Need to Know

Published March 27, 2023

  • 11 UB doctoral students named recipients of SUNY GREAT awards
    3/27/23
    Eleven UB doctoral students are among 33 SUNY students selected as recipients of the 2023 SUNY Graduate Research Empowering and Accelerating Talent (GREAT) awards recognizing outstanding students who are conducting innovative research tackling some of society’s most pressing issues.
  • Black women dying in childbirth focus of ‘Aftershock’ screening
    3/21/23
    UB is holding a free, public screening of the film “Aftershock,” a documentary that brings to light the disturbing fact that Black women in the U.S. die in childbirth — often from entirely preventable causes — at rates three to four times that of their white counterparts.
  • A trifecta for health
    3/20/23
    April might be your healthiest month ever if you take part in the trifecta of offerings from the School of Public Health and Health Professions:
  • CSTEP Day of Service aims to help high school students navigate college
    3/17/23
    Many high school students are unsure about the process of applying to college or what professions are available for them to pursue, according to the Collegiate Science & Technology Entry Program (CSTEP), which helps prepare talented undergraduate students from underrepresented backgrounds to pursue careers in STEM, the licensed professions and health-related fields.
  • Financial cybersecurity expert to speak at UB
    3/16/23
    Cybersecurity is vital for organizations to maintain the integrity of their financial data and meet regulatory requirements, and this spring, the School of Management is hosting Dave Burg, cybersecurity leader at EY Americas, for a free lecture.
  • Support Faculty Staff Campaign
    3/15/23
    UB’s Faculty Staff Campaign continues through UB Giving Day — planned this year from noon to noon April 19-20. The campaign gives employees the ability to support an area of the university most meaningful to them.
  • Panel to address Buffalo’s housing crisis
    3/10/23
    The UB Gender Institute will host a panel discussion on “Social Reproduction and the Crisis of Housing in Buffalo” at 4 p.m. March 15 in the Screening Room in the Center for the Arts, and via Zoom.
  • Tobacco expert to deliver Saxon Graham lecture
    3/7/23
    UB alumnus Brian King, director of the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products, will discuss “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Tobacco Product Regulation: Promise and Peril in an Increasingly Complex Landscape” during the 16th Annual Saxon Graham Lecture.
  • Blair to close speakers series
    3/6/23
    Actress, author and advocate Selma Blair will speak at UB on March 15 to close the 2022-23 Distinguished Speakers Series.
  • Bala kicks off AI and data science institute speaker series
    3/3/23
    Computer scientist, entrepreneur and scholar Kavita Bala launched the spring lecture series hosted by the Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science.