Need to Know

Published November 20, 2024

  • UB offering new online Health Services Administration MPH
    7/1/22
    The School of Public Health and Health Professions now offers an online option for its Health Services Administration MPH program that is designed to help working health care professionals grow their careers through remote health care administration training. The new online option provides the same multidisciplinary training in core public health and health care administration as the on-campus program.
  • Renew parking permits
    6/2/22
    The renewal and application processes are now open for faculty/staff parking permits for the 2022-23 academic year.
  • Security in place at commencement ceremonies
    5/17/22
    President Satish K. Tripathi issued a statement regarding security for end-of-the-year events.
  • A statement from UB Police Chief Chris J. Bartolomei
    5/16/22
    UB police are aware of social media posts and related rumors indicating continued threats of violence — primarily targeting local off-campus businesses — following Saturday’s horrific mass shooting at the Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo.
  • Green your commute on May 20
    5/16/22
    UB faculty, staff and students are encouraged to use an alternative method of transportation to get to campus on Green Your Commute and Work Day on May 20.
  • 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.