Date & Time: Multiple dates and times, see more details below
Location: 430 Kimball Tower, South Campus (Zoom link available on request)
Intended Audience: Open Event
The goal of this group is to provide support, resources, and community to LGBTQ+ faculty, staff, and students and their allies at UB. This discussion group is located on the South Campus as it gives folks that are primarily on this campus a safe space here. This group is open to anyone who wishes to join from all programs and campuses. There will be five LGBTQ+ Discussion Group Meetings this semester at the following times.
For more information, please visit the UB Calendar link. For questions, please contact Ebehitale Imobhio at 716-829-3529 or via email at ebehital@buffalo.edu.
Sponsored by the Office of Inclusive Excellence and the School of Public Health and Health Professions.
Date & Time: Monday, October 2, 2023, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: Virtual
Intended Audience: Open Event
Join Gwen Baxley, assistant professor of educational leadership and policy at the Graduate School of Education, for a conversation with Ericka Huggins, Phylicia Brown, Claudia Williams, and Yasmeen Majid about the ways Black women have led and taken the well-being and liberation of communities into their own hands historically and contemporarily. The conversation will include a discussion on panelists' lived experiences as community organizers and about Comrade Sisters: Women of the Black Panther Party, a book that uses photography and stories to highlight the important contributions of Black women to the Black Panther Party. Registration is required. Individuals who register for the event will have a chance to receive a FREE copy of the book Comrade Sisters by Ericka Huggins and Stephen Shames or Swag apparel by Black Love Resists in the Rust.
For more information or to register, please visit the Event Registration Page.
Sponsored by Black Love Resists in the Rust, The Galactic Tribe, the Office of Inclusive Excellence, the Willower Endowment Fund, the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, the Department of Africana and American Studies, and the UB Gender Institute.
Date & Time: Wednesday, September 27, 2023, 10:20am - 11:15am
Location: Virtual
Intended Audience: Open Event
Join SUNY and the Hispanic Leadership Institute for the “Latino Voces Series,” which will feature live streams of HLI fellows with special guests visiting their classrooms to discuss Latino cultural expression. For this session, award winning novelist Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa and Dr. Rosie Hurtado will discuss what it means to construct a novel featuring AfroBoricua protagonists and Llanos-Figueroa’s artistic process for exploring untold histories of Puerto Rico. This plática will provide an opportunity to question how alternative ways of knowing that are presented within her novels challenge flattening narratives about “slavery” during the novel’s events, and the importance of literature to create spaces of safety and home. The link for the webinar is below:
https://oswego-edu.zoom.us/j/98464858449 Webinar ID: 984 6485 8449
Sponsored by the State University of New York (SUNY) and the Hispanic Leadership Institute.
Date & Time: Wednesdays, 3:00pm - 4:30pm, through December 6, 2023
Location: 240 Student Union, North Campus
Intended Audience: Open Event
This drop-in group is committed to providing an affirming space for BIPOC students to reflect on their experiences at a Predominately White Institution. In this group, we recognize the unique experiences of BIPOC students and aim to foster a community for students to give voice to their experiences, gain support, and develop healthy coping strategies. Topics explored in this group include but are not limited to navigating microaggressions, feelings of isolation, imposter syndrome, being first generation American, family/social relationships, and maintaining healthy self-care in the current socio-political climate. There will be 12 BIPOC Drop-In Groups this semester starting on Wednesday, September 13, 2023 and running through Wednesday, December 6, 2023.
For more information, please visit the UB Calendar link. For questions, please contact Amani Johnson via email at amanijoh@buffalo.edu.
Sponsored by UB Counseling Services and the Intercultural and Diversity Center.
Date & Time: Wednesdays, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Location: 120 Richmond Quad, Ellicott Complex, North Campus
Intended Audience: Open Event
This group provides a safe, supportive, and comfortable place for international students to discuss adjustment stressors and cross-cultural experiences in the U.S. The group also creates a safe and confidential environment for group members to share information and support each other.
For more information or for questions, please contact Counseling Services at 716-645-2720.
Sponsored by UB Counseling Services.
Date & Time: Wednesdays, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Location: Virtual
Intended Audience: Open Event
The LGBTQ+ Support Group is a safe space for students of all LGBTQ+ identities to build a sense of community. The group serves as a place to discuss and explore topics related to these identities, which may include coming out / not coming out, relationships with family and friends, dating and intimate relationships, transitioning, and other life experiences related to being an LGBTQ+ person. Topics may also include non-identity related life stressors that students want to discuss.
For more information or for questions, please contact Counseling Services at 716-645-2720.
Sponsored by UB Counseling Services.
Date & Time: Wednesday, September 27, 2023, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: 240 Student Union, North Campus
Intended Audience: Open Event
Join the IDC for their monthly Dessert Hour! Have a ‘flantasic’ time while enjoying desserts from diverse Latine cultures. Stop by to learn about influential people and events in Latine history!
For more information, please visit the UB Calendar Link. For questions, please contact the IDC at 716-645-2434.
Sponsored by the Intercultural and Diversity Center (IDC).
Date & Time: Wednesday, September 27, 2023, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Hybrid (In-person in 509 O’Brian Hall)
Intended Audience: Open Event
Join the Law School for a panel discussion that explores the significance and consequences of the recent Supreme Court cases on race-conscious college admissions (Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard) and on the intersection of free speech and LGBTQ+ rights (303 Creative v Elenis).
For more information, please visit the Event Registration page or the UB Calendar link. For questions, please contact Kristin Kelly via email at kkelly11@buffalo.edu.
Sponsored by the UB School of Law.
Date & Time: Thursdays, 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Location: Michael Hall, South Campus
Intended Audience: Open Event
This group is an interpersonal process group for graduate and undergraduate students who identify as female. Group members will work together to identify topics of discussion each week, which may include imposter syndrome, anxiety and depression, intersectional identities, sexual violence, family dynamics, work environments, assertiveness, boundaries, and relationships.
For more information or for questions, please contact Counseling Services at 716-645-2720.
Sponsored by UB Counseling Services.
Date & Time: Saturday, September 30, 2023, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Location: O’Brian Hall, North Campus
Intended Audience: Law school community
The law school community is invited to meet and welcome our incoming Students of Color, as well as current members of the Black Law Students Association (BLSA), Latin American Law Students Association (LALSA), Native Indigenous Law Students Association (NILSA) and the Asian Law Students Association (ALSA). Brunch will be prepared by Chef Dwight Land from Buffalo Kitchen Club. Please RSVP by Friday, September 22.
For more information or to register, please visit the Event Registration Page or the UB Calendar Link. For questions, please contact Kristen Kelly via email at kkelly11@buffalo.edu.
Sponsored by Students of Color (SOC).
Date & Time: Monday, October 2, 2023, 10:20am - 11:15am
Location: Virtual
Intended Audience: Open Event
Join SUNY and the Hispanic Leadership Institute for the “Latino Voces Series,” which will feature live streams of HLI fellows with special guests visiting their classrooms to discuss Latino cultural expression. For this session, enjoy both an analysis of Sor Juana’s life, as well as a reading of some of her most internationally renowned ceramicist Veronica Castillo alongside Professor Emerita and Independent Publisher Dr. Josie Méndez-Negrete will officially launch their co-authored book, Rooted in Clay: El Arte de Verónica Castillo. This book is written as a plática in which Castillo shares her life work, inspiration, politics, and history with Méndez-Negrete alongside images of her sculptures and experiences that led her to be one of the fist artists requested to submit work for the newly launched Latino Heritage Museum for the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC. This event will allow guests to speak directly with students about the process of creating such a book, the politics of such a book, and the importance of shifting consciousness regarding what constitutes fine art in the United States. The link for the webinar is below:
https://oswego-edu.zoom.us/j/99148229052 Webinar ID: 991 4822 9052
Sponsored by the State University of New York (SUNY) and the Hispanic Leadership Institute.
Date & Time: Tuesday, October 3, 2023, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Location: Hybrid (In-person in 240 Student Union, North Campus)
Intended Audience: Open Event
Longstanding coloristic practices continue to perpetuate hate and privilege within the Latinx community. Join the IDC for a discussion on the ongoing issue of colorism in the Latinx population, race relations, and international beauty standards. Conversation will take place in 240 Student Union or on zoom: bit.ly/IDCProgram
For more information, please visit the UB Calendar Link. For questions, please contact the IDC at 716-645-2434.
Sponsored by the Intercultural and Diversity Center (IDC).
Date & Time: Wednesday, October 4, 2023, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Location: GRoW Clean Energy Center, North Campus
Intended Audience: New and returning members of LGBTQ FSA
Join members of the LGBTQ FSA Executive Board for a welcome and orientation. New members are encouraged to attend and returning members are welcome. The event will be a brief introduction to the LGBTQ Faculty and Staff Association and an opportunity to meet members of the leadership team.
For more information, please visit the UB Calendar Link. For questions or to RSVP, please contact the LGBTQ FSA at lgbtqfsa@buffalo.edu.
Sponsored by the LGBTQ Faculty and Staff Association (FSA).
Date & Time: Multiple dates and times, see more details below
Location: 210 Student Union, North Campus
Intended Audience: Open Event
Join Counseling Services on the first Thursday of the month to play games, have great conversations, and lots of fun, while making friends from around the world. Come to relax and play non-competitive, get-to-know you games that allow you to form cross cultural friendships. Event is open to all UB international and domestic students from all cultures and backgrounds. There will be three Friends Without Borders this semester at the following times.
For more information, please visit the UB Calendar link. For questions, contact Counseling Services at 716-645-2720.
Sponsored by UB Counseling Services and the Intercultural and Diversity Center.
Date & Time: Thursday, October 5, 2023, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: 240 Student Union, North Campus
Intended Audience: Open Event
Continue celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with a Movie Night in the IDC! We are watching In the Heights: a story of neighbors living in northern Manhattan striving for dreams of better lives before realizing... there's no place like the Heights!
For more information, please visit the UB Calendar Link. For questions, please contact the IDC at 716-645-2434.
Sponsored by the Intercultural and Diversity Center (IDC).
Date & Time: Multiple dates and times, see more details below
Location: Law Library, Fishbowl, North Campus
Intended Audience: Law and undergraduate students
Are you a new law or returning law student who is neurodivergent or disabled? Are you looking to connect with other law students who have similar experiences? Join LSDN’s general interest meetings for tea and cheese to share. There will be five LSDN meetings this semester at the following times:
For more information, please visit the UB Calendar link. For questions, contact Ron LaPort via email at velaport@buffalo.edu.
Sponsored by Law Students with Disabilities and Neurodivergencies (LSDN).
Date & Time: Tuesday, October 10, 2023, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Location: 240 Student Union, North Campus
Intended Audience: Open Event
Tea, finger foods, and community. “The Tea: National Coming Out Day” is an opportunity for UB’s LGBTQ+ students to connect with each other, with the chance to hear and share “coming out” stories.
For more information, please visit the UB Calendar Link. For questions, please contact the IDC at 716-645-2434.
Sponsored by the Intercultural and Diversity Center (IDC).
Date & Time: Thursday, October 12, 2023, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Location: Hybrid (In-person at the Center for the Arts, Screening Room 112, North Campus)
Intended Audience: Open Event
Join the UB Gender Institute for their Signature Lecture Series. Dr. Jeff Iovannone will discuss his award-winning, GIS-based exhibit Leslie Feinberg’s Buffalo: Historic Sites in Stone Butch Blues in the context of what he refers to as the “place of place,” or the role and importance of place and place-making, in U.S. LGBTQ history. The talk will highlight sites represented in transgender lesbian writer and activist Leslie Feinberg’s multiple award-winning novel Stone Butch Blues connected to the University at Buffalo, as well as the Firebrand Books Building in Ithaca, New York, as representative examples. Iovannone argues that preservationists have an imperative to conserve both LGBTQ places and spaces and will offer strategies that move from theory to practice, including when place and space are contested.
For more information or to register, please visit the Event Registration Page or the UB Calendar link. For questions, please contact Megan Vaughan at 716-645-5200 or via email at ub-irewg@buffalo.edu.
Sponsored by the UB Gender Institute and the University Archives.
Date & Time: Multiple dates and times, see more details below
Location: 240 Student Union, North Campus
Intended Audience: Open Event
Join Counseling Services and the IDC on the third Thursday of the month to meet other members of UB's LGBTQ+ community, have some conversation, and enjoy fun activities. This is a drop-in meeting. No registration is required. There will be three Rainbow Hours this semester at the following times.
For more information, please visit the UB Calendar link. For questions, contact Counseling Services at 716-645-2720.
Sponsored by UB Counseling Services and the Intercultural and Diversity Center.
Date & Time: Friday, October 20, 2023 - Saturday, October 21, 2023
Location: Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, 955 Main Street, Buffalo, NY
Intended Audience: Open Event
This interdisciplinary conference will explore the multiple legal, medical, societal and political upheavals caused by the reversal of Roe v Wade in the recent Dobbs decision. These upheavals highlight the need for increased interdisciplinary dialogue, education, research and advocacy between people working in law, medicine, public health, social work, and those in the community trying to navigate the challenges of seeking or providing the broad range of services that people need to have safe and healthy reproductive and family lives. The particularly disparate impacts of Dobbs' upheavals on women of color, poor women, immigrant women, rural women, and women who are not yet independent adults, have increased the urgency of expanding the framework through which the legal and medical challenges are understood and addressed, moving from the traditional notions of "reproductive rights" or "reproductive health care," to that of "reproductive justice."
For more information, please visit the Event Webpage.
Sponsored by the Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy, the School of Law, the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and, the WNY Coalition for Reproductive Justice.
Date & Time: Saturday, October 21, 2023, 7:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: Buffalo Marriott Niagara, 1340 Millersport HWY, Buffalo, NY
Intended Audience: Open Event
Join the Latin American Student Association (LASA) for their annual banquet. It will be a night of dancing, eating, and socializing.
For more information, please visit the Event Webpage.
Sponsored by the Latin American Student Association (LASA).
Date & Time: Thursday, October 26, 2023, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location: Virtual
Intended Audience: Open Event
Join the Feminist Research Alliance for Dr. Kate Nelischer’s research talk, “Toronto’s Legacy of Feminist Planning: Gender, Safety, and Housing.” Kate Nelischer is Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at UB. Dr. Nelischer’s research interests center on the governance of planning, design, and development processes, including community engagement. Previously, Dr. Nelischer served as a Lecturer at the University of Waterloo School of Planning and has taught at the Toronto Metropolitan University School of Urban and Regional Planning and the University of Toronto Urban Studies and Human Geography Departments.
For more information or to register, please visit the Event Registration Page or the UB Calendar link. For questions, please contact Megan Vaughan at 716-645-5200 or via email at ub-irewg@buffalo.edu.
Sponsored by the UB Gender Institute.
Date & Time: Monday, December 1, 2023, 9:00am - 10:30am
Location: 240 Student Union, North Campus
Intended Audience: Open Event
Stop by the IDC and enjoy a little end of semester reward- free breakfast! Coffee, bagels, fruit, and more! This is a great opportunity to take a break and connect with other BIPOC Graduate students on campus. Co-hosted by the Graduate School.
For more information or to register, please visit the Event Registration Page or the UB Calendar Link. For questions, please contact Christopher Hamm at 716-645-6187 or via email at ckhamm@buffalo.edu.
Sponsored by the Intercultural and Diversity Center (IDC) and the Graduate School.
The Intercultural and Diversity Center (IDC) is committed to supporting all students on campus. By focusing on personal identity, advocacy and other critical issues that are facing society today, the IDC helps students broaden their perspectives and gain a deeper understanding of our ever-changing world. To find out more about their upcoming events, visit the IDC Events Calendar.
Sponsored by the Intercultural and Diversity Center.
Date & Time: Sunday, October 8, 2023, 2:00pm
Location: The Buffalo History Museum, 1 Museum Ct, Buffalo, NY
Intended Audience: Open Event
Come out to the Puerto Rican Cuatro Festival! This event is a celebration of the culture and music of Puerto Rico. There will be live music from Fabiola Mendez, from Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rican diaspora. There will also be dancing and cultural performances so you can learn more about the island's history and traditions. This is an FREE event for the whole family, so bring your friends and loved ones to enjoy an afternoon filled with joy and culture together.
For more information, please visit the Event Webpage.
Sponsored by the Hispanic Heritage Council of Western New York and the Buffalo History Museum.
Date & Time: Friday, August 25, 2023 - Saturday, September 30, 2023, various times
Location: Buffalo Arts Studio, 2495 Main Street, Suite 500, Buffalo, NY
Intended Audience: Open Event
Creativity in the Time of Covid-19 is an in-person exhibition showcased at Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo Game Space, and Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Center in Buffalo, NY (all located in the Tri-Main Building), curated by the Amatryx Gaming Lab & Studios based out of the Dept. of Media Study (College of Arts & Sciences) at UB. The exhibit features creative expressions by BIPOC, queer, and Buffalo-based artists made during the pandemic, including both professional artists and first-time creators. Although each work was produced during a time of unprecedented isolation, this exhibition offers a way to see how art was used to cope, to understand, to forge new connections or hold onto existing ones, and to care for ourselves and our communities. Together, these pieces speak to themes of self-recognition and transformation, to new modes of community building and forging new connections, to shifting experiences of temporality, to ways of advocating for mental health and our communities. These works help account for the specific local histories and conditions that contributed to lockdown isolation, as well as celebrate the creative practices marginalized communities used to survive the pandemic and care for each other.
There will be a series of short talks starting at 6:00 PM in the Buffalo Arts Studio gallery space, featuring speakers Natalie Phillips (Michigan State University), Lawrence Carter-Long (DisArt), and members of the Amatryx lab. A Closing reception will take place on September 22, 2023, at 3:00 PM in the Buffalo Arts Studio gallery space, and feature a talk by speaker Tina Rivers-Ryan (Buffalo AKG Art Museum).
For more information, please visit the Event Webpage or the UB Calendar link. For questions, contact Sydney O’Shei at 716-833-4450.
Sponsored by the Department of Media Study and the Arthur W. Mellon Foundation.
Date & Time: Submit anytime
Intended Audience: UB Students, Faculty and Staff
The University Archives is launching a project to encourage students, faculty and staff to document their personal experiences during the COVID-19 outbreak and contribute them to the University Archives. Students have been impacted by great change to their learning environments, living situations, employment, and social connections. Faculty have adapted the ways in which they deliver course materials and interact with students. Staff have adjusted to changes in their work environments, both at home and on campus, all while coping with momentous change in daily routines, family life, and personal health and safety. By collecting and preserving these perspectives the University Archives supports the research mission of the university, allowing future students, researchers, and scholars to study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, an undoubtedly transformative event in the history of student life and the academic experience at UB. Visit University Archives webpage for more information.
Sponsored by University Libraries
These workshops were led by Dr. Anne Etgen, Professor Emerita in the Department of Neuroscience at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and nationally recognized expert in recruiting and retaining diverse faculty. We encourage this resource for all Department Chairs and faculty who plan to serve on search committees. Below are descriptions of the three workshops. Click here to view them on UB Edge.
Sponsored by the Office of Inclusive Excellence
Presents evidence that workforce diversity is a driving force for excellence and innovation, and discusses factors that contribute to limiting diversity, including implicit or unconscious bias. Finally, describes evidence-based strategies that can overcome the bias in the faculty search process. Click here to view on UB Edge.
Outlines strategies that facilitate the academic success, promotion and retention of faculty. Topics discussed include strong mentoring programs, faculty cluster hiring (cohort model), activities and resources to reduce isolation, increase community building and networking, and to foster career, research, and professional advancement. Click here to view on UB Edge.
Discusses the role of departmental and institutional climate as a barrier to achieving faculty diversity. Climate comprises people’s shared perception of the quality, fairness and inclusivity of the environment in which they work. Improving departmental and institutional climate, with clear signals from leadership that diversity, equity and inclusion are core values, can enhance the work environment for all members of the academic community. Click here to view on UB Edge.
