Need to Know

Published August 13, 2024

  • UB names finalists in entrepreneurship competition
    4/2/21
    UB has identified five teams as finalists in the 20th annual Henry A. Panasci Jr. Technology Entrepreneurship Competition (Panasci TEC), taking them one step closer to the $52,000 in startup funding and business services that will go to the group that presents the best plan for a viable new business in Western New York.
  • Land, race, indigeneity topic of OIX conversation
    4/1/21
    “Land, Race and Indigeneity: Building Solidarity Practices” is the title of the next session on April 13 of the Let’s Talk About Race series presented by the Office of Inclusive Excellence.
  • Police Advisory Committee to hold town hall
    3/29/21
    The University Police Advisory Committee will hold a virtual town hall on April 6 to gather feedback from members of the UB community on their interactions with members of University Police, as well as their perspectives about campus safety more broadly.
  • Public forums set for finalists in VPSL search
    3/25/21
    Four finalists in the search for a new vice president for student life have been identified, and open forums with the members of the UB community will take place next week via Zoom.
  • Step up to good health with SPHHP’s Step Challenge
    3/24/21
    Worldwide research is showing what most of us have known intuitively: Physical activity levels have dropped drastically since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. But members of the UB community can counter those findings by joining the sixth annual Step Challenge sponsored by the School of Public Health and Health Professions.
  • Brown final speaker in Distinguished Speakers Series
    3/22/21
    Actress and vegan foodie Tabitha Brown will speak on April 14 as the final speaker in this year’s Distinguished Speakers Series.
  • Governance bodies elect chairs
    3/10/21
    Fred Stoss has been elected chair of the Faculty Senate and Tim Tryjankowski has been re-elected chair of the Professional Staff Senate in recent elections held by the governance groups representing UB’s faculty and professional staff.
  • Authors to discuss book on reparations for slavery descendants
    3/8/21
    William Darity Jr. and A. Kirsten Mullen will discuss their highly acclaimed new book, “From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the 21st Century,” during a virtual event on March 11 presented by the UB Center for Diversity Innovation in the College of Arts and Sciences.
  • CIGBS adds first partner in Trinidad and Tobago
    3/1/21
    The University of the West Indies at St. Augustine in Trinidad and Tobago has been named an affiliate center of the UB Center for Integrated Global Biomedical Sciences (CIGBS), a Global Virus Network Center of Excellence.
  • Museums’ role in shaping diverse culture topic of discussion
    2/26/21
    The role of art and museums in representing past and present cultures, as well as shaping the future of diverse cultural landscapes, is the topic of the next installment of the Let’s Talk About Race Series of discussions presented by the Office of Inclusive Excellence.