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Robert Creeley.

Robert Creeley.

Onward! A Centennial Celebration of Robert Creeley
5/6/26
This Poetry Collection exhibition celebrates the life and work of longtime Buffalo poet Robert Creeley for the 100th anniversary of his birth.

Congratulations to Our Award-Winning Librarians!
5/19/26
We are thrilled to announce that Michelle Zafron and Jocelyn Swick-Jemison are 2026 recipients of the Medical Library Association (MLA) President's Award.
Living Legacies of Love Canal
5/12/26
Jordan Kenny and Luella Kenny sat down to discuss how research, memory and libraries intersect in their shared effort to keep Love Canal's story alive.
2026 Journey of Discovery Prize Winner: Elizabeth Koo
5/12/26
The $500 award recognizes students who produce significant academic inquiry requiring the use of the Libraries' information resources and collections.
EBSCO eBooks Transitioning to New Thorium Reader App
5/11/26
The free Thorium Reader app will be required for offline reading of full-book downloads. Chapter downloads and online reading through EBSCO will remain unchanged.
Exhibition Talk: Stephen Fredman on Robert Creeley and Robert Duncan
5/6/26
The Poetry Collection will host Stephen Fredman’s lecture “Robert Creeley and Robert Duncan: A Poetic Friendship” on Friday, May 22.
Beth Adelman Receives AALL Joseph L. Andrews Legal Literature Award
5/5/26
The aaward honors works of legal bibliography, legal research and law librarianship that demonstrate enduring research value, originality and depth of scholarship.
2025 Dr. John Bishop Memorial Visiting Scholar Talk by Dr. Jessica Marian
3/31/26
The Poetry Collection's 2025 John Bishop Memorial Visiting Scholar was Dr. Jessica Marian.
Laura Taddeo Joins Community Panel on Banned Books
3/24/26
Taddeo recently participated as a panelist in "Blind Date with a Banned Book," a community event presented by Buffalo Toronto Public Media.
A Literary Treasure in Buffalo
3/17/26
UB Rare Books Collection Holds First British Edition of Wuthering Heights.
A Piece of History: Celebrating Pi Day with a Slice from the Archives
3/10/26
With Pi Day right around the corner, we decided to dig into the archives and see what we could find about our favorite kind of pie—and we hit the jackpot.