businesscheif.com 183UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO
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Brice Bible, VPCIO, explores how technology is
expanding the vibrant campus experience beyond
the buildings and lawns of University at Buffalo
C
ampus life is the beating heart
of any great university. Students
hurry to their next class, ideas
are exchanged over cups of coffee, and
chance meetings spark friendships that
last a lifetime. The past 12 months has, in
many cases, put this bustle of social and
educational collaboration on hold. But at
the University at Buffalo, that vibrancy has
continued relatively uninterrupted.
A well-respected and metropolitan higher
educational institute, UB is split across
three campuses, where close to 32,000
undergraduate and postgraduate students
from 105 countries study, conduct research,
and engage in experiential learning and extra
curricular enrichment. Technology plays a
key role in ensuring all students and faculty
get the most from their UB experience,
“from the student in the fifth row, all the
way through the student that might be
learning remotely in the Bronx,” says Brice
Bible, Vice President and Chief Information
Officer (VPCIO).
Bible helms the university’s digital
transformation programmes and helpsWRITTEN BY:
RHYS THOMAS
PRODUCED BY:
MIKE SADR