“Day in the Life” is a behind-the-scenes, insider look into companies and organizations within the arts, entertainment and media industries, as part of the 2010 UB Coast to Coast Symposium (UBC2C NYC) for students and young alumni from the University at Buffalo eager to learn directly from, and network with, professionals in the field.  Attendees will be pre-registered with a maximum number of participants pre-determined by your organization. All “Day in the Life” visits will

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Buffalo, N.Y.—The University at Buffalo announced its next UBC2C (UB Coast to Coast) symposium on arts, entertainment and media at the Friars Club in New York City.

Alan Zweibel

UB alumnus, Alan Zweibel, BA ’72, multi-Emmy Award-winning writer/producer/playwright, who began his very successful career as part of the original “Saturday Night Live” writing team, hosted the event. Zweibel also will be a workshop leader during the UBC2C NYC symposium, which will take place in the

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I’ve been back from L.A. for a bit now, and finally feel as though I’ve processed the whirlwind of information that was UBC2C. The weekend flew by, but the program crammed an incredible amount of information into three short days.

I spent Friday morning at Variety, getting a taste for the in’s and out’s of the entertainment industry. I found this to be particularly valuable because it had me thinking about entertainment in a way I

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From writing workshops to red carpet events, my first trip to Los Angeles for the UB Coast to Coast Symposium turned out to be one the most rewarding and exciting experiences I have ever been a part of. Meeting with industry professionals in an intimate setting was not only a fantastic opportunity, but a complete networking extravaganza which (fingers crossed) may help my career in the near future. Alan Steinberg taught me the tricks of

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