Need to Know

Published August 13, 2024

  • Spelman College president Gayle to deliver Harrington Lecture
    5/30/23
    Buffalo native Helene Gayle, an internationally recognized expert on health and humanitarian issues and president of Spelman College, will give the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences’ 2023 Harrington Lecture on June 3.
  • Workshop to focus on AAC
    5/22/23
    Thirty international researchers are among those who will attend a workshop May 31 through June 2 in Buffalo focused on augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), which is used by people who have trouble speaking or have lost the ability to speak.
  • Transgender health care, education focus of UB Pride event
    5/18/23
    Blair Peters, a gender-affirming surgeon and advocate for LGBTQ health, will be the keynote speaker at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences’ inaugural LGBTQIA+ Education and Inclusivity in Health Care event on May 23.
  • CDS wins gold award in national competition
    5/17/23
    Campus Dining and Shops (CDS) has received a gold award in the 2023 Loyal E. Horton Dining Awards sponsored by the National Association of College and University Food Services (NACUFS).
  • Post pandemic, UB business students rebuild free tax service program
    5/16/23
    During the 2023 tax season, 85 IRS-certified accounting students from the School of Management brought nearly $240,000 back into the Buffalo community through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program.
  • Green your commute May 18 and 19
    5/15/23
    UB faculty, staff and students are encouraged to use an alternative method of transportation to get to campus on Green Your Commute and Bike to Work Day May 18 on the Downtown Campus and May 19 on the North and South campuses.
  • Siaw-Asamoah named director of CLOE
    5/5/23
    The School of Management has named Dorothy Siaw-Asamoah director of its Center for Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness.
  • Public forums set for finalists in architecture dean search
    5/3/23
    The five finalists in the search for a new dean of the School of Architecture and Planning will visit campus next week to meet with senior academic and administrative leadership, faculty, staff, students and alumni.
  • Record-setting Giving Day at UB
    5/2/23
    The ninth annual UB Giving Day, held April 20-21, raised a record $1,774,205 from 2,778 donors who showed their UB pride by making gifts to departments and units and participating in challenges, including gift matches.