News Conference: UB and First Niagara will make important announcement about UB medical school move downtown

Release Date: March 26, 2013 This content is archived.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. – First Niagara Bank and the Âé¶¹´«Ã½o will make an important announcement about the construction of the new UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.

When: Wednesday, March 27, at 10 a.m.

Where: UB Clinical and Translational Research Center, 875 Ellicott St., Fifth Floor, above the Gates Vascular Institute. 

Why: The announcement demonstrates First Niagara’s support for moving the medical school downtown, which will improve health care for Western New Yorkers and bolster the region’s economy.

Speakers will include:

  • UB President Satish K. Tripathi
  • Gary M. Crosby, First Niagara interim president and chief executive officer
  • Anne B. Curtis, Charles and Mary Bauer professor and chair of the UB Department of Medicine
  • Michael E. Cain, vice president for health sciences and dean, UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
  • Daniel Cantara, senior executive vice president and chief banking officer, First Niagara

Media arrangements: Ellen Goldbaum at 716-645-4605 or 716-771-9255 on-site or John DellaContrada at 716-645-4601 or 716-361-3006 on-site.

Please Note: Construction in the area has closed Ellicott St. between High and Goodrich streets. 

As a result, the best route to UB's CTRC is via Main Street to Goodrich to Ellicott. Take a left on Ellicott and turn left into the parking ramp across from the CTRC.

 

Media Contact Information

John Della Contrada
Vice President for University Communications
521
Buffalo, NY 14260
Tel: 716-645-4094 (mobile: 716-361-3006)
dellacon@buffalo.edu
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