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A. Scott Weber, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs
UB has decided to close the UB Confucius Institute after a successful, decade-long run promoting Chinese language and culture at the university and throughout the Buffalo region.
The institute, located in the UB Commons, will be discontinued at the end of 2021.
The decision to close the institute was made by President Satish K. Tripathi and Provost A. Scott Weber, who informed the institute’s board of advisors on May 10. UB’s collaborator in Beijing, Capital Normal University (CNU), and the local schools that took part in the institute’s language program also have been informed.