Need to Know

Published February 20, 2026

  • EOC to present Income Inequality Forum
    1/31/23
    UB’s Educational Opportunity Center (EOC) will host an Income Inequality Forum on Feb. 23, an event being held in recognition of Black History Month.
  • UPD, law enforcement partners continue investigation in fatal stabbing case
    1/25/23
    With assistance from local, state and federal law enforcement partners, UB Police continue to make progress in the investigation of the fatal stabbing case of SUNY Buffalo State University student Tyler Lewis.
  • ‘Blue out’ game welcomes campus back for spring semester
    1/24/23
    Members of the UB community can show their UB pride by attending the “blue out” men’s basketball game on Jan. 31.
  • Public forums set for finalists in dental dean search
    1/19/23
    The five finalists in the search for a new dean of the School of Dental Medicine will visit campus over the next two weeks.
  • #BuffaloSyllabus topic of professional development session
    1/18/23
    The Black History Nerds Saturday School, a professional development series for pre-K–12 teachers and others interested in learning more about Black history and race, opens Jan. 21 with a virtual presentation titled “A Love Letter to Buffalo: #BuffaloSyllabus and Digital Scholarship.”
  • Ifill to deliver MLK lecture
    1/17/23
    Sherrilyn Ifill, civil rights attorney and former president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), will speak on Feb. 16 as UB’s 47th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Speaker.
  • Management students offer free tax prep
    1/13/23
    IRS-certified accounting students from the School of Management will once again provide free tax preparation services to individuals and families with annual income of $60,000 or less.
  • UB Fast 46 seeks nominations
    1/11/23
    UB has announced the third annual UB Fast 46 competition, open to alumni and former students who own or lead businesses.
  • Sharma named interim chair of oral biology
    1/5/23
    Ashu Sharma, professor of oral biology, has been appointed interim chair of the Department of Oral Biology in the School of Dental Medicine.
  • UB to hold torch rally for Lake Placid FISU World University Games
    12/16/22
    UB is no stranger to the World University Games. The university was a host to the games in July 1993, providing the venues for track and field, diving, tennis and volleyball, and housing the games’ 5,000 participants in the Ellicott Complex. And UB Stadium was built specially for the games and remains one of the World University Games’ most recognizable legacies.