🌱 How UB became home to the nation’s most powerful academic AI computer
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In today's newsletter:
- How UB became home to the nation’s most powerful academic AI computer
Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Couple of thunderstorms, with a high of 84 and low of 70 degrees.
- Friday: Humid with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 80, low: 69.
- Saturday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 82 and low of 65 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Expanding Access to Academic Research (einpresswire.com) — University at Buffalo is now home to Empire AI Beta, the nation’s most powerful academic AI research computer, dramatically boosting computing power for researchers statewide. The $40 million NVIDIA-powered system and the planned Gamma facility at UB will support hundreds of projects in health, climate, infrastructure, and more, while also feeding heat into campus buildings to help meet net-zero goals. 
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English Conversation Groups
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Batavia Downs 2026 Summer Concert Series
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What your neighbors are talking about on social media
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🗞 Nearby News
Amherst
- Allient: Q2 Earnings Snapshot (seattlepi.com)
- Gowanda man facing new child porn charges (observertoday.com)
- When will Trader Joe's micro tote bags return? Here's what we know (ithacajournal.com)
Williamsville
- Honoring WNY's agricultural history (buffalo.edu)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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