Posts Tagged ‘Architecture’

Planning for UB’s Future

If you’ve been wondering what all the UB2020 hype is about, now is your chance to find out!

Two Tuesdays from now, on October 27th, UB’s Comprehensive Physical Plan will be rolled out during a celebration at the Center for the Arts (CFA).  UB’s Physical Plan for growth, a k a Building UB, has laid out a detailed strategy for the north, south, and downtown campuses.  The Building UB team has taken comments from the UB community into account in order to create the most democratic plan possible.

Center for the Arts (CFA)

Center for the Arts (CFA)

Even comments from students like me have been considered, e.g., the absence of a sidewalk between Cooke Hall and the adjacent parking lot.  If you’d like to see how all three campuses are being improved during the next few years, I would definitely check out this event.  Even if you’re not into architecture and planning, just witnessing the new spaces and places being created might  interest you!

The celebration is taking place from 5:00-7:00 PM, at which time President Simpson and others will present an overview of the plan and will explain how the plan will be implemented during the coming years.  If you’re interested in attending, be sure to register here.

Hope to see you there!

The Lost Symbol

Phew.  I just finished Dan Brown’s latest novel–a 509-page, 133-chapter masterpiece titled The Lost Symbol. Released last Tuesday, on September 15th, Brown’s book sold one million copies during its very first day on sale according to The Huffington Post.

The Lost Symbol by Dan BrownThe Lost Symbol, like Brown’s previous novels, is extremely hard to put down–something I can attest to.  If you read any book for fun this semester, read this one!

I’m usually more of a non-fiction type, but Dan Brown’s writing style is extremely addicting and wildly imaginative.  His books are written using real locations, making it fun to journey along with the adventures Brown creates.  Those who have read The Davinci Code will be happy to know that Robert Langdon again stars as the Harvard symbologist bestowed with the responsibility of helping to uncover a “lost symbol.”

I won’t spoil it for anyone, but as I read through the book I couldn’t help but think how cool it would be if Brown wrote a novel based in Buffalo.  Buffalo’s historic, and somewhat eerie buildings (i.e., the H.H. Richardson Complex, the Central Terminal, or the numerous grain elevators) would serve as a fascinating backdrop for another pulse-raising escapade.

Until then, The Lost Symbol can be purchased on sale at most local bookstores for under $20.00.