• Phone line set up for UB students to report confirmed positive COVID-19 cases
    9/2/20
    As part of UB’s comprehensive efforts to monitor and prevent the spread of COVID-19, the university has established a phone line for students who have tested positive for the virus. With this phone line, students can report their positive test and receive assistance as needed.
  • Entrepreneurship competition to be held on Zoom
    9/8/20
    The five final teams in UB’s 20th annual Henry A. Panasci Jr. Technology Entrepreneurship Competition (Panasci TEC) will present their business plans virtually this year as they vie for $52,000 in startup funding and business services.
  • Buffalo Prep organizes voter registration drive
    9/8/20
    A voter registration drive organized by Buffalo Prep will take place on Sept. 12 on the UB South Campus.
  • EAP offers new Parenting Support Group
    9/9/20
    UB employees who need help parenting during these difficult times can find it in a new support group sponsored by the Employee Assistance Program.
  • Virtual race benefits athletics campaign
    9/10/20
    Run, walk or bike with your UB colleagues and help out UB student-athletes during the Make It PossiBULL Virtual 5K/10K on Sept. 26 or Sept. 27.
  • More improvements for students quarantined on campus
    9/15/20
    More than 60 students have quarantined in UB’s designated quarantine residence hall over the past month. A few students have voiced their concerns about the quarantine accommodations, but the majority have expressed gratitude for the care and support the university has provided them during this stressful and disruptive period in their lives.
  • UB, Alfred State strike electrical engineering program agreement
    9/16/20
    Alfred State College (ASC) graduates may seamlessly continue their education at UB and pursue a master’s degree in electrical engineering, courtesy of a new agreement signed by the two SUNY entities.
  • ‘Sofia’ video game exhibit to launch at Explore & More museum
    9/18/20
    A video game version of “Sofia Learns About Research,” the children’s activity and coloring book that presents research in a non-threatening way, is coming to downtown Buffalo’s Explore & More ­— The Ralph C. Wilson Children's Museum. The exhibit is set to open Sept. 23.
  • ESC to begin inaugural season
    9/17/20
    The 12 members of the Esports Collegiate Conference (ESC), which includes UB and other Mid-American Conference institutions, will compete in the inaugural Rocket League regular season from Oct. 8 through Nov. 19.
  • Management offers new leadership coaching programs
    9/21/20
    The School of Management’s Center for Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness (CLOE) has two new coaching programs to help managers — and those they lead — become their best.
  • Roundtable to examine high-level sports during a pandemic
    9/21/20
    The School of Law’s Center for the Advancement of Sport will examine the challenges COVID-19 presents to top collegiate and professional sports health professionals, administrators and athletes at a virtual roundtable discussion on Sept. 25.
  • PSS sponsors recycling event
    9/25/20
    The Professional Staff Senate’s Sustainable Living Committee is sponsoring a free electronics recycling event, as well as a food drive for UB’s Blue Table food pantry, on Oct. 13 at the Center for Tomorrow.
  • National COVID-19 expert to speak at UB
    9/29/20
    Nationally recognized COVID-19 expert Ashish K. Jha will examine how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting global health in a virtual lecture set for Oct. 30.
  • UB Athletics responds to positive COVID-19 cases
    10/1/20
    The Division of Athletics has taken immediate steps in response to test results indicating that 25 student-athletes have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.