Need to Know

Published May 29, 2026

  • Save money on transit passes
    8/20/15
    UB faculty and staff may be eligible to take part in NYS-Ride, a program that allows state employees to pay for certain work-related transportation expenses — including mass transit — on a pre-tax basis.
  • BullsEye accessible to faculty and staff
    8/13/15
    BullsEye, Career Service’s password-protected, online, career office system, is available to faculty and staff who want to help students make informed decisions about job and internship opportunities, and employment and career goals.
  • Cultural partners sought for international students
    8/6/15
    UB staff and domestic students are being recruited to serve as cultural partners for newly arrived international students during the fall 2015 semester. Participants in the International Student Mentoring Program need not know about other cultures, speak other languages or have traveled overseas.
  • NIH funding seminar set for Aug. 24
    8/6/15
    Researchers from all fields interested in expanding support for their work through NIH funding can attend a daylong seminar devoted to the subject.
  • School supply drive underway
    7/16/15
    UB employees are urged to donate school supplies to “Tools for Schools,” the sixth annual university-wide drive to benefit pre-K through eighth-grade students at several Buffalo schools.
  • Bring your sweet tooth to PSS dessert social
    7/9/15
    Professional staff members are invited to take a break at lunchtime on July 22 and join their colleagues for some tasty treats and fellowship at the Professional Staff Senate’s annual Summer Dessert Social.
  • UUP to hold ‘Roadshow’
    7/2/15
    Food, fun and facts will be on tap when the Buffalo Center Chapter of United University Professions sponsors an informational “Roadshow” on July 16.
  • UUP discretionary nominations due by Sept. 4
    6/25/15
    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. 4.
  • Renew parking permits online
    6/18/15
    Faculty and staff are urged to “be green” and apply online for their 2015-16 parking permit renewal.
  • Unplug, unwind during Daylight Hour
    6/18/15
    Members of the UB community are invited to join their SUNY colleagues in showing the impact we all can have on reducing energy consumption by taking part in Daylight Hour on Friday.