Need to Know

SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English Carl Dennis and Alan Feldman will read from their new books of poetry "Night School" and "The Golden Coin", respectively, on May 24.

The University Libraries is offering a week of free workshops designed to help faculty, staff, students, library staff retirees and alumni improve their skills working with data and data-based reports.

The Professional Staff Senate will hold its annual Awards Luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. June 5 at Banchetti by Rizzo’s, 550 North French Road, Amherst.

Green Your Commute Day on May 18 promotes and celebrates sustainable modes of transportation.

Educational Affairs has launched the Office of Educational Effectiveness to ensure that UB is achieving its goal of providing all students with a high-quality education.

“Building You: Even Better,” the Professional Staff Senate’s biennial professional development conference, will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. June 7 at the Hotel Henry Urban Resort Conference Center on the Richardson Olmstead Campus, Elmwood and Forest avenues, Buffalo.

The UB Coaches Caravan will stop at the Lafayette Hotel in downtown Buffalo on May 31, giving UB faculty and staff the opportunity to meet and interact with the coaches of UB’s marquee athletic teams.

A panel discussion with leaders of the major Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (BNMC) institutions is among the highlights of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences’ annual Reunion Weekend/Spring Clinical Day on May 5.

Fostering engagement among UB students, faculty, visiting artists and the community is a key mission of UB’s Creative Arts Initiative.

Due to popular demand, the Health Sciences Library is offering two more sessions of a free workshop designed to help faculty and staff find reliable, in-depth, easy-to-understand health care information.