Albany Cuts Academic Programs.

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<p>I think most of the SUNYs have been hit hard by the budget cuts but UB is going ahead with their “UB 2020” plan and just announced the hiring of 57 new tenure-eligible profs:</p>

<p>[New</a> faculty hiring remains strong - UB Reporter](<a href=“http://www.buffalo.edu/ubreporter/2010_09_30/new_faculty]New”>Welcome to nginx!)</p>

<p>UB’s President Simpson announced his retirement almost immediately after the budget passed in August and discussed progress made during a recent address:</p>

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Simpson pointed to the recent successes of UB 2020 as evidence of the plan’s viability, even in the face of the state’s economic crisis and cuts to the UB budget totaling $60 million. He said UB’s expansion in downtown Buffalo will remain a “first priority” for the university because it is “the right thing for UB to do.” Examples of UB’s significant progress downtown, he noted, include ongoing construction of the UB-Kaleida Health clinical care, research and business-incubation building, as well as the recent groundbreaking for a new Educational Opportunity Center and the launch of a new UB medical informatics institute on Main Street, in partnership with Dell.

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