Need to Know

Have you amassed a collection of old documents and mail that needs to be shredded? Have you recently gotten more buff and now your clothes are too big (or, perhaps, the reverse)? If so, this is the weekend to get rid of all that and more.

The deadline to enroll in a smartphone flu survey run by UB geographers is coming up.

UB will honor the university’s veteran and military service members with a two-part program on Veterans Day, Nov. 11.

UB’s Employee Assistance Program is offering several free workshops and programs this month for faculty and staff. Among the topics are meditation (Nov. 9), opioids in the workplace (Nov. 16) and “self care,” including nutrition, reflexology and aromatherapy (Nov. 30).

UB cyclists who want to keep their bicycles safe from weather and theft during the winter months can store their bicycles for free with Parking and Transportation Services.

David Wiley, chief academic officer of Lumen Learning, will deliver the keynote address at the annual Genteels’ Excellence in Teaching Conference on Nov. 11.

Join your UB colleagues for a half-day Self Care Day from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 30 in the Center for Tomorrow, North Campus

Nov. 5 marks the final effort of the ReTree the District initiative to reforest the University District by planting 1,000 trees in the neighborhood.

Sandro Galea, Robert A. Knox Professor and dean of the Boston University School of Public Health, will address public health issues related to gun violence at the 28th annual J. Warren Perry Distinguished Lecture on Nov. 4.

After an historic season last year — with both the Bulls men’s and women’s basketball teams winning MAC Championships — the teams open the 2016-17 season with a doubleheader on Nov. 4 in Alumni Arena.