Student Stories

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Katie Diebold is going to build community coalitions to advance social justice.
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Alex Teschemacher will be a professor or lawyer.
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Emmanuel Effah-Appiah will train to be a researcher and a doctor of cardiology.
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Rachel Higgins will become an art teacher.
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John Syty is forever a Buffalo Bull. And he wouldn't want it any other way.
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Derek Smith's patients will be improving long after they've finished physical therapy.
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Caitlin Deitz will be a dentist who can watch her patients’ whole health.
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Jared Vega will help our country prepare for disasters.
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Kayla Maxwell will dedicate her life to curing cancer.
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Terri Zelasko is getting the tools she needs to make holistic community change.
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YOUR IMPACT

Accounting students in the School of Management have helped to bring hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax refunds back into the Buffalo community.
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Researchers in the UB Concussion Clinic are pioneering a treatment for athletes and others with post-concussion syndrome.
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The Law School's Affordable Housing Clinic has taken the lead in creating high-quality, low-income housing to meet the needs of residents of Western New York.
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Gregory A. Fabiano teaches safe driving habits to a group of drivers at the very top of the risk pool: teens with ADHD.
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A growing number of UB students spend their spring break cleaning up parks, feeding the hungry, aiding the elderly and restoring damaged buildings.
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The School of Social Work’s DREAM program has evolved over the past two years into three programs that make a difference in Buffalo residents’ lives.
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Once a year, children in need receive free dental exams, fluoride treatments, X-rays and sealants from the School of Dental Medicine.
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Pavani Ram is fighting the spread of disease by focusing on the effectiveness of hand washing in preventing transmission of dangerous pathogens.
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UB geography students participated in a global effort to enhance the international response and recovery effort in Haiti.
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