Need to Know

Published August 13, 2024

  • Campus visits set for VP/dean finalists
    8/31/21
    Five finalists for UB's leadership role as vice president for health sciences and dean of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences will conduct campus visits over the next few weeks, the search committee has announced.
  • Join UB colleagues at Fall Semester Welcome
    8/16/21
    It’s been one heck of a year and a half. And to celebrate, the UB community’s full return to campus, President Satish K. Tripathi and Provost A. Scott Weber are hosting a Fall Semester Welcome next week, just prior to the start of the fall semester.
  • Nurse anesthetist program reaccredited
    8/3/21
    The Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia (COA) has reaccredited the School of Nursing’s Doctor of Nursing Practice Nurse Anesthetist Program for 10 years, the maximum accreditation status a program can achieve.
  • MUP program reaccredited with distinction
    8/2/21
    UB’s professional Master of Urban Planning program has been reaccredited for the longest term possible by the discipline’s national accrediting board.
  • Volunteer at UB Spirit Team tent for Ride for Roswell
    7/30/21
    UB employees who are not riding in the Ride for Roswell on Aug. 7 can still help the UB Spirit Team by volunteering for a shift at the team’s tent on the North Campus.
  • ‘Rediscover UB’ welcomes employees back to campus
    7/29/21
    With UB faculty and staff transitioning to back to campus, Wellness and Work Life Balance and the Employee Assistance Program have planned “Rediscover UB,” a week of activities designed to celebrate employees’ hard work and resilience throughout the pandemic.
  • PSS reactivating networking group
    7/28/21
    As UB employees return to campus for the fall semester, the Professional Staff Senate is reactivating its Lunch Bunch Club networking program.
  • UB Alumni Association elects new president, officers
    7/15/21
    Dharshan Jayasinghe, BA ’03, has been elected to a two-year term as president of the UB Alumni Association, a group that represents the interests of more than 280,000 graduates around the world.
  • CDS wins silver award in national competition
    7/13/21
    Campus Dining and Shops (CDS) has received a silver award in the 2020 Loyal E. Horton Dining Awards sponsored by the National College and University Food Service Association (NACUFS).
  • Blackledge named executive director of FSA
    7/12/21
    Eric Blackledge has been appointed executive director of the Faculty Student Association (FSA), doing business as Campus Dining and Shops (CDS), after a national search.