The wait is finally over and this year’s lineup for UB’s Distinguished Speakers Series is a lot more presidential.
Former Vice President Joe Biden will be headlining the series on Oct. 25 at Alumni Arena. Biden is among a list of other crowned achievers who will come to UB throughout the upcoming school year. Biden along with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice are two of the undergraduate Student Choice speakers this year.
The 32nd annual series, announced on Wednesday, also includes X Prize Foundation head and entrepreneur Peter H. Diamandis, neuroscientist and author Lisa Genova, activist and author Angela Davis and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ronan Farrow. The series will conclude with former secretary Rice on April 17.
Tickets for the series go on sale starting Sept. 19 and students can reserve tickets at that time with their UB card. All speakers series’ events are scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m.
Benjamin Blanchet is the senior features editor and can be reached at benjamin.blanchet@ubspectrum.com and @BenjaminUBSpec.
Benjamin Blanchet is the senior engagement editor for The Spectrum. His words have been seen in The Buffalo News (Gusto) and The Sun newspapers of Western New York. Loves cryptoquip and double-doubles.
