Need to Know

The internationally-acclaimed Verona Quartet returns to Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall on the North Campus April 10-11 for the final two performances of the Slee Beethoven String Quartet Cycle, Part II.

Christine B. Ambrosone, a distinguished professor of oncology and leading expert in cancer prevention and control, will deliver the 18th Annual Saxon Graham Lecture on April 18.

Play isn’t just for children — it’s a vital part of lifelong health and well-being. But what makes play so powerful, and how does it shape the way we interact with the world?

Join UB's Office of Global Health Initiatives for the 14th annual Global Health Day Symposium: Environmental Concerns and Health Impacts in Global and Local Communities on April 11.

Becker’s Hospital Review has named Kara M. Kelly, chief of the Division of Hematology/Oncology in the Department of Pediatrics in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and chair of the Department of Pediatric Oncology at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, to its list of top leaders in health care.

Community members, artists, activists and scholars interested in discussing care, disability and communities will gather in Buffalo on April 24-25 for the Communities of Care Symposium 2025.

Amanda Nickerson, SUNY Distinguished Professor and director of the Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention, has been named a 2025 fellow of the American Educational Research Association (AERA).

The Buffalo International Guitar Festival is set to return UB March 28–30, hosted in collaboration with Guitar Reach Buffalo.

The festival is a community-oriented event that focuses on cultural enrichment and educational opportunities for guitarists of all ages in the Buffalo community and beyond. After the success of the inaugural edition last year, the festival returns to the Department of Music, College of Arts and Sciences, and the Center for the Arts on the North Campus. The event highlights the existing excellence of musical culture through the guitar in Western New York and attracts guests and participants nationally and internationally.

Brett T. Chiquet has been named professor and chair of the Department of Pediatric and Community Dentistry at the School of Dental Medicine, effective March 27.

This season’s Slee Beethoven String Quartet Cycle resumes on March 27 with a performance by the internationally acclaimed Verona Quartet.