Need to Know

SUNY has expanded the Chancellor’s Summer Research Excellence Fund, investing $1.4 million to increase the number of paid internships to 170 from 150 for students from across six campuses — including UB — and offer 45 new experiences focused on artificial intelligence research.

“Chante la Vie, Chante,” a scintillating musical program representing the golden age of French song, will be presented by the Compagnie Caravague of Paris at 7:30 p.m. April 27 in Katharine Cornell Theatre in the Ellicott Complex, North Campus.

Robert Dell, professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, has been named department chair. He will assume the role on July 1.

Award-winning organist Aaron Tan — who also happens to be a materials scientist — will perform on UB’s legendary Fisk pipe organ in a concert on April 19.

The Slee Sinfonietta, UB’s professional chamber orchestra in residence, and renowned flutist Carol Wincenc will perform in a concert showcasing Chinese-American composers on April 16.

UB Giving Day is an opportunity for the local and global UB university community to come together and support students with a 24-hour fundraising opportunity.

Distinguished health services researcher Lusine Poghosyan is the speaker for the School of Nursing’s 27th Annual Bonnie Bullough Lecture, the keynote address for the school’s 11th Annual Research Day on April 19.

Nutrition — what we eat and the processes that bring it to us — influences child health and development, the progression of disease, the environment itself and much more. The 13th Annual Global Health Day Symposium: Nutrition and Global Health Impacts, produced by UB’s Office of Global Health Initiatives (OGHI), will offer a range of topics underscoring the importance of nutrition in the state of global health. The event is co-sponsored by UB’s Community for Global Health Equity.

Once the total solar eclipse has passed through Western New York on Monday, give your eclipse glasses a second chance to shine. UB Sustainability is teaming up with Astronomers Without Borders to provide solar eclipse glasses recycling stations on the North and South campuses.

The UB community will reaffirm its commitment to its LGBTQ+ students, faculty and staff as it celebrates Pride Week April 8-12.