In the News
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Third floor of UB’s Capen library set to reopen in fall 2016
Thursday, July 7th, 2016Almost two years and more $8 million later, UB students will finally get the opportunity to experience the newly-renovated Oscar A. Silverman Library on the third floor of Capen …
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Shakespeare, Shakespeare, Everywhere
Wednesday, May 11th, 2016The UB libraries are awash with Shakespeare-related displays commemorating the 400th anniversary of his death this year.
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UB Libraries among handful of locations premiering ‘Native Voices’
Thursday, February 11th, 2016The culture and healing traditions of Native Americans are on display at UB in “Native Voices: Native Peoples’ Concepts of Health and Illness,” a traveling national exhibition that …
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Sight meets sound in new exhibit featuring renowned artist Susan Weil, works of author James Joyce
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2016Time, motion and language will intersect in “Susan Weil’s James Joyce: Shut Your Eyes and See,” a new exhibit in the University at Buffalo Libraries’ Poetry Collection.
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UB Archives’ ‘prominent visitors’ photographs command attention
Wednesday, January 27th, 2016If a picture is worth a thousand words, the photos hanging in the Oscar A. Silverman Library speak with loud, proud voices. They seize your attention and trigger …
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Therapy dogs return to ease end-of-semester stress
Thursday, December 10th, 2015Final exams are around the corner and with them come late nights of studying and, of course, a stressed UB student’s best friend: therapy dogs.
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Law librarians come through to archive NY’s regulatory history
Monday, November 16th, 2015Since her early days of working at the New York State Supreme Court Library in Buffalo, Jeannine Lee recognized the need for a better way to archive the …
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Manning Squires Henning wins UB job
Friday, November 13th, 2015Manning Squires Henning, a Batavia-based general contractor, has won the bid to handle the renovations of the University at Buffalo’s Capen Hall. Capen Hall, located on UB’s Amherst …
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Libraries to host spooky talks on werewolves, witches and spirits
Thursday, November 12th, 2015If you’re still searching for your fix of witches, werewolves and other ghouls after Halloween, you may be able to find it, oddly enough, at the library. The …
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UB officials plan for fall 2016 reopening of Capen third floor library
Friday, October 30th, 2015The Oscar A. Silverman Library on the third floor of Capen Hall won’t be open for at least another year. Officials and architects for the project toured the now …