Need to Know

 Faculty members can help inform UB’s IT decision-making by taking the 2017 Faculty IT survey.

As the debate over health care reform continues, the region’s top health care leaders will share their insights during a panel discussion hosted by the School of Management on April 24 on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.

UB employees, their families and retirees can learn better ways to handle the pressure of everyday living at a free, half-day “Stress Less Retreat” on April 26.

After a break for the winter season, construction will resume April 17 on Sweet Home Road near the UB North Campus.

The Professional Staff Senate’s Sustainable Living Committee is sponsoring a free clothing and household electronics recycling event April 27 at the Center for Tomorrow.

The UB Child Care Center again is offering a School-Age Summer Camp for children ages 5-12.

Members of the university community are asked to monitor their health and follow basic hygiene guidelines due to incidences of stomach flu affecting many UB students this week.

Buffalo News reporter Jerry Zremski and photographer Derek Gee will discuss their experiences reporting on the lives of refugees from Burma during “From Burma to Buffalo,” a presentation sponsored by the School of Social Work’s Immigrant and Refugee Research Institute.

The Distinguished Speakers Series event with Roxane Gay, originally scheduled for 8 p.m. tonight (April 5) has been postponed and rescheduled for Thursday, April 13, after her travel plans were disrupted due to unforeseen flight complications and delays.

The finals of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition are happening this week, and members of the UB campus community will have a chance to vote for their favorite project.