• Enrollment open for Flex Spending Accounts
    10/3/17
    Open enrollment is now underway for New York State Flex Spending Accounts, which allow state employees to pay for certain dependent care or health care expenses with pre-tax dollars.
  • Czarnecki posthumously named 2017 Buffalo Niagara Executive of the Year
    10/3/17
    Mark J. Czarnecki, former president and chief operating officer of M&T Bank, will be posthumously honored as the 2017 Buffalo Niagara Executive of the Year by the School of Management. Czarnecki also served as vice chairman of the UB Council.
  • Psychiatry prof named director of med school admissions
    10/4/17
    Dori R. Marshall, assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has been appointed director of admissions and assistant dean.
  • Academic medical centers topic of keynote and panel
    10/3/17
    What is an academic medical center and why does it matter to Western New York? This question and others related to how academic medical centers impact patient care, medical education, research and economic development will be discussed at a keynote and panel on Oct. 6 sponsored by the UB Alumni Association.
  • Retirements
    10/5/17
    The following UB employees retired from the university from July 2017 through September 2017:
  • UB employees eligible for solar discount
    10/5/17
    UB’s Office of Sustainability is hosting two lunch-and-learn sessions this month for faculty and staff interested in finding out more about a discount available for residential solar.
  • Spanish students to perform at UB
    10/5/17
    Five members of the Tuna Universitaria de Salamanca will perform a concert of traditional Spanish and Latin music at 7 p.m. Oct. 10 in the Kiva, 101 Baldy Hall, North Campus.
  • Jacobs receives NIH loan repayment award
    10/10/17
    David Jacobs, clinical assistant professor of pharmacy practice in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, received the 2017 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Loan Repayment Program Award from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
  • UPlan moving operational excellence forward
    10/10/17
    UPlan, one of the largest projects in UB’s operational excellence initiative, has announced two milestones.
  • Consultant pharmacy topic of talk
    10/10/17
    Frank Grosso, executive director and CEO of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, will speak with pharmacy students from UB, D’Youville College and St. John Fisher College about the practice of consultant pharmacy during a presentation on Oct. 12.
  • Share your Thanksgiving with international students
    10/12/17
    UB employees can share their Thanksgiving traditions while making connections with members of UB’s diverse international community by taking part in the fourth annual “Thanksgiving Without Borders” program.
  • ‘Taking a knee’ topic of DifCon session
    10/12/17
    “Taking a Knee and Other Issues of Speech and Expression in Sports” is the title of the next discussion in UB’s Difficult Conversation series.
  • Zodiaque Dance Company to present fall concert
    10/13/17
    The Zodiaque Dance Company will open its 44th season with “Countdown to Celebration 45” Oct. 18-22 in the Drama Theatre in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.
  • Theatre & Dance to present ‘Men On Boats’
    10/17/17
    The Department of Theatre & Dance will present “Men On Boats” Oct. 25-29 in the Black Box Theatre in the Center for the Arts.
  • Training session focuses on documenting torture
    10/18/17
    For most Americans, the concept of torture is, thankfully, truly foreign. But for immigrants and refugees, some of whom are seeking asylum in Buffalo, torture has been all too real.
  • Cultural appropriation topic of next DifCon
    10/18/17
    Cultural appropriation — the adoption of elements of one culture by members of another culture — is the topic of the next session in UB’s Difficult Conversations series on Oct. 24.
  • UB Libraries to celebrate freedom of government information
    10/19/17
    The UB Libraries will celebrate the freedom of information by hosting “Preserving Our Knowledge,” an all-day series of free sessions to promote Open Access Week.
  • Blood drive set for South Campus
    10/25/17
    UB faculty and staff can help the Red Cross prepare for the upcoming holiday season by taking part in a blood drive being held on Nov. 13 on the South Campus.
  • PEP enrollment open
    10/25/17
    Eligible UB employees can now enroll in the Productivity Enhancement Program (PEP) for 2018, which allows employees to exchange previously accrued vacation and/or personal leave for a credit to be applied toward the employee share of their New York State Health Insurance Program premiums.
  • UB’s annual security report now available
    10/26/17
    UB’s current Annual Security and Fire Safety Report is now available on the University Police website.
  • Fall open house a success
    10/26/17
    Nearly 4,000 prospective students and their family members attended UB’s 360 Open House on Oct. 21, an increase in attendance from last year’s fall open house, admissions officials say, and an indication of students’ growing interest in UB.
  • Jesse Williams to speak at UB
    10/30/17
    “Grey’s Anatomy” actor and activist Jesse Williams will appear at UB on Nov. 18 as part of the Distinguished Speakers Series.
  • UBWISC to present ‘STEM for Everyone’
    11/2/17
    UB students will talk about STEM topics in layman’s language during “STEM for Everyone: Stories from Students,” a free event presented by the UB Women in STEM Cooperative (UBWISC).