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Suicide Prevention Programming
Published March 10, 2025
Make a difference by attending suicide prevention events this month.
About Suicide
Suicide claims more lives than war, murder, and natural disasters combined. Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death among college students. The best way to prevent suicide is through early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of depression and other mental health conditions.
Suicide Intervention Resources
Learn the warning signs of suicide, how to help someone who is thinking about suicide, and who to talk to if you or someone you know is considering suicide.
Walk (or roll) With Us This Spring!
We are excited to let everyone know that UB Student Wellness (Counseling Services, Health Promotion and Student Health Services is coordinating the 2nd Out of the Darkness UB Campus Walk and Roll for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention on Saturday, April 12, 2025. UB Student Wellness and our UB Walkin’ Team have participated in the AFSP Buffalo Out of the Darkness Community Walk since the inception in 2007. We have been active volunteers, walk committee members as well as walk chairs. We have been honored to walk with our community every year to honor lives lost as well as create suicide prevention awareness and support. Our dedication to mental health and suicide prevention as well as support of AFSP led us to create a Campus Walk last year. We had over 500 people registered and over 300 participate on walk day. We are excited to bring the walk and roll back to campus and would love to have you join us!
SOS for Higher Ed: Suicide Prevention for Students
Because mental health concerns often first appear between the ages of 18 and 25, it’s our goal to provide students access to the wide range of suicide prevention and mental health resources that are available to them during their time at the University at Buffalo.
SOS for Higher Ed: Suicide Prevention for Students is a 30-minute, self-guided online training that uses video and interactive learning to teach college students how to ACT (Acknowledge, Care, Tell) if they are worried about themselves or a friend.
This course uses real and diverse stories of mental health struggles and recovery to provide students with resources and actionable steps to:
- recognize signs of suicide risk
- encourage someone to seek help
- build strong peer connections
- foster positive mental well-being
If you are struggling now, help is available for UB Students. During normal business hours call Counseling Services and ask speak to a crisis counselor (716-645-2720). If your emergency occurs after normal business hours, call 716-645-2720 and press option “2” to speak with a counselor or call Crisis Services of Erie County at 716-834-3131. Other options are to call/text/chat 988 or text 741741 for support 24/7.
Short-term on campus mental health support
Student Life
University at Buffalo
120 Richmond Quadrangle, North Campus
Buffalo, NY 14261
Phone: (716) 645-2720; Fax: (716) 645-2175
University at Buffalo
1st Floor Michael Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, NY 14214