UB students will mark the start of a new academic year beginning at approximately 4 p.m. on Aug. 24 by forming the university’s logo in UB Stadium on the North Campus.
Volunteers from UB and the community around the UB South Campus will distribute kits containing tips on how to be a good neighbor as well as other important information during Operation Doorhanger on Aug. 24.
About 29,000 students return to the University at Buffalo starting Aug. 23, and UB has a variety of Welcome Weekend events and programs aimed at helping them greet the new academic year.
One hundred and twenty-seven students will take their first step toward becoming pharmacists when they participate in the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Annual White Coat Ceremony.
Former Vice President Joe Biden and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice are among the speakers who will headline UB’s 2018-19 Distinguished Speakers Series.
UB Athletic Director Mark M. Alnutt and three other experts on sexual harassment and discrimination issues, will present “Playing by the Rules: Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Issues in Employment, Education and Athletics” on Aug. 3.
Margaret Rhee, UB visiting assistant professor of media study, has been nominated for the Science Fiction Poetry Association’s 2018 Elgin Award for her peotry collection “Love, Robot.”
The University at Buffalo will end its sponsorship of the Linda Yalem Safety Run due to declining participation in an increasingly competitive local race market.
