The University at Buffalo Law School's 2012 James McCormick Mitchell Lecture will explore the legal and social challenges of providing personal and medical care for the elderly and the disabled -- a topic of current relevance for health care, social security, welfare, and employment law reform. The free event will take place Oct. 19 at 2 pm on UB's North Campus; it is open to the public.

The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Kevin Smith on Wednesday, Nov. 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts, UB North Campus. A Q&A will follow.

Failure will be the topic of conversation at the Science & Art Cabaret co-hosted by UB on Wednesday.

Once the exclusive purview of private clients and the fabulously wealthy, architectural patronage is changing as architects increasingly cultivate partnerships with nonprofits, community organizations and other public entities.

The University at Buffalo Department of Theatre and Dance will present Zodiaque Dance Company Oct. 17-21 in the Drama Theatre in the Center for the Arts, UB North Campus.

The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Glen Campbell: The Goodbye Tour on Wednesday, Oct. 24, at 7:30 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts, UB North Campus.

The University at Buffalo's UB 2020 Civic Engagement and Public Policy strategic initiative (CEPP) has awarded five new Civic Engagement Research Fellowships for 2012-13 to UB scholars in fields of communications and health sciences, education, law and social work.

The Center for the Arts at University at Buffalo will present the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba on Monday, Oct. 22, at 7:30 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts, UB North Campus.

Along the quiet corridors of the University at Buffalo Department of Anthropology labors a man who, unknown to his colleagues, has been a hero to the Igbomina Yoruba town of Esie (ess-ee-YEH) in southwest Nigeria for nearly five decades.

The realms in which creativity and information technologies meet are dynamic areas of research. They depend, however, on new kinds of creative collaboration to provoke a greater understanding of our world, generate jobs, produce revenue and improve quality of life. To encourage the development of the creative economy of this region and to establish the University at Buffalo as a leader in this field, the university has established the Techne Institute for Arts and Emerging Technologies.