Need to Know

Published March 18, 2026

  • Health equity advocate is guest speaker
    3/18/26
    UB’s Community Health Equity Research Institute will host a free, public workshop on March 24 featuring Renata Schiavo, senior lecturer, sociomedical sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University.
  • Architecture to celebrate Bethune Lectures
    3/17/26
    The School of Architecture and Planning is marking nearly two decades of its Bethune Lectures with the opening of an exhibition and a panel discussion, both being held on March 23 in the Hayes Hall Atrium.
  • Presidential search nearing finalist stage
    3/16/26
    UB’s search to find a successor to President Satish K. Tripathi is progressing according to the timeline, with the search committee expecting to recommend a group of finalists to the UB Council for its consideration late this month.
  • UB nursing professor wins MAC student success award
    3/13/26
    Donna Fabry, clinical professor and pre-licensure programs coordinator in the School of Nursing, is UB’s recipient of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Outstanding Faculty Award for Student Success.
  • Dafnis Prieto, Sí o Sí Quartet to perform at UB
    3/11/26
    Internationally acclaimed drummer, composer and MacArthur Fellow Dafnis Prieto and his dynamic Sí o Sí Quartet will perform at UB at 7:30 p.m. March 28 in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall, North Campus.
  • UB chef wins silver at regional culinary challenge
    3/10/26
    UB Chef Kaprishia Covington was awarded a silver medal in the Culinary Challenge at the National Association of College & University Food Services (NACUFS) Northeast Regional Competition held last week at Boston College.
  • School of Management to host AI in marketing conference
    3/10/26
    Leaders from retail, digital commerce and academia will connect with experts in the School of Management at a conference examining how artificial intelligence is changing how brands reach customers, analyze data and make decisions.
  • Nominations sought for UB Curriculum committee
    3/9/26
    The Office of the Provost and the Faculty Senate are seeking nominations of interested members of the UB community to serve on a new committee being formed to consider the future of general education at UB.
  • UB to host Safe Schools Initiative Seminar
    3/9/26
    Preventing violence and protecting mental health is the focus of the 22nd Annual Safe Schools Initiative Seminar being held at UB on March 18.