One of the two flagship academies of the State University of New York, UB has been ranked among America’s Top 40 public universities for five years consecutively by the US News & World Report, writes Reshma Ravishanker The state University of New York at Buffalo (UB aka SUNY, Buffalo, estb.1846) is one of two flagship varsities of the State University of New York (the other is Stony Brook). A member academy of the Association of American Universities, an elite group of higher education research institutions, UB has been ranked among the country’s Top 40 public universities for five years consecutively by US News & World Report. Likewise, the Institute of International Education (IIE) ranks UB among America’s Top 30 higher-ed institutions for student diversity — 13 percent of its 21,467 undergraduate students are from foreign shores. Spread across three campuses in Buffalo city, 35 km from the globally-famous Niagara Falls, UB offers it 33,000 students mentored by 2,500 faculty over 450 study programmes across the faculties of architecture and planning, arts and sciences, dental medicine, education, engineering and applied sciences, law, management, nursing, pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences, public health and health professions, social work, and the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. The university also hosts over 150 research centres with an annual research budget of $422 million (Rs.3,460 crore). The incumbent president of UB is India-born Dr. Satish K. Tripathi. UB traces its origins to 1846 when it was promoted as a private medical college to train and certify medical practitioners of the villages of Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Over the next century, it transformed into the private University of Buffalo. In 1962, it was merged into the State University of New York public education system. Illustrious alumni include award-winning journalist Wolf Blitzer; Li Yanhong (Robin Li), co-founder of baidu.com, the largest Chinese language search engine; Khalil Mack, NFL football superstar and American television star John Walsh. Buffalo. The second largest city of New York state, Buffalo (pop.278,349) is sited on the eastern shore of Lake Erie, at the head of the River Niagara, on the US-Canada border. The world-famous Niagara Falls is a mere 30 minutes by road and the Buffalo-Niagara counties host a population of over 1 million. Cafeterias and parks along the river are a hub for cyclists to explore the scenic region. Buffalo is also among three US cities with a radial street pattern with the Niagara Square at its epicentre. The city’s cultural landmarks include the oldest urban parks system in the US, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Shea’s Performing Arts Cen[1]ter, and Buffalo Museum of Science. It also hosts several other higher education institutions with an enrolment of over 54,000 students. Outdoor recreation activities include hiking, ice biking, sailing, and fishing. Buffalo has warm summers and cold, snowy winters, and receives above average rainfall. Temperatures are the lowest in January (-4°C) and highest in July (25°C). Campus facilities. UB sprawls across three campuses in the city — North, South and Downtown.…
