Need to Know

Internationally acclaimed pianist Gilles Vonsattel will visit UB on March 6 for a powerful all-Beethoven recital.

A limited number of tickets are available for the March 10 Distinguished Speakers Series event featuring journalist and author Hoda Kotb.

When disaster threatens all of humanity, which professor will make the cut to join the survivors?

The Office of Enrollment Management is expecting record attendance at Accepted Students Day on April 11 and April 26, and UB faculty and staff are needed to help give accepted students and their families a true feeling for the UB campus and community.

Consultants involved in planning the new James Joyce Museum in Abbott Library and the recent renovation of Foster Hall will give presentations next week as part of the Blueprint for Tomorrow Architect Lecture Series.

Ten UB PhD candidates will show off their research and communication skills on March 6 at the 10th annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.

The Graduate School of Education is expanding access to advanced professional education with a suite of fully online graduate programs, including two EdD programs and a newly launched EdM in learning sciences and educational technology.

UB Chef Kaprishia Covington has been selected to compete in the Culinary Challenge at the National Association of College & University Food Services (NACUFS) Northeast Regional Competition taking place March 5 at Boston College.

Faculty and students in the School of Dental Medicine will provide free oral health screenings, fluoride treatments and oral hygiene education to local preschoolers and elementary school children during Give Kids A Smile (GKAS) day on Feb. 6.

UB’s sixth annual Beyond the Knife Lecture in Social Justice and Health Equity — “How do we balance the scales of health equity? The impact of the providers” — will take place Feb. 5 at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.