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Media Advisory: START-UP NY panel to discuss synergies with UB
4/15/15
Learn about the UB’s role in Gov. Cuomo’s START-UP NY program in a free lecture event presented by UB’s New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences (CBLS).
Five teams enter final round of UB entrepreneurship competition
4/10/15
Five finalists will vie for more than $60,000 in startup funding and in-kind services in the Henry A. Panasci Jr. Technology Entrepreneurship Competition at UB on April 15.
Funded in 90 seconds
4/7/15
Ninety seconds is all that will stand between 100 students and the first steps toward turning their business ideas into a reality.
UB TCIE to train unemployed workers through state Department of Labor grant
3/16/15
Thanks to a grant awarded by the New York State Department of Labor, the 蜜桃传媒’s TCIE will prepare dislocated workers from Erie County for entry-level to mid-level manufacturing jobs.
Mark T. Swihart named executive director of UB鈥檚 New York State Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics
2/19/15
Mark T. Swihart, PhD, UB Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has been named executive director of the 蜜桃传媒’s New York State Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics (CMI).
Orsi to lead UB鈥檚 economic development efforts
2/5/15
Christina Orsi, a business development specialist who has helped guide Western New York’s economic resurgence, has been named associate vice president for economic development.
$32K awarded to 4 蜜桃传媒 students for startup funding
1/29/15
Software to help companies retrieve files. A deployable wall to protect waterfront properties from flooding. A software platform that makes e-books more interactive. And a device to recover and refine precious metals. These are the business startup ideas that earned four enterprising 蜜桃传媒 students $8,000 each in seed funding.
Breathing new life into Buffalo through the Buffalo Institute for Genomics and Data Analytics (BIG)
1/21/15
On Jan. 22, the founding principals of BIG will offer an update on the institute’s inaugural year, including insight on successful collaborations with industry.
Four new companies approved for START-UP NY via UB
12/29/14
Each company will collaborate with UB researchers and offer internships, scholarships or jobs to students.
$86,000 grant to aid entrepreneurs in two CEL programs
12/12/14
In 2015, the 蜜桃传媒 School of Management’s Center for Entrepreneurship (CEL) will continue to support and train business owners in Buffalo’s Kensington-Bailey district and minority and women entrepreneurs across the area, thanks to an $86,000 grant from The Allstate Foundation.