Need to Know

The Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia (COA) has reaccredited the School of Nursing’s Doctor of Nursing Practice Nurse Anesthetist Program for 10 years, the maximum accreditation status a program can achieve.

UB’s professional Master of Urban Planning program has been reaccredited for the longest term possible by the discipline’s national accrediting board.

UB employees who are not riding in the Ride for Roswell on Aug. 7 can still help the UB Spirit Team by volunteering for a shift at the team’s tent on the North Campus.

With UB faculty and staff transitioning to back to campus, Wellness and Work Life Balance and the Employee Assistance Program have planned “Rediscover UB,” a week of activities designed to celebrate employees’ hard work and resilience throughout the pandemic.

As UB employees return to campus for the fall semester, the Professional Staff Senate is reactivating its Lunch Bunch Club networking program.

Dharshan Jayasinghe, BA ’03, has been elected to a two-year term as president of the UB Alumni Association, a group that represents the interests of more than 280,000 graduates around the world.

Eric Blackledge has been appointed executive director of the Faculty Student Association (FSA), doing business as Campus Dining and Shops (CDS), after a national search.

High school and college students from across the world will have a unique opportunity to explore and better understand what it means to be a pharmacist at the sixth annual University at Buffalo Pharmacy Summer Institute for High School and College Students.

Profound health-related emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic can test the most seasoned leaders, but a collaboration among UB’s School of Public Health and Health Professions, the University at Albany and Stony Brook University aims to help public health and other professionals lead effectively during such crises.