Need to Know

Published May 29, 2026

  • School of Management to host AI in marketing conference
    3/10/26
    Leaders from retail, digital commerce and academia will connect with experts in the School of Management at a conference examining how artificial intelligence is changing how brands reach customers, analyze data and make decisions.
  • Nominations sought for UB Curriculum committee
    3/9/26
    The Office of the Provost and the Faculty Senate are seeking nominations of interested members of the UB community to serve on a new committee being formed to consider the future of general education at UB.
  • UB to host Safe Schools Initiative Seminar
    3/9/26
    Preventing violence and protecting mental health is the focus of the 22nd Annual Safe Schools Initiative Seminar being held at UB on March 18.
  • UB to host 850 high schoolers for Science Exploration Day
    3/6/26
    UB is on spring break March 16-20, but don’t expect campus to be quiet — especially on March 18.
  • Dental school to host day of free dental care for veterans
    3/4/26
    Faculty and students from the School of Dental Medicine will offer free dental care to Western New York veterans from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 6 at the UB Dental Clinic in Squire Hall on the South Campus.
  • UB to hold Shared Governance Day
    2/26/26
    UB will hold its annual Shared Governance Day on March 3 with a joint meeting of the Faculty Senate and the Professional Staff Senate.
  • ‘VPCIO’ unifies as UB Information Technology
    2/26/26
    Beginning Feb. 26, the Office of the Vice President and Chief Information Officer (VPCIO) — the department that provides UB’s central IT services — will operate under a unified identity: UB Information Technology (UBIT).
  • Pianist Vonsattel to perform in All-Beethoven recital
    2/24/26
    Internationally acclaimed pianist Gilles Vonsattel will visit UB on March 6 for a powerful all-Beethoven recital.
  • Limited number of tickets available for Kotb DSS talk
    2/23/26
    A limited number of tickets are available for the March 10 Distinguished Speakers Series event featuring journalist and author Hoda Kotb.
  • Faculty to fight for survival at Life Raft Debate
    2/23/26
    When disaster threatens all of humanity, which professor will make the cut to join the survivors?