• Access IT info via Gartner portal
    1/4/17
    UB faculty, staff and students can now access the online catalog of IT research of Gartner Inc. as part of the university’s existing agreement with the information technology research and advisory company.
  • Grant-writing workshop set for Jan. 18
    1/5/17
    A daylong workshop designed to arm researchers with the fundamentals of good grant writing will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Jan. 18 in 106 O’Brian Hall, North Campus.
  • Donald R. Brutvan Sr.
    1/5/17
    Donald R. Brutvan Sr., a longtime UB faculty member and dean of Millard Fillmore College, died Dec. 30 under hospice care at Kenmore Mercy Hospital. He was 92.
  • Mentors sought for international students
    1/6/17
    UB staff, alumni and domestic students are being recruited to serve as cultural partners for newly arrived international students during the spring 2017 semester as part of the International Student Mentoring Program.
  • PSS seeking nominations for officers
    1/6/17
    The Elections Committee of the Professional Staff Senate is seeking nominations for senate officers to serve terms from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2019.
  • UB Women’s Club to hold wine-pairing dinner
    1/9/17
    The UB Women’s Club will hold its annual dinner and wine pairing to raise money for the Grace Capen scholarship on Feb. 3 at the Fairdale Banquet Center, 672 Wehrle Drive, Amherst.
  • Margaret MacGillivray
    1/9/17
    A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Feb. 11 in Westminster Presbyterian Church for Margaret MacGillivray, a pediatric endocrinologist and longtime UB faculty member who died Sept. 17 from Alzheimer’s disease. She was 86.
  • UB to hold Citizens Police Academy
    1/10/17
    UB Police is seeking recruits for its annual Citizens Police Academy, the nine-week program that gives members of the university community an up-close, behind-the-scenes look into the working life of a campus police officer.
  • Management students offer free tax prep
    1/13/17
    IRS-certified accounting students from the School of Management will again provide free tax-preparation services to individuals and families with annual incomes below $54,000.
  • retirements
    1/13/17
    The following UB employees retired from the university from October 2016 through December 2016:
  • Open figure drawing sessions set
    1/27/17
    The Student Visual Arts Organization in the Department of Art, College of Arts and Sciences, is sponsoring weekly open figure drawing sessions.
  • Art project celebrates UNITY
    1/27/17
    Members of the UB community are invited to take part in an interactive art project designed to celebrate the uniqueness of each member of the community and raise awareness of how labels impact our perception of and interactions with the world.
  • Listening sessions set in GSE dean search
    1/30/17
    The committee leading the search for a new dean for the Graduate School of Education is holding listening sessions to discuss campus interests and priorities for the search.
  • BFA grads to exhibit work
    1/30/17
    The opening reception for “Thereafter,” an exhibition by four artists from UB’s BFA class of 2016, will open with a reception from 5-7 p.m. Feb. 2 in the Department of Art Gallery, B45 Center for the Arts, North Campus.
  • Holder to deliver King commemoration address
    1/31/17
    Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. will present UB’s 41st annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration keynote address on Feb. 16 as part of the university’s Distinguished Speakers Series.