Press Release: Regional Institute to Partner on Effort to Convene Emerging Leaders of Great Lakes Region

The University at Buffalo Regional Institute is partnering in an effort led by The Brookings Institution and The John R. Oishei Foundation to convene young leaders from the Great Lakes region, including Buffalo, to develop and implement strategies for the region’s economic future. The Great Lakes Urban Exchange (GLUE) organizing meeting, to be held in Buffalo Jan. 31 to Feb. 2 in the Hyatt Regency Buffalo and Asbury Hall at Babeville, will promote conversation on such topics as revitalization of the Great Lakes region, leadership, regional identity, the use of new media tools and peer-to-peer education and networking. Young leaders from New York, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Pennsylvania will participate.