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$4.5M for Buffalo Center for Plastic Recycling Research and Innovation

May 6, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Buffalo Center for Plastic Recycling Research and InnovationNew York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has announced $4.5 million is being awarded to the State University of New York’s University at Buffalo to create a new Center for Plastic Recycling Research and Innovation and support crucial work to reduce plastic waste.

This expanded academic partnership will improve plastics recycling by researching the development of secondary recyclable markets to ease the financial burdens on municipal recycling programs and streamline the recycling process, especially with certain types of lower-grade plastics. [Read more…] about $4.5M for Buffalo Center for Plastic Recycling Research and Innovation

Filed Under: Nature, Western NY Tagged With: Buffalo, DEC, Environmental History, Erie County, plastics, pollution, solid waste, SUNY Buffalo

Mellon Awards $500k To NY Humanities Council

February 17, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

UniversityThe Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the New York Council for the Humanities a grant to support and expand their Humanities Centers Initiative to 42 new Public Humanities Fellows over the next three years.

The Humanities Centers Initiative is a collaboration between the Council and seven research universities: New York University, CUNY Graduate Center, Columbia University, SUNY Stony Brook, SUNY Buffalo, Cornell University, and Syracuse University. [Read more…] about Mellon Awards $500k To NY Humanities Council

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Academia, Columbia University, Cornell University, CUNY, Fellowships, Grants, Mellon Foundation, New York Council for the Humanities, NYU, SUNY Buffalo, SUNY Stony Brook, Syracuse University

University at Buffalo Launches Online LGBT Archive

June 2, 2014 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

James Baldwin LGBTThe hand-written, photocopied flyer from 1980 asks a question and offers a response: “Gay at UB? Well, you are not alone!!”

The word “not” is underlined four times.

The flyer, as well as other materials in the University at Buffalo Libraries’ latest online archive, “LGBT at UB,” documents lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history at the university from the 1970s to the late 1990s. [Read more…] about University at Buffalo Launches Online LGBT Archive

Filed Under: History, Western NY Tagged With: Archives, Buffalo, Cultural History, Gender History, Online Resources, SUNY Buffalo

Weather History Exhibit at NYS Museum

October 31, 2013 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

1994.001.052A new exhibit opening at the New York State Museum in Albany on Saturday, “Weather Event,” focuses on Charles E. Burchfield’s depictions of the weather south of Lake Erie, where the artist lived for most of his life. Individual weather events are examined through both an artistic, historic, and scientific lens.

Burchfield’s representations of weather, wind, skies and sounds are unique historical records of the environment near Lake Erie. In 1915, Burchfield made a series of sketches that show the changing weather and position of the sun over the course of several hours, which he called all-day sketches. Decades later, a 1950 journal entry recounts “The Day the Sun Disappeared over Western New York.” [Read more…] about Weather History Exhibit at NYS Museum

Filed Under: History, Nature, New Exhibits, Western NY Tagged With: Art History, Lake Erie, New York State Museum, SUNY Buffalo, weather

History of Technology in Western New York Exhibit

April 5, 2012 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The University at Buffalo Libraries has announced a new exhibit, “History of Technology in Western New York” at the 2nd Floor, Oscar A. Silverman Library, Capen Hall, University at Buffalo North Campus. Researched and written by Nancy Schiller, Engineering Librarian, and produced by Rose Orcutt, Architecture & Planning Librarian, “History of Technology in Western New York” offers a glimpse into Western New York’s rich industrial heritage. [Read more…] about History of Technology in Western New York Exhibit

Filed Under: New Exhibits, Western NY Tagged With: Buffalo, Erie County, Industrial History, Labor History, SUNY Buffalo

Buffalo Maritime Center Building War of 1812 Bateau

March 1, 2010 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Buffalo Maritime Center’s new project to build a replica War of 1812 Bateau is now underway. Work sessions on the 25-foot boat will be held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 5:00 to 9:00 pm beginning February 23rd in the boat shop at 901 Fuhrmann Boulevard, Buffalo. According to organizers this will be the first bateau built in Buffalo in 200 years. [Read more…] about Buffalo Maritime Center Building War of 1812 Bateau

Filed Under: History, Western NY Tagged With: Buffalo, Buffalo Maritime Center, Erie County, Maritime History, SUNY Buffalo

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