Resident Alien

The theme of alienation is widespread in fiction and nonfiction alike, probably because it is so universally felt. Professor Roxie Ray’s wry and touching memoir Resident Alien recounts a brief period in the life of a young girl during her first year away at university, shining light on how interaction and difference create both individual personality and mass culture

UB Knightlines Spring 2016

The UB Knightlines newsletter for spring of 2016. This issue contains articles discussing the heart of the city storytelling series, SASD student Erin LaFavor’s story of entrepreneurship, two UB alumni being awarded teaching awards, alumnus Jim Ford honored at White House for STEM education, UB chaplain leading an interfaith prayer vigil, UB model UN team’s win at the National Model United Nations Europe Conference, SASD students exhibiting at book fair at Yale, UB students win the Connecticut Space Grant, UB seminar on image, perception, and self-perception, a new scholarship to at risk students, UB and the Connecticut Technology Council host a programming challenge, a new Student Entrepreneur Center opens its doors, UB student volunteering during Martin Luther King Jr. Day, emeritus professor Richard Allen’s appearance on Prairie Home Companion, faculty news, alumni news, books published by alums and faculty, an African-American alumni reunion, and other campus and sports news

Resident Alien

The theme of alienation is widespread in fiction and nonfiction alike, probably because it is so universally felt. Professor Roxie Ray’s wry and touching memoir Resident Alien recounts a brief period in the life of a young girl during her first year away at university, shining light on how interaction and difference create both individual personality and mass culture