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73-617: Originally published as a bimonthly journal, ABR announced that beginning with its 43rd volume (Winter 2022), the journal would begin publishing as a quarterly journal. In addition to publishing the American Book Review four times a year, American Book Review and the University of Houston-Victoria organize the UHV/ABR Reading Series. Having hosted more than a hundred speakers since the American Book Review 's conception,

146-452: A list of what is missing: reality doesn't exist, nor time or personality. He was widely recognized as a controversial writer who, frequently humorously, questioned and rejected the conventions of traditional fiction-writing. In novels, short stories, literary criticism and history, he often used himself, family members or friends as characters, sometimes quoting them in tape-recorded conversations. He did stints as writer in residence at Cornell,

219-637: A memorandum issued by the State University of New York. Since 1989, UB has been a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), an organization of 65 leading research universities in the United States and Canada. UB president Satish K. Tripathi serves on the AAU board of directors. Started in 2004 under President John B. Simpson, UB 2020 was a strategic planning initiative to develop and implement

292-478: A number of years after graduating. UB is noted for offering an early Computer Science major that was distinct from a mathematics major. University at Buffalo academic and professional faculty are represented by United University Professions. 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. UB offers some flexibility in admission deadlines. For

365-459: A position he held until 1874, even as he served in other capacities during that time, including Comptroller of New York , U.S. Vice President , and eventually President. Initially, the university did not have its own facilities, and early lectures were given at an old post office on Seneca and Washington streets in Buffalo. The first building specially built for the university was a stone structure at

438-535: A quarter mile from the central academic area. When originally built by the state of New York, the North Campus was provided with two Interstate exits, from I-290 and I-990 , its own internal parkway, the John James Audubon Parkway, and two small lakes created from Ellicott Creek . As a census-designated place, the residential population recorded at the 2010 census was 6,066. The North Campus offers

511-426: A second floor connecting corridor, that connects most of the main academic buildings. The whole campus covers 1,192 acres (5 km ) with 146 buildings containing 6,715,492 sq ft (623,890 m ), 11 residence halls and 5 apartment complexes. Its size was supported by the implementation of a shuttle system circling the academic sector and surrounding areas including the administrative complex, located nearly

584-525: 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 . "University of Western New-York" was chartered by the state on April 8, 1836. Following the charter, private funding

657-653: A variety of entertainment programming and activity for students. It contains the Student Union, which houses offices for the Student Association and student-interest clubs; Slee Hall, which presents contemporary and classical music concerts; Alumni Arena , the home-court for University Athletics; the UB Center for the Arts , a non-profit presenter of a wide variety of professional entertainment and University at Buffalo Stadium ,

730-447: A vision for the university over the subsequent 15 years. The centerpiece of UB 2020 was to add about 10,000 more students, 750 faculty members and 600 staff, increasing the size of the university by about 40 percent. UB 2020 also recognized the university's contribution to the surrounding region. The most recent estimates of UB's impact on the local and regional economies of Western New York report approximately $ 1.7 billion are brought into

803-591: Is a public research university with campuses in Buffalo and Amherst, New York , United States. The university was founded in 1846 as a private medical college and merged with the State University of New York system in 1962. As of 2022, it is one of two flagship institutions of the SUNY system, along with Stony Brook University . As of fall 2020, the university enrolled 32,347 students in 13 schools and colleges, making it

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876-481: Is a large, public research university with very high research activity. In 2020, the university offered 140+ undergraduate programs, 220+ master's programs, 95+ doctoral programs and 55+ combined degree programs. 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. The university enrolled 21,607 undergraduate and 9,896 graduate students in

949-459: Is a registered U.S. National Historical Place. The college was designed by architect E.B. Green in 1910, and was intended to resemble Trinity College, Dublin . Its 53 buildings contain (3,045,198 sq ft (282,908 m )) and include two residence halls. This campus is served by the northernmost subway station on Buffalo's Niagara Frontier Metro Rail system. Today, the South Campus

1022-475: Is also home to SUNY's only law school . UB has the largest enrollment, largest endowment, and most research funding among the universities in the SUNY system. The university offers bachelor's degrees in over 140 areas of study, as well as over 220 master's programs and over 95 doctoral programs, and 55 combined degree programs. The University at Buffalo, the University of Virginia , and Vincennes University are

1095-571: Is designed to meet LEED Silver criteria, incorporates high efficiency lighting, heat recovery systems, and an Energy Star roof. Also located in the downtown area is UB's Clinical and Research Institute on Addictions (CRIA), Educational Opportunity Center (EOC) and the Jacobs Executive Development Center (JEDC). The campus includes six major properties and a total of 43 buildings, counting shared lease space (588,506 sq ft (54,674 m )). In September 2007, UB added

1168-693: Is elected by students as President of the Student Assembly of the State University of New York . The other two members are non-voting faculty from the University Faculty Senate and Faculty Council of Community Colleges . Merryl Tisch is the Chairman of the SUNY Board of Trustees and John King Jr. is the Chancellor of the SUNY system. Satish K. Tripathi was appointed by the SUNY Board of Trustees as

1241-599: Is home to the School of Nursing, School of Pharmacy, Dental School, and the School of Architecture and Urban Planning. In addition, the University at Buffalo South Campus is the home of the WBFO radio station, the university's biomedical science research complex, the Health Sciences Library , and certain administrative offices. In 2002, UB commissioned Boston firm Chan Krieger to create a third campus center. The Downtown Campus

1314-470: Is implementing "phase one" by seeking input from the local and university communities to pinpoint issues, opportunities, and concerns related to this expansion. The project recognizes UB's potential for excellence, in regard to the university's physical environment, by highlighting and evaluating various positive and negative attributes of the three campuses, including housing, circulation, functionality, landscape, and community interface. University at Buffalo

1387-531: Is ranked 39th, math is 73rd, physics is 85th, fine arts is 69th, political science is 76th, history is 92nd, physical therapy is 79th, occupational therapy is 32nd, computer science is 63rd, chemistry is 76th, statistics is 70th, psychology is 63rd, and clinical psychology is ranked 50th. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ranks UB first on their "Green Power List" of top colleges and universities. In Kiplinger 's "Best Values in Public Colleges" of 2017,

1460-413: Is ranked as one of the top 50 "green colleges and universities" in the nation, working towards becoming climate neutral by 2030. The North Campus, a census-designated place also called "University at Buffalo", located in the suburb of Amherst , began in the 1970s. Many academic programs, including the entirety of the undergraduate College of Arts and Sciences , the University at Buffalo Law School ,

1533-671: Is the site of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences as well as UB's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Science, which partners in research with UB's Ira G. Ross Eye Institute as well as the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute to compose the Buffalo-Niagara Medical Campus. The medical campus, which

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1606-669: The American Book Review because The New York Times had stopped reviewing books by "that group labeled experimental writers", and Sukenick wanted to start a "journal where we can review books that everyone is ignoring." Federman and Sukenick both funded the beginning of American Book Review , with the "American" in the title suggesting that the journal would review books from all across American and not primarily focus on books from New York. Originally operating out of University of Colorado at Boulder in 1987, ABR later moved to Illinois State University in 1995. In The Employment of English , Michael Bérubé writes, "When Ron Sukenick folded

1679-521: The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences , the School of Management , the Graduate School of Social Work, and the Graduate School of Education, as well as Lockwood Memorial Library , Oscar A. Silverman Library , and many administrative offices, are located on UB's North Campus. The North Campus is home to administrative and academic offices. The main buildings are arranged along one academic "spine",

1752-443: The University at Buffalo and Paul Valéry University Montpellier 3 . His most prolonged teaching stint was at the University of Colorado Boulder , where he was a professor of English from 1975 to 1999. While at Colorado, he served as director of creative writing until 1977 and as director of the publications center from 1986 to 1999. He was actively committed to publishing and promoting the writing of other unconventional writers. He

1825-516: The University of California, Irvine and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . But his books were never best-sellers. Sukenick once commented that he had "only forty fans, but they're all fanatics." He referred to his career as a university professor as his "day job". Beginning in 1956, he taught at Brandeis, Cornell, Hofstra University , the City College of New York , Sarah Lawrence College ,

1898-601: The 15th president of the University at Buffalo in April 2011, becoming the first international-born president the school has had. He previously held 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. The University at Buffalo Foundation (UB Foundation)

1971-471: The 2020–2021 school year totals $ 24,860 and costs to out-of-state residents totals $ 42,330. New York State also offers free tuition for all public college and universities through the Excelsior Scholarship program for families who have an income of lower than $ 125,000 and are residents of the state. Other requirements to qualify for free tuition include full-time enrollment and staying in the state for

2044-485: The 2023-2024 Best Colleges ranked UB 76 on their list of "Best National Universities", and 36th among public universities. U.S News ranking of best online programs ranks UB eighth in "Best Online Bachelor's Programs" and 25th in "Best Online Graduate Education Programs". In the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education 2021 ranking of top colleges and universities, the University at Buffalo

2117-612: The 30,000 seat football stadium. The South Campus, also known as the Main Street campus, located on 154 acres (0.62 km ) in North Buffalo, is the former grounds of the Erie County Almshouse and Insane Asylum, of which four buildings still remain (Hayes Hall, the former insane asylum; Wende Hall, a former maternity hospital; Hayes D; and Townsend Hall, a former nurses' quarters). Edmund B. Hayes Hall located on South Campus

2190-449: The Center for the Arts is located on the north campus, and features works from contemporary artists, as well as faculty and students across disciplines. The University at Buffalo has grown to an enrollment of approximately 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students , and a staff of 14,000 employees, across three campuses in the last 160 years. In order to accommodate both students and faculty,

2263-519: The Center of Excellence for Bioinformatics and Life Sciences as well as other advanced biomedical and engineering disciplines. Total research expenditures for the fiscal year of 2017 were $ 401 million, ranking 59th nationally. UB has nine libraries on its South (Buffalo), North (Amherst), and Downtown (Buffalo) campuses. The libraries' 4.3 million-plus print volumes are augmented by extensive digital resources, including full-text electronic journals, databases, media, and special collections, which include

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2336-549: The Class of 2024 (enrolling Fall 2020), the university received 27,652 applications and accepted 15,233 (55.1%), with 4,119 enrolling. The middle 50% range of SAT scores for enrolling freshmen was 600-699 for math, 600-699 for evidence-based reading and writing, and the ACT composite score range was 24–29. Forbes' annual Top Colleges list ranked UB 90th in overall, and 37th among public universities. U.S. News & World Report ' s

2409-940: The Kaleida Health's Niagara Family Health Center and the Lighthouse Free Medical Clinic, a program run by UB medical students. UB is home to two university art galleries, the UB Anderson Art Gallery and the UB Art Gallery at the Center for the Arts. Adjacent to the UB South Campus is the UB Anderson Art Gallery, a converted elementary school with an all-glass atrium exhibit space. The UB Anderson Gallery hosts exhibitions curated by faculty and visiting curators and features works from international and professional artist in its two floor facility. The UB Anderson Gallery building, along with over 1,200 works of art,

2482-500: The UB dental school 8th in nation and 10th in the world for dentistry and oral sciences. The School of Management is ranked 70th by U.S. News , 42nd by Forbes and 78th by BusinessWeek , making UB the highest ranked public business school in New York. The School of Education at UB is ranked 70th. The School of Public Health and Health Professions is ranked 31st, the School of Nursing is ranked 91st for masters, 73rd for doctorate, with

2555-533: The University at Buffalo ranks 54th in the nation for in-state students and 70th in the nation for out-of-state students. UB houses two New York State Centers of Excellence (out of the total 11): Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences (CBLS) and Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics (CMI). Emphasis has been placed on developing a community of research scientists centered around an economic initiative to promote Buffalo and create

2628-414: The University at Buffalo. This acquisition was championed by then-Governor of New York, Nelson Rockefeller . 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 most of

2701-489: The University of Colorado (Boulder) branch of FC2 , Normal also picked up publication of American Book Review , one of the liveliest general-purpose reader's guides for everything." Rochelle Ratner served as the publication's longtime executive editor. In 2006, the publication then moved to the University of Houston-Victoria. In 2009, an agreement between American Book Review and Johns Hopkins University Press allowed online editions of its past issues to be available through

2774-429: The anesthesia program ranking tenth in the nation. The School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is ranked 22nd, the School of Social Work is ranked 24th, the School of Law is ranked 94th. UB was ranked the 56th Best College for Veterans. The audiology program is ranked 17th, rehabilitation counseling is ranked 21st, speech-language pathology is ranked 30th, English is ranked 44th, library and information studies

2847-530: The bill to the Assembly for their consideration. The current president, Satish K. Tripathi , continued his vocal support of UB 2020 and has been actively engaging in campus-wide discussion on the proposed tuition increases introduced by the bill. In 2011, the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences received a donation of $ 40 million from an alumnus, George Melvin Ellis Jr., MD, who earned his medical degree from

2920-403: The corner of Main and Virginia streets, built in 1849–50, through donations, public subscription, and a state grant. 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

2993-467: 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. 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

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3066-450: The database ProjectMuse. However, the current American Book Review is published and distributed by the University of Nebraska Press . The managing and editorial staff of ABR consists of Jeffrey R. Di Leo as publisher and editor, Jeffrey A. Sartain as managing editor, and JJ Hernandez as assistant editor. Ronald Sukenick Ronald Sukenick (July 14, 1932 – July 22, 2004) was an American writer and literary theorist . Sukenick

3139-642: The department. 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 School 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

3212-412: The fall of 2018. Women make up 48% of the student body and 78% of the student body is from the state of New York . Over 7,000 students live in on-campus residential halls and 10,172 students live off campus in affiliated housing (including on-campus affiliated housing). Over 79% of students live on campus their first year. Undergraduate tuition, room & board, and fees for New York state residents for

3285-534: The first site. The latter location has been purchased to house additional biomedical and life science-related businesses connected to the Buffalo-Niagara Medical Campus. UB's teaching hospitals include Buffalo General Hospital , Erie County Medical Center , Millard Fillmore Hospital , Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center , Veterans Affairs Western New York Health Care System, and the John R. Oishei Children's Hospital . Additional facilities include free clinics such as

3358-545: The former M. Wile and Company Factory Building on the southeast corner of Goodell and Ellicott streets and the former Trico Products Corp. building complex on the northwest corner of Goodell and Ellicott streets to its properties downtown. The UB Regional Institute, Center on Rehabilitation Synergy, and a number of pre-K-16 initiatives related to UB's civic engagement mission, such as the UB-Buffalo Public Schools Partnership office, are set to relocate to

3431-539: The future, graduation rates and retention, and quality education at an affordable price. As part of the UB 2020 initiative, "Heart of the Campus" projects were initiated in phases on each of UB's three campuses. In Fall 2019, UB began construction of the One World Café, an "international eatery" located on North Campus, adjacent to Capen Hall, Norton Hall, and Founder's Plaza. Beginning in 2019, UB took steps to distance

3504-510: The institution from Millard Fillmore and ceased its co-sponsorship of his annual gravesite ceremony, due to his controversial policies regarding slavery in the United States . A year later, Fillmore's name was removed from the Millard Fillmore Academic Center, and the names of UB's fourth chancellor James O. Putnam and SUNY regent Peter Buell Porter were also removed from campus due to the former's openly racist views and

3577-523: The largest public university in the state of New York. Since its founding by a group which included future United States President Millard Fillmore , the university has evolved from a small medical school to a large research university . Today, in addition to the College of Arts and Sciences, the university houses the largest state-operated medical school , dental school , education school , business school , engineering school , and pharmacy school , and

3650-410: 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 and Letters, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences and Mathematics were combined, according to

3723-482: The latter's ownership of slaves. The university's official legal name is "State University of New York at Buffalo". The more commonly used name and the school's formal academic name is "University at Buffalo", informally "UB". This name is similar to the university's former name of over 100 years, "University of Buffalo". Other names like "SUNY Buffalo", "SUNY at Buffalo", and "Buffalo" are also seen. The university's athletic department, particularly on uniforms, uses

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3796-537: The launching pad of two modern National Public Radio personalities: Terry Gross and Ira Flatow . In 1961, the Western New York nuclear research program was created at the university. 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,

3869-456: The licensed professional fields. In 1916, Grace Millard Knox pledged $ 500,000 (equivalent to $ 14,000,000 in 2023) 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

3942-537: The local economy from the presence of UB. This figure is also expected to rise by 40 percent, corresponding with UB's institutional growth. One of the keys to helping UB achieve the goals of the UB 2020 plan, proponents said, was the passage of S2020 and A2020, known as the UB 2020 Flexibility and Economic Growth Act, by the New York State Legislature. On June 3, 2009, the State Senate passed S2020 and sent

4015-453: The name "Buffalo". 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 467,991 students and employed 88,024 academic staff in 2014. SUNY is governed by an 18-member Board of Trustees, of which 16 vote. 15 of the voting members are appointed by the Governor of New York and the remaining voting member

4088-399: The non-medical disciplines at the University at Buffalo. This is often called the North Campus; it is 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

4161-427: 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

4234-660: The only colleges founded by United States Presidents. The University at Buffalo is classified among " R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity ". In 1989, UB was elected to the Association of American Universities . The University at Buffalo intercollegiate athletic teams are the Bulls . They compete in Division I of the NCAA and are members of the Mid-American Conference . City leaders of Buffalo sought to establish

4307-408: The programs performed in this facility were abandoned somewhat shortly after its inception. This reactor was decommissioned in 2005 with little fanfare due to material security concerns. The private University of Buffalo was purchased by and incorporated into the State University of New York (SUNY) system in 1962, and became known as the State University of New York at Buffalo, more commonly known as

4380-498: The reading series "features nationally recognized writers on extended visits to the Victoria campus." Guests read from their most recent works, participate in discussion with UHV faculty and staff, and offer signed editions of their work for purchasing. The American Book Review was founded in 1977 by Ronald Sukenick . According to author and essayist Raymond Federman , in his reading with American Book Review in 2007, Sukenick founded

4453-544: The strategic plan to construct and open four new buildings, including Davis Hall , William R. Greiner Residence Hall, the Clinical and Translational Research Center and Kaleida Health medical research building, and Crossroads Culinary Center. On August 22, 2013, President Barack Obama came to UB's campus to give a speech about needed higher education reform in the country. President Obama highlighted UB's accolades and specifically chose Buffalo for its excellence and commitment to

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4526-473: The university 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". 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. Fillmore served as the school's first chancellor ,

4599-518: The university in 1945. The donation contributed to the $ 375 million project which has relocated the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences to UB's downtown campus. The new school building was designed by HOK Architects . A subsequent donation of $ 30 million from Jeremy Jacobs and family was received in 2015 and the medical school was renamed the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences . From FY2011 to FY2012, UB spent over $ 300 million on

4672-430: The university is currently implementing a $ 4.5 million Comprehensive Physical Plan to help in growth as well as to best utilize and enhance current facilities. Connecting all three campuses, as well as the facilities UB uses, is also a major element of the project. The firm granted the contract to lead the project is Beyer Blinder Belle . The comprehensive physical planning process is broken into four phases. Currently, UB

4745-475: The world's single largest collection of James Joyce manuscripts and artifacts. The University at Buffalo is the state's largest and most comprehensive public university and is spread across three campuses: North Campus, South Campus, and Downtown Campus. The Sustainable Endowments Institute's College Sustainability Report Card awarded the university a B+. UB was awarded the EPA "Environmental Champion Award" in 2015 and

4818-513: Was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York , where his father was a dentist . He graduated from Midwood High School and Cornell University before receiving his Ph.D. in English (with a dissertation on Wallace Stevens ) from Brandeis University in 1962. After Roland Barthes announced the " death of the author ", Sukenick carried the metaphor even further in "the death of the novel ". He drew up

4891-423: 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. The foundation managed a $ 685.2 million endowment for FY2011. UB is organized into 13 academic schools and colleges. The University at Buffalo

4964-645: Was divorced from Lynn Luria ( Lynn Sukenick ) in 1984. He lived with Julia Frey for many years, and they were formally married in 1992. Her book on Toulouse-Lautrec is now a standard work. She collaborated on Sukenick's posthumously published story "For the Invisible, Against Thinking" set in Bali. He died from the muscular disease inclusion body myositis , in 2004. University at Buffalo The State University of New York at Buffalo (commonly referred to as UB , University at Buffalo , and sometimes SUNY Buffalo )

5037-565: Was donated to the university in 2000 by collector and gallery owner David K. Anderson, son of legendary New York gallerist Martha Jackson . Selections from the personal collection of Jackson that was donated to the UB Anderson Gallery by David Anderson are on display in a 360 degree permanent installation in the Martha Jackson Gallery Archives and Research Center, on the second floor of the gallery. The UB Art Gallery at

5110-731: Was founder and publisher of the American Book Review and a founder of The Fiction Collective (now Fiction Collective Two ). Sukenick was chairman of the Coordinating Council of Little magazines , and on the executive council of the Modern Language Association and the National Book Critics Circle . His archive resides at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin . He

5183-467: Was originally named) was founded on May 11, 1846, as a private medical school to train the doctors for the communities of Buffalo , Niagara Falls , and surrounding villages. Future U.S. President Millard Fillmore , then a lawyer who had recently served in the United States House of Representatives , was one of the principal founders. James Platt White was instrumental in obtaining a charter for

5256-532: Was ranked as the 31st best public university and the 121st best college in the nation. In the "World University Rankings 2022", Times Higher Education ranked UB at 251–300. US News and Report ranked the university 277 on their "Best Global Universities" ranking in 2022. The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2021 ranked the Civil Engineering department 5th in the U.S. and 25th globally (World). The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) ranked

5329-490: Was secured for the "Western University," which would endow six or seven professorships at $ 5,000 each; an addition $ 12,000 or $ 15,000 was also collected for a general fund, and a building lot was donated by Judge Ebenezer Walden , one of the wealthiest men in the city. However, the project collapsed and no classes were ever offered, and only the layout of the College Street campus remains. The University of Buffalo (as it

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