UB has been selected to be the United States host this summer for the Zimbabwe Emerging Faculty Development Program.

The three finalists in the search for a new dean of students will meet with members of the UB community during their visits to campus in the coming weeks.

Suzanne Laychock has been elected chair of the Faculty Senate and Don Erb has been elected chair of the Professional Staff Senate in recent elections held by the governance groups representing UB’s faculty and professional staff.

Volunteers are being sought for a community gardening effort taking place June 16 across from Futures Academy in Buffalo.

The School of Management has named its Nonprofit Board Fellowship in honor of the late Jordan A. Daniels, MBA ’22. The program is now known as the Jordan A. Daniels Nonprofit Board Fellowship.

The search for a new chief of police at UB has begun with the appointment of a search committee chaired by Joe Raab, director of Environment, Health and Safety.

UB has received the Deshpande Symposium Award for Excellence in Student Engagement in Entrepreneurship, expanding its position as a national leader in innovative education and igniting the entrepreneurial spirit.

Anthony “Tony” J. Rozak Jr., professor emeritus of computer art and communication design in the Department of Art, died May 5. He was 83.

Kristina Young, a retired clinical faculty member in the School of Public Health and Health Professions who was instrumental in helping the school develop its master’s degree program in public health, died May 6 in Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital after a brief illness. She was 72.