• Bike to work on May 19
    5/1/17
    National Bike to Work Day is May 19 and Parking and Transportation Services is encouraging members of the UB community to take part in a healthy and safe alternative to driving to campus that day.
  • Renew parking permits online
    5/3/17
    Faculty and staff are urged to “be green” and apply online for their 2017-18 parking permit renewal.
  • Faculty and staff campaign meets goals
    5/2/17
    The recently concluded Faculty and Staff Campaign, an annual effort to encourage UB faculty and staff to give to the university, has surpassed its participation and dollar amount goals.
  • Ronald Batt
    5/3/17
    Ronald Elmer Batt, an internationally recognized physician, clinical researcher, medical historian and clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at UB, died April 25 in his Lancaster home after a brief illness. He was 83.
  • Louis Lazar
    5/3/17
    Louis Lazar, a longtime family practice physician and one-time chair of UB’s Department of Family Practice, died April 28 in his North Buffalo home. He was 98.
  • PSS to hold Awards Celebration
    5/10/17
    The Professional Staff Senate will recognize recipients of the 2017 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Professional Service at its annual Awards Celebration on May 24.
  • Peter Nickerson
    5/11/17
    Peter Ayers Nickerson, a professor emeritus of pathology and anatomical sciences who played a significant role in both the UB and statewide Faculty Senates, died Feb. 2.
  • Having a ruff semester? Therapy dogs are back
    5/12/17
    Every student’s best friend is back on campus to help ease the stress of final exams and all-night study sessions.
  • Ohtake named AVP for interprofessional education
    5/12/17
    Patricia J. Ohtake, associate professor of physical therapy in the Department of Rehabilitation Science, School of Public Health and Health Professions, has been appointed assistant vice president for interprofessional education.
  • Catch coaches at the caravan
    5/15/17
    The UB Coaches Caravan will stop at Pearl Street Bar & Grill on June 1, giving UB faculty and staff the opportunity to meet and interact with the coaches of UB’s marquee athletic teams.
  • Four fluff balls at Mackay
    5/16/17
    There’s much happier news to report on the UB falcon front this spring. The four eggs Dixie laid a month ago have hatched and viewers of UB’s Falcon Cam can watch as Dixie and Yankee care for their four fledgling fluff balls.
  • Social Work podcast series recognized
    5/17/17
    inSocialWork, the podcast series of the School of Social Work, received a best of category award for “Excellence in Electronic Communications and Interactive Media — Audio Category” from the State University of New York Council for University Advancement (SUNYCUAD), the group representing professionals working in institutional advancement at SUNY institutions.
  • Chairs of governance groups re-elected
    5/18/17
    Philip Glick and Dominic Licata have been re-elected chairs of the Faculty Senate and the Professional Staff Senate, respectively, for two-year terms effective July 1.
  • Green your commute
    5/16/17
    The weather forecast for Friday is cloudy with a chance of...lightening the load on Mother Nature. That’s because UB faculty, staff and students are invited to participate in Green Your Commute Day.
  • Bulls football season tickets now on sale
    5/23/17
    Season tickets are on sale now for the 2017 UB Bulls football season. Special incentives are available to fans who renew or purchase tickets in June.
  • PSS to hold inaugural diversity and inclusion conference
    5/30/17
    “Knowing, Being, Doing: Building a Diverse and Inclusive Community at UB” is the title of the Professional Staff Senate’s inaugural inclusion and diversity conference being held June 20.