Need to Know

Published August 13, 2024

  • UB launches search for VP, CIO
    2/9/24
    UB has launched the search for the university’s next vice president and chief information officer.
  • International Education offers research grants
    2/8/24
    The Office of International Education offers a variety of grants to support global research of faculty and graduate students.
  • Law school presents ‘Celebration of Free Speech’
    2/7/24
    The importance of free speech and its implications will be the focus of an event on Feb. 22 sponsored by the Office of Inclusive Excellence.
  • Faculty to fight for survival at Life Raft Debate
    2/6/24
    When disaster threatens all of humanity, which professor will make the cut to join the survivors?
  • Jazz vocalist Salvant to perform at UB
    2/2/24
    Internationally acclaimed jazz singer, composer and visual artist Cécile McLorin Salvant, whose passion for storytelling through music has captivated audiences, will perform for the first time in Buffalo in more than nine years at a concert at UB on Feb. 9.
  • UB to present lecture on AI, semiconductors
    2/1/24
    The Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science will host electronic design automation expert Sachin Sapatnekar as part of its Distinguished Speaker Series.
  • Welcome back with True Blue weekend of spirit, pride
    1/30/24
    The spring semester is off to a spirited start, with activities this weekend designed to get the entire UB community into the True Blue state of mind.
  • Music running BOGO ticket promotion
    1/26/24
    Faculty and staff can buy one ticket to a Department of Music concert this spring and receive one ticket free as part of a special ticket promotion on Feb. 1.
  • Pitman named interim vice president and CIO
    1/26/24
    E. Bruce Pitman, professor in the Department of Materials Design and Innovation, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been named interim vice president and chief information officer, effective March 1.
  • Nurses most trusted profession in new Gallup survey
    1/25/24
    Nurses once again ranked at the top of 23 professions in Gallup’s 2023 Honesty and Ethics poll, and that’s because they spend the most time with patients, says the dean of UB’s School of Nursing.