Need to Know

Volunteers are being sought for the 24th annual Fruit Belt Clean-a-Thon, scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 24. The event is sponsored by the UB Center for Urban Studies, PS #37 Futures Academy, the Fruit Belt Coalition and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center.

UB employees are invited to register for the UB True Blue team at the 42nd J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge Buffalo on June 13. The race begins at 6:25 p.m. in Delaware Park.

During the 2024 tax season, 97 IRS-certified accounting students from the School of Management brought nearly $307,000 back into the Buffalo community through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program.

A panel discussion on artificial intelligence and entrepreneurship will be held from 5:30-6:30 p.m. May 7 in 340 Student Union on the North Campus.

“Spring into Art,” the annual showcase spotlighting the various visual and performing arts created in the Center for the Arts, take place on April 30 throughout the North Campus facility.

A team of assessors from the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA) will visit UB on May 12 as part of the UB Police Department’s (UPD) voluntary effort to gain its third successive accreditation from the IACLEA.

Six-time Grammy-nominated virtuosic pianist Yefim Bronfman will perform a program “celebrating Beethoven’s legacy” May 1 at UB.

Oboe soloist and UB music instructor Megan Kyle will perform in concert April 28 at UB.

Cristanne Miller, SUNY Distinguished Professor and Edward H. Butler Professor of English, College of Arts and Sciences, will officially launch her latest book, “The Letters of Emily Dickinson,” with a reading and conversation at 7 p.m. April 29 at Hallwalls, 341 Delaware Ave., Buffalo.

UB football head coach Pete Lembo is inviting UB faculty and staff to attend the Bulls’ Blue & White Spring Game on April 27.