Need to Know

Published February 20, 2026

  • UB honored with national entrepreneurship award
    6/21/23
    UB has received the Deshpande Symposium Award for Excellence in Student Engagement in Entrepreneurship, expanding its position as a national leader in innovative education and igniting the entrepreneurial spirit.
  • Search launched for new chief of police
    6/15/23
    The search for a new chief of police at UB has begun with the appointment of a search committee chaired by Joe Raab, director of Environment, Health and Safety.
  • Management names fellowship to honor Jordan A. Daniels
    6/12/23
    The School of Management has named its Nonprofit Board Fellowship in honor of the late Jordan A. Daniels, MBA ’22. The program is now known as the Jordan A. Daniels Nonprofit Board Fellowship.
  • Volunteers needed for ‘weeding blitz’ at Fruit Belt community garden
    6/9/23
    Volunteers are being sought for a community gardening effort taking place June 16 across from Futures Academy in Buffalo.
  • Governance groups elect chairs
    6/6/23
    Suzanne Laychock has been elected chair of the Faculty Senate and Don Erb has been elected chair of the Professional Staff Senate in recent elections held by the governance groups representing UB’s faculty and professional staff.
  • Meet the finalists for dean of students
    6/2/23
    The three finalists in the search for a new dean of students will meet with members of the UB community during their visits to campus in the coming weeks.
  • UB CIGBS to host Zimbabwe faculty development program
    6/1/23
    UB has been selected to be the United States host this summer for the Zimbabwe Emerging Faculty Development Program.
  • Spelman College president Gayle to deliver Harrington Lecture
    5/30/23
    Buffalo native Helene Gayle, an internationally recognized expert on health and humanitarian issues and president of Spelman College, will give the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences’ 2023 Harrington Lecture on June 3.
  • Workshop to focus on AAC
    5/22/23
    Thirty international researchers are among those who will attend a workshop May 31 through June 2 in Buffalo focused on augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), which is used by people who have trouble speaking or have lost the ability to speak.
  • Transgender health care, education focus of UB Pride event
    5/18/23
    Blair Peters, a gender-affirming surgeon and advocate for LGBTQ health, will be the keynote speaker at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences’ inaugural LGBTQIA+ Education and Inclusivity in Health Care event on May 23.