State began to build an extensive second campus for the university. In 1964, The State acquired several hundred acres in the town of Amherst on the northeast of Buffalo, for development as a comprehensive campus for the most non-medical disciplines at University at Buffalo. This is often called the North Campus, and the center of most University at Buffalo activities. The North Campus project included several major buildings, dormitory complexes, a separate spur of the Interstate highway, and a new lake. The undergraduate college, the law school, and graduate schools were all moved to the new campus.
During the late 1960s, the College of Arts and Sciences was divided into three separate schools: arts and letters, natural sciences and mathematics, and social sciences. During the 1998-1999 academic year, the three schools were reunited to re-create the existing College of Arts and Sciences., when the faculties of Arts & Letters, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences and Mathematics were combined, according to a memorandum issued by the State University of New York.[13]
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