Need to Know

Compassion is an approach to living that conveys a sense of empathy that can be a powerful tool for researchers, practitioners, educators and students as they carry out their meaningful occupations.

Catch a free triple feature with the theme of "Woman and Girls: Sports and Play" on March 27 at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, 341 Delaware Ave., Buffalo.

UB pianist Eric Huebner, professor and chair of the Department of Music, will perform the world premiere of a piece written for him by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Roger Reynolds in a recital on March 26 at UB.

Ravindra Pandey, a researcher at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and research professor at UB, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).

Nominations are now being accepted for the annual UB SLICE (Sustainability Leadership, Innovation and Collaborative Engagement) Awards.

The Canadian Jazz Collective brings its unique blend of Canadian jazz to UB on March 25 in a free concert in Slee Hall.

UB alumna Elisa Bandera, an epidemiologist focused on the nutritional epidemiology of female hormonal cancer prevention and survival, will present the 17th Annual Saxon Graham Lecture on April 5.

Michele Gliss Poitras has been elected vice chair of the Professional Staff Senate in a special election.

The Graduate School of Education will present its annual Johnstone Distinguished Lecture Series at 4 p.m. March 7 in 106 O’Brian Hall, North Campus.

In collaboration with the Office of Sustainability and as part of UB’s Climate Action Plan, Campus Dining & Shops has switched to new compostable cups with drink-thru lids at all its retail dining locations serving fountain beverages.