Need to Know

Published August 13, 2024

  • K16 Solutions to migrate course content from Blackboard to Brightspace
    5/13/22
    UB is partnering with education technology company K16 Solutions to migrate and archive the university’s entire library of online course content.
  • Free tax service at UB brings nearly $300,000 back to WNY
    5/11/22
    During the 2022 tax season, 65 IRS-certified accounting students from the School of Management brought nearly $300,000 back into the Buffalo Niagara region through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. 
  • Industry exec named director of real estate development program
    5/4/22
    The School of Architecture and Planning has named Matthew Roland, an urban planner and real estate development professional with more than 20 years of industry experience, as program director for its MS degree program in real estate development.
  • Rising COVID rates prompt commencement caution
    5/4/22
    Western New York continues to experience a swift rise in COVID-19 rates, due to the spread of the omicron subvariant BA.2 and a general loosening of restrictions.
  • Niagara Falls, Buffalo City Hall lighting to honor nurses
    5/2/22
    The Niagara Falls Illumination Board has approved a request from the School of Nursing to illuminate the falls with blue and white lighting on May 12 in honor of Western New York nurses and nurses across the nation.
  • Power of narrative topic of event
    5/2/22
    The power of narrative writing is the topic of a Zoom event on May 5 hosted by UB’s Journalism Certificate Program.
  • Event to focus on medical assistance to Ukraine
    4/28/22
    The UB surgical resident whose team of medical and surgical providers has been providing assistance in Ukraine is back in Buffalo and will discuss his experience and how Western New Yorkers can help during a talk on April 29.
  • Public sessions set for finalists in management dean search
    4/26/22
    The five finalists in the search for a new dean of the School of Management will visit UB next week to meet with senior academic and administrative leadership, staff, faculty, students and alumni.
  • Maintaining a climate of respect
    4/25/22
    In a message to the university community, President Satish K. Tripathi reaffirmed UB’s commitment to providing a welcoming environment on campus that acknowledges differences of opinion and the right to protest while maintaining a climate of mutual respect.
  • IAD Days kicks off today
    4/25/22
    A three-day interdisciplinary conference focusing on big data and high-performance computing kicks off on April 26.