Need to Know

Published May 1, 2026

  • Alumna Terry Gross to receive National Humanities Medal
    9/15/16
    UB alumna Terry Gross, host and executive producer of NPR’s “Fresh Air,” has been named a recipient of the 2015 National Humanities Medal.
  • Peaceful gathering to support Native American land threatened by pipeline
    9/14/16
    UB’s Haudenosaunee-Native American Research Group and the Native Graduate Students Association will host a peaceful gathering in support of the Standing Rock Sioux and #NoDAPL from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 16 at the Student Union Field on the North Campus.
  • Open figure drawing sessions set
    9/13/16
    The weekly open figure drawing sessions sponsored by the Student Visual Arts Organization in the Department of Art are back for another semester.
  • Evacuation drills scheduled for Clement, Goodyear
    9/13/16
    Evacuation drills have been scheduled for Clement and Goodyear residence halls on Sept. 15. The drills will take place at 8 p.m. in Clement and at 8:15 p.m. in Goodyear.
  • O’Rourke to present Constitution Day lecture
    9/12/16
    Anthony O'Rourke, associate professor of law, will present the James Otis Lecture at the Robert H. Jackson Center’s National Constitution Day celebration on Sept. 16. The lecture will take place at 10:30 a.m. at the Robert H. Jackson federal courthouse in downtown Buffalo.
  • Choreographer Nugent in residence at UB this week
    9/12/16
    Acclaimed dancer, teacher and choreographer Jennifer Nugent is visiting UB this week as the first Creative Arts Initiative (CAI) artist-in-residence for 2016-17.
  • Rate UB’s Wi-Fi network
    9/9/16
    The three-year Wi-Fi Boost project has been improving Wi-Fi all across UB’s three campuses, building by building, area by area. Now, UBIT wants to hear how it’s going.
  • Gender gap in STEM is topic of lecture
    9/9/16
    The gender gap in academic and corporate positions in STEM fields is the topic of the first Brown Bag Lunch Lecture of the fall semester sponsored by Women in STEM.
  • Green thumb? Join UB’s Campus Garden Club
    9/6/16
    The Campus Garden Club is holding its first general body meeting of the fall semester at 7 p.m. Sept. 7 in C134 Greiner Hall, North Campus.
  • Volunteers needed for ‘Warm Up To Winter’
    9/6/16
    Volunteers are needed to help out with Warm Up To Winter, an event being coordinated by the Office of the Vice Provost for Enrollment Management to encourage students to register for winter session classes.