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15 unusual facts about The State University of New York


Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

(Baird's and Slee's names now grace the two buildings which house the music department at the University at Buffalo, while the university's main administration building is named after Capen.)

A major coup was achieved when the industrious and ever-versatile Cameron Baird (the Chairman of the UB Music Department) received a recommendation from Arturo Toscanini of the NBC Symphony that its Associate Conductor, William Steinberg, would be perfect for the job.

Clark-Lester House

She was the first woman chair of any of the departments at the University at Buffalo.

Claudio Sartori

His daily hard work was interrupted only on occasion of his appointments as visiting professor at the universities of Buffalo in 1965 and Los Angeles in 1969.

Ernesto Morgado

Ernesto M. Morgado has been awarded a Licentiate degree in Mechanical Engineering (1976) from Instituto Superior Técnico (Technical University of Lisbon) and a Master of Science in Computer Science (1981) and a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence (1986) from State University of New York at Buffalo.

He was Lecturer of Computer Science in Millard Fillmore College (State University of New York at Buffalo) in 1980 and Canisius College (1981–1984).

Glenn Snyder

In 1964, Snyder joined the department of political science at the State University of New York Buffalo, where he taught until 1984.

Nathan P. Morton

Born in Washington, DC, he grew up near Chicago, Illinois and attended the State University of New York at Buffalo, graduating in 1970.

Niccolò Castiglioni

From 1966 to 1970 he taught composition as composer-in-residence at SUNY Buffalo (1966), visiting professor at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor (1967), Regent Lecturer in composition at the University of California at San Diego (1968), and professor of the history of Renaissance music at the University of Washington in Seattle (1969–70).

Nichols School

The Science Scholar program works with SUNY Buffalo, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, and the Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute.

The Humanities Scholar program gives seniors the opportunity to conduct humanities research at SUNY Buffalo.

Singapore Institute of Management

SIM is also the only institute offering the degree programmes of the University at Buffalo SUNY, University of Birmingham and the University of Manchester in Asia.

The International Preparatory School

It offers a College Preparatory curriculum and an Architecture & Design academy through University at Buffalo for its high school students.

University at Buffalo Rugby Football Club

The University at Buffalo Rugby Football Club (UBRFC) is run through the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Recreational and Intramural Services.

Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant

She attended Fisk University and is a graduate of SUNY at Buffalo.


Systemness

The higher educational use of the term was instituted by The State University of New York's (SUNY) Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher in the State of the University Address on January 9, 2012.