Science & Engineering Information Fair
Friday, September 25th, 2015Welcome to the new academic year and to a new, permanent home for the science and engineering librarians at UB and our book, journal, and reference collections. We …
Author Archive
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Library Artifact: World War I Horse-Drawn British Ambulance
Tuesday, September 8th, 2015Dr. Evan Calkins, MD, emeritus faculty member, UB School of Medicine, donated this model of a World War I horse-drawn British ambulance, with soldiers, to the History of …
UB buying book storage facility on Rensch Road for $3.5M
Thursday, July 16th, 2015The University at Buffalo is under contract to purchase a 17,691-square-foot storage facility on Rensch Road where it stores old library books.
Moving Images
Wednesday, July 1st, 2015UB Archivist Amy Vilz sniffed the telltale odor of vinegar emanating from hundreds of film canisters stored in the stacks. These records of campus history hadn’t been seen …
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The Bison magazine
Wednesday, July 1st, 2015Back in the day, the Bison was UB’s student-produced humor magazine. “We strive to tease as well as please”—a line from an October 1927 editorial—might as well have …
June in Buffalo 2015 is here
Monday, June 1st, 2015It’s that time of year again and the concerts for the 2015 June in Buffalo festival have commenced with Saturday’s concert presented by the June in Buffalo Performance …
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UB to exhibit rare, earliest-known works of Dylan Thomas after return from Wales
Monday, May 11th, 2015The rare works of renowned, 20th-century “rock star” poet Dylan Thomas have returned home to the University at Buffalo Poetry Collection. Last year, UB sent a portion of …
Capen Library third floor reopening delayed until February
Tuesday, April 21st, 2015Students will not be able to study on the third floor of the Oscar A. Silverman Library in Capen Hall, or ‘Club Capen,’ for longer than initially planned.
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Students to work with UB’s priceless coin collection
Sunday, April 19th, 2015UB students may soon get the chance to hold the same objects that figures like Julius Caesar, Augustus and Alexander the Great might have more than 2,000 years …
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Just in time for Dyngus Day, UB Libraries puts two new Polish collections online
Saturday, April 18th, 2015With Dyngus Day rapidly approaching, University at Buffalo Libraries added two new Polish-themed collections to its growing digital archives. One collection, titled “Album Pamiatkowe – Buffalo’s Polonia History” …