Norman Solkoff, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus and a longtime faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry, died July 26 in London, England. He was 85.
An annual scholarship a UB graduate and his wife established in 2005 already has changed the lives of 18 students in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Now, Mary and James Smist have pledged a major gift through a bequest expectancy to ensure the Felix Smist Scholarship continues in perpetuity.
Seven kayaks are available for use on Lake LaSalle by professional staff and faculty, free of charge, thanks to the work of the Professional Staff Senate’s Sustainable Living and Recreation and Wellness committees.
A training session has been scheduled on the Downtown Campus for “Shop Blue,” UB’s new eProcurement system that provides an Amazon-like purchasing experience that will greatly reduce both the procurement process and improve delivery times.
The Department of Art is welcoming five new faculty members with a month-long exhibition of their work in the department’s Lower Art Gallery in the Center for the Arts.
Volunteers from UB and the community around the South Campus will distribute kits containing tips on how to be a good neighbor, as well as other important information, during Operation Doorhanger beginning at 10 a.m. on Aug. 24.
UB staff, alumni and domestic students are being recruited to serve as cultural partners for newly arrived international students during the fall 2018 semester as part of the International Student Mentoring Program.
One hundred and twenty-seven students will take their first steps toward becoming pharmacists tomorrow when they take part in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences’ annual White Coat Ceremony.
Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker, president and CEO of the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, will be honored as the 2018 Buffalo Niagara Executive of the Year by the School of Management.
