Need to Know

Published August 13, 2024

  • Panel to address Buffalo’s housing crisis
    3/10/23
    The UB Gender Institute will host a panel discussion on “Social Reproduction and the Crisis of Housing in Buffalo” at 4 p.m. March 15 in the Screening Room in the Center for the Arts, and via Zoom.
  • Tobacco expert to deliver Saxon Graham lecture
    3/7/23
    UB alumnus Brian King, director of the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products, will discuss “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Tobacco Product Regulation: Promise and Peril in an Increasingly Complex Landscape” during the 16th Annual Saxon Graham Lecture.
  • Blair to close speakers series
    3/6/23
    Actress, author and advocate Selma Blair will speak at UB on March 15 to close the 2022-23 Distinguished Speakers Series.
  • Bala kicks off AI and data science institute speaker series
    3/3/23
    Computer scientist, entrepreneur and scholar Kavita Bala launched the spring lecture series hosted by the Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science.
  • Faculty fight for survival at 12th annual Life Raft Debate
    3/1/23
    When disaster threatens all of humanity, which professor will make the cut to join the survivors?
  • NIDCR deputy director, a UB alumna, to speak at UB
    3/1/23
    Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque’s talk is part of dental medicine’s Student Research Day
  • UB police to present active-shooter training
    2/27/23
    Students, staff and faculty are invited to attend training being presented this week by UB police on how to respond in the event of an active shooter on campus.
  • Manyon named chair of Family Medicine
    2/24/23
    Andrea T. Manyon, clinical professor and interim chair of the Department of Family Medicine in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB, has been appointed chair of the department.
  • Have your voice heard in WSJ/College Pulse ranking
    2/24/23
    The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), along with its research partners College Pulse (CP) and Statista, has launched a new U.S. undergraduate college ranking “The Wall Street Journal/College Pulse Ranking.”
  • Pre-dental pathway program seeks applicants
    2/21/23
    The School of Dental Medicine’s Destination Dental School — a program that aims to remove barriers to careers in dentistry for students underrepresented in the profession — is seeking applicants for this summer’s program.