Attendees at the UB Bulls’ home opener on Sept. 9 against Fordham are encouraged to “blue out” UB Stadium by wearing blue and bringing their True Blue pride to the game.

Lynn T. Kozlowski, professor emeritus and former dean of the School of Public Health and Health Professions, is retiring, and his legacy is being honored with a new fund.

Donors to UB — including faculty and staff — can now take advantage of a limited-time opportunity to receive significant tax benefits by contributing to UB through the SUNY Impact Foundation.

Members of the university community are invited to take part in public forums with the five finalists for the position of UB’s next chief of police.

The four finalists in the search for a new vice provost for inclusive excellence will be visiting campus this month to meet with members of the campus community.

A screening of the HBO documentary “The University of Sing Sing,” which tells the story of a college degree program in a maximum-security prison, will take place from 3-5 p.m. Sept. 15 in the Screening Room in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.

The Professional Staff Senate’s Sustainable Living Committee is sponsoring a free electronics recycling event, as well as a food drive for UB’s Blue Table food pantry, on Sept. 28 at the Center for Tomorrow.

Bloomberg Businessweek has again ranked the School of Management’s MBA program one of the nation’s best. The school rose one place in the 2023-24 ranking to No. 69, placing it solidly in the top 10% of AACSB-accredited business schools.

As people live longer and chronic diseases grow more prevalent, so does the impact of disability worldwide. Alan Jette believes that fact has resulted in no less than an unrecognized public health epidemic.

UB has officially launched the 2023-24 Faculty Staff Campaign, giving employees the opportunity to support an area of the university that is most meaningful to them.

In a shift back to normalcy, UB is gearing up to host its largest in-person job and internship fair in more than four years. The STEAM Job + Internship Fair, aimed at students from science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics backgrounds, will take place from 12:30-4:30 p.m. Oct. 3 in Alumni Arena.

The School of Dental Medicine will present its eighth annual Dentistry Smiles for Veterans on Nov. 11, an initiative dedicated to honoring veterans.

The potential for mindfulness to benefit migraine sufferers is the theme of the annual Lawrence and Nancy Golden Lectureship in Mind Body Medicine on Sept. 28 at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB.

The School of Public Health and Health Professions has been reaccredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) for the next seven years, the longest term possible.

UB has completed a draft of the self-study required for reaccreditation by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, and members of the UB community are invited to review the document and provide feedback. 

Improving maternal health outcomes is the focus of “A Mother Pearl Young Legacy Forum on Hope and Healing: Advancing Key Maternal Health Policies” being held Sept. 29 at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB.

As part of a statewide initiative to improve education and spur investment in SUNY, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the first-ever state matching fund for SUNY endowment contributions during her State of the State address earlier this year.

UB expects minimal short-term impacts to current research projects and no interruption in the disbursement of student financial aid should the federal government shut down on Oct. 1.

UB research projects that have already received federal grant funding should not be immediately affected by a shutdown. However, with agencies such as the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation likely to furlough workers during a shutdown, UB researchers would be unable to receive new federal grant funding or technical assistance from federal agencies on new or recently submitted grant applications.