Need to Know

UB alumna Elisa Bandera, an epidemiologist focused on the nutritional epidemiology of female hormonal cancer prevention and survival, will present the 17th Annual Saxon Graham Lecture on April 5.

Michele Gliss Poitras has been elected vice chair of the Professional Staff Senate in a special election.

The Graduate School of Education will present its annual Johnstone Distinguished Lecture Series at 4 p.m. March 7 in 106 O’Brian Hall, North Campus.

In collaboration with the Office of Sustainability and as part of UB’s Climate Action Plan, Campus Dining & Shops has switched to new compostable cups with drink-thru lids at all its retail dining locations serving fountain beverages.

The Department of Music will present “the golden ass,” a chamber opera in one act by UB faculty member Tiffany M. Skidmore March 13 and 14 in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall, North Campis.

UB has joined AI Alliance, a newly formed international community of organizations dedicated to promoting open, safe and responsible artificial intelligence.

Ten UB PhD candidates will show off their research and communication skills on March 1 at the eighth annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.

UB is heading into the homestretch of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education reaccreditation process, with the full Middle States evaluation team scheduled to visit campus March 10-13.

Doctoral students from the prestigious organ studio at the Eastman School of Music will perform on UB’s renowned Fisk Organ in a recital on March 1.

“From the Roots to the Sky: Women, Organizing and Social Justice,” UB’s inaugural Women’s History Month symposium, will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. March 1 in the Center for Tomorrow, North Campus.