Need to Know

If you’ve ever had an idea for improving life at UB, this is the contest for you.

The 15th annual Samuel P. Capen Garden Walk will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 16 in the University District, Eggertsville and Amherst neighborhoods surrounding the UB South Campus.

Wellness and Work/Life Balance is partnering with Recreation and Intramural Services to offer free lunchtime fitness classes this summer on both the North and South campuses.

United University Professions (UUP) members may nominate themselves to receive a discretionary award by forwarding a self-nomination to their department chair or director by Sept. 2.

You’re trying to connect to UB Secure Wi-Fi from your smartphone when you’re asked to accept a certificate. But in these times of constant phishing, you’re wary. Is this just another scam?

Faculty and staff who haven’t yet purchased their UB football tickets for the upcoming season can take advantage of a special Flash Sale on July 12.

Do you make your own soap or shampoo? Paper? Honey? Are you a woodworker? Perhaps you do your own bicycle maintenance or upcycle other people’s throwaways into great furniture.

Nancy Campbell-Heider, associate professor and chair of the Department of Family, Community and Health Systems Sciences in the School of Nursing, will discuss “Combating the Opioid Epidemic in Young Adults” in the next installment of the Bridge Lecture Series on June 29.

You didn’t already buy Microsoft Office 2016, did you? UB provides MS Office and other software to students, faculty and staff free through UBIT’s website.

Tens of thousands of spectators will flock to the North Campus on July 4 to watch a spectacular fireworks display over Lake LaSalle and celebrate Independence Day.