University at Buffalo - The State University of New York

• Print

• Comments

Published: December 16, 2009

Campus closing information

UB will use a variety of communication vehicles to notify members of the university community when the university must cancel classes, close or change its schedule of operations due to inclement weather or other emergencies.

Announcements regarding a change in scheduled operations will be made on:

• Text alerts to mobile phones (UB Alert).

• 645-NEWS, the UB information telephone information line.

• WBF0 88.7 FM, UB’s official information radio station.

• UB Homepage.

• MyUB, a Web-based personal portal.

• Local broadcast media.

• 1620 AM, the campus traffic radio broadcast.

• 645-2345, University Police’s campus conditions line.

• Campus e-mail, if appropriate.

For more information on UB’s policy regarding scheduled operations, click here.

UB reinstates battery recycling

UB has resumed its battery-recycling program, and members of the university community are urged to help protect the environment by dropping their spent batteries at recycling locations on campus.

The program, administered by Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S), accepts most batteries that are used on campus, including alkaline, which make up 90-95 percent of batteries used on campus; rechargeable, most commonly used in cell phones and laptop computers; and sealed lead acid, which usually are used for battery-backup applications.

Battery collection points are located on both the North and South campuses; more locations will be announced in the spring. Collection sites vary according to the type of battery; for a list of sites, click here.

Tony Oswald, hazardous waste manager for EH&S, says the battery recycling program had been suspended in March after the federal Department of Transportation instituted new rules governing how batteries had to be packaged for travel. The new rules required all batteries to be secured in separate plastic bags for shipment, and with EH&S “literally doing thousands of batteries a month, it became difficult, from a Facilities perspective, to recycle,” Oswald says.

However, when the Department of Transportation dropped the new rule, UB’s recycling program was back in business.

“When we stopped the program, we got a lot of calls and e-mails; people were upset,” Oswald recalls, adding that the program is part of UB’s commitment to environmental stewarship.

Humanities Institute seeks fellowship applications

The Humanities Institute is seeking applications from UB tenured and tenure-track faculty engaged in humanistic research for research fellowships for the 2010-11 academic year.

Fellowships provide the fellow’s department with course replacement funds so that the fellow can be released from teaching courses and can focus primarily on a major research project and participate actively in institute programs.

Applications must be received by 5 p.m. on Jan. 15.

For more information or to download an application form, click here.