Today, a press conference was held to introduce the UBbelievers group. The press conference began with Madison, a five-year old girl, who will be 18 in the year 2020. 2020 happens to also be the target year of UB’s development plan. Members of the community were also there to tell their UB story. Among them were Jeremy Jacobs Sr., Delaware North and Chair of the UB Council, David Barthel, President & CEO of SmartPill and Geraldine Horton, Principal of East High School.

As I mentioned in a previous post, 40% growth is planned between now and 2020. That growth includes adding almost 3,000 faculty and staff (750 faculty), more than doubling the research expenditures in the community to $300 million dollars (from the current $137) and increasing the student body by 10,000 students.

It was great to see so many members of the community (and UB) there to support this project. If you are interested in learning more about this, click here.

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