Need to Know

A partnership between UB and the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) is providing state transportation workers with valuable, in-demand skills.

UB faculty member David M. Holmes, author of the forthcoming book, “Patient Case Studies on Religion and Spirituality in Healthcare Practice,” will discuss how spirituality and religion affect our health at a talk on Jan. 15.

Lafayette International High School (PS 207) students with an interest in architecture will soon be able to apply for the Gordon Bunshaft Award — a new scholarship program formed between the School of Architecture and Planning and the SOM Foundation.

Since 1950, hundreds of distinguished UB alumni have been honored for their professional achievements, service to the university and impact on society — including CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, inventor Wilson Greatbatch, astronaut Ellen Schulman Baker and actor Winston Duke.

Karen Frank, chief of the Department of Laboratory Medicine at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, has been appointed Peter A. Nickerson, PhD, Professor and Endowed Chair of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB, effective Feb. 15.

While obtaining her doctorate of education at the Graduate School of Education, Hannah Bogdan, EdD ’23, responded to a child’s imaginative idea —  and it since has morphed into a nonprofit organization called the Buffalo Toy Library.

The Landing at Ellicott, the redesigned Fargo Quad in the Ellicott Complex, was recognized for Outstanding Design in the postsecondary schools category of American School & University’s 2025 Architectural Portfolio.

Faculty, staff and students interested in a proposed Northtown bikeway extension that would run through portions of the UB North Campus are invited to attend a public workshop hosted by the Greater Buffalo-Niagara Regional Transportation Council from 6-7 p.m. Dec. 9 at the DFK Pavilion, 1200 Parker Blvd., Tonawanda.

Troy D. Woodard, section head of rhinology, sinus and skull base surgery at the Cleveland Clinic, has been appointed chair of the Department of Otolaryngology in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and president and chief executive officer of UB Otolaryngology. The appointment is effective Feb. 1.

Ease some of that holiday stress this year by letting Campus Dining and Shops do some of your baking.