Graduate students in the departments of Media Study, Music, Theater and Dance, and Art are inviting members of the community into their workspaces at the annual Open Studies | Open CFA event on Nov. 5.

Mark Doty, renowned author of poetry and prose, and National Book Award winner, will present the 2015 Oscar Silverman Reading at 8 p.m. Nov. 13 at the Jacobs Executive Development Center, 672 Delaware Ave., Buffalo.

UB will honor the university’s veteran and military service members with a two-part program on Veterans Day, Nov. 11.

Eligible UB employees can now enroll in the Productivity Enhancement Program (PEP) for 2016, which allows employees to exchange previously accrued vacation and/or personal leave for a credit to be applied toward the employee share of their New York State Health Insurance Program premiums on a biweekly basis.

Richard H. Cox, professor emeritus of political philosophy, died Oct. 22 in Erie County Medical Center following a fall in his Buffalo home. He was 90.

UB departments interested in helping families in need this upcoming holiday season can take part in the Adopt a Family program sponsored by the Office of Community Relations.

Singer/songwriter, producer, philanthropist and entrepreneur John Legend will speak and perform at UB on Dec. 3 as part of the 2015-16 Distinguished Speakers Series.

Hundreds of volunteers — among them UB students, faculty and staff — descended upon Buffalo’s University District on Nov. 7, saplings in hand, for the third round of ReTree the District.

The Department of Theatre & Dance will present “Legally Blonde,” the musical based on the 2001 movie starring Reese Witherspoon, Nov. 19-22 and Dec. 3-6 in the Drama Theatre in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.

Retired UB faculty member and pioneering media scholar Gerald O’Grady is the focus of Look: Making Media, a four-day festival of screenings, interviews and performances taking place this weekend at the Burchfield Penney Art Center at SUNY Buffalo State.

Morton R. Lane Federal Credit Union has opened an office in the UB Commons to better serve its members on the North Campus.

Ilene Fleischmann, vice dean for alumni, public relations and communications in the UB Law School, and executive director of the UB Law Alumni Association, was honored at the Burchfield Penney Art Center’s recent Arts Auction and Gala, along with her husband, Peter Fleischmann, for their enduring commitment to the BPAC.

With winter not far off, here are some tips from Parking and Transportation Services to help your travel to and around campus.

The latest data on a much-talked-about issue in legal education — the amount of education debt carried by new graduates — shows that UB Law School graduates carry less debt than nearly 90 percent of their peers.

The Department of Theatre & Dance will present Emerging Choreographers Showcase, a dance concert of new works by advanced-level UB student choreographers,Dec. 4-6.

Nancy Campbell-Heider, associate professor in the School of Nursing, has been named a fellow in the International Academy of Addictions Nurses (FIAAN).