Need to Know

Published December 2, 2025

  • Woodard named chair of otolaryngology
    12/2/25
    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.
  • Cookie sale to benefit employees campaign
    12/1/25
    Ease some of that holiday stress this year by letting Campus Dining and Shops do some of your baking.
  • UB professor honored for career of scholarship in ethical thought
    11/24/25
    UB faculty member Richard A. Cohen has been honored with a new scholarly volume dedicated to his lifelong work on the philosophy of ethics. 
  • IAD to host AI scholar on Dec. 2
    11/24/25
    The Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (IAD) will host noted artificial intelligence scholar Deming Chen on Dec. 2 for its ongoing lecture series.
  • Power Authority CEO to speak at UB
    11/20/25
    Justin E. Driscoll, president and CEO of the New York Power Authority (NYPA), will examine the future of nuclear power in New York State during a fireside chat on Dec. 1 hosted by the UB Nuclear in Clean Energy (NiCE) club in coordination with the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
  • In-person listening sessions set for presidential search
    11/20/25
    In addition to the virtual listening sessions held earlier this week, the committee leading the search for UB’s new president will be conducting three in-person listening sessions as part of the presidential search process.
  • GSE wins Gold Award for website excellence
    11/18/25
    The Graduate School of Education’s redesign of its website has been recognized with a Gold Award in the 2025 Education Digital Marketing Awards.
  • Community invited to honor women who were patients at asylum
    11/17/25
    The UB Art Galleries is calling on the Buffalo community to help preserve the stories of women who were once patients at the former Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane, now the site of the historic Richardson Olmsted Campus.
  • Presidential search committee to hold listening sessions
    11/14/25
    The committee leading the search for UB’s new president is holding virtual listening sessions next week for members of the UB community to share their perspectives, priorities and aspirations for the university’s future.
  • Waymo to bring robotaxi to North Campus
    11/13/25
    Waymo, the self-driving car company and subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google, will bring one of its robotaxis to the North Campus on Monday.