Need to Know

Published December 11, 2025

  • Best-selling author Roxane Gay to speak at UB
    3/20/17
    Writer and cultural critic Roxane Gay, whose work has received international acclaim for its exploration of feminism and social criticism, will speak at UB on April 5 as part of the university’s Distinguished Speakers Series.
  • IAMT sessions to be held
    3/17/17
    UB’s Employee Assistance Program is offering two free workshops on Integrated Amrita Meditation Technique (IAMT) to UB faculty and staff, retirees and their families.
  • Info session to help ease college-decision process
    3/16/17
    UB faculty and staff who have a child or other relative in the final stages of the college-decision process can get some insider tips at a special session that should make navigating the final weeks to the May 1 deposit deadline a bit smoother.
  • HR launches email newsletter
    3/15/17
    UB Human Resources has launched an email newsletter to provide UB faculty and staff with news and information about HR's initiatives, programs and events.
  • Film festival explores human rights, indigenous women
    3/14/17
    “Highway of Tears,” a documentary about the missing and murdered Aboriginal women along Canada’s Highway 6, is this year’s offering in the School of Social Work’s annual International Film Festival being held on March 28.
  • MIT prof to discuss energy storage at RENEW lecture
    3/9/17
    World-renowned materials scientist Yet-Ming Chiang will deliver a lecture on the future of energy storage systems on March 16 as part of the RENEW Institute’s ongoing Distinguished Lecture Series.
  • DOT to begin construction on I-990
    3/8/17
    Members of the UB community who travel to the North Campus via Interstate 990 may want to allow for extra time for the trip — or take an alternate route — due to an upcoming construction project on the road near the North Campus.
  • Norton offices expected to reopen later this month after flooding
    3/7/17
    University Facilities crews are working to reopen offices on the ground and first floors of Norton Hall after they were closed on Monday due to flooding caused by an apparent sprinkler head malfunction in an office on the first floor of Norton.
  • Theatre and Dance to present ’10 out of 12’
    3/6/17
    The Department of Theatre and Dance will present “10 out of 12,” playwright Anne Washburn’s immersion into the world of theater, March 8-12 in the Black Box Theatre in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.
  • UB to celebrate Shared Governance Day
    2/24/17
    UB will hold its second annual Shared Governance Day on March 7 with a joint meeting of the Faculty Senate and the Professional Staff Senate.