Need to Know

One of the School of Law’s oldest traditions will feature one of its most familiar — and most thought-provoking — voices.

UB’s Thanksgiving without Borders program is looking for faculty and staff who can share their Thanksgiving or fall harvest traditions — and at the same time make connections — with members of UB’s diverse international community.

All UB employees are required to complete mandatory trainings for fall 2025. Information about where to find these trainings, who is required to complete each training and when they are due can be found below.

The Zodiaque Dance Company, UB’s eminent pre-professional dance company for more than five decades, will present its fall program Oct 23-26 in the Drama Theatre in the Center for the Arts.

After more than two years of operating under one umbrella, the School of Management’s Center for Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness (CLOE) and the school’s Global Programs Office have formally merged and will be called the Center for Leadership and Global Impact.

As artificial intelligence becomes a larger part of teaching and learning, it raises new questions about trust, fairness and responsibility in the classroom. UB faculty, staff and students will gather on Oct. 28 for a discussion about academic integrity in the era of AI.

Edward Snell, professor in the Department of Materials Design and Innovation, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been named department chair, effective Jan. 1. 

The School of Architecture and Planning has finalized teams for The Resilient Campus, an international design competition — and ensuing traveling exhibition, public event and publication — that seeks to thoughtfully advance, widely disseminate and purposely promote transdisciplinary and transformative knowledge on designing for resilience.

UB materials scientist Amit Goyal recently served as guest editor for the National Academy of Engineering’s fall edition of The Bridge, a special issue of the magazine focusing on the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI), its status and future outlook.

The Graduate School of Education, in collaboration with the Western New York Education Equity Task Force, will host its annual Igniting Equity in Education Conference from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 18 at the Active Learning Center in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.