Need to Know

Published December 11, 2025

  • Resilient Campus competition selects teams
    10/9/25
    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.
  • Goyal guest editor for magazine issue on Materials Genome Initiative
    10/8/25
    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.
  • GSE, WNY Education Equity Task Force to host annual conference
    10/7/25
    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.
  • Stavridis to open speakers series
    10/6/25
    NATO’s 16th Supreme Allied Commander Admiral James Stavridis will kick off UB’s 2025-26 Distinguished Speakers Series with an appearance on Oct. 21.
  • UB faculty member to speak at Erie Canal bicentennial event
    10/2/25
    As New York marks the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal this fall, UB faculty member Marla Segol is helping bring the canal’s stories — both famous and forgotten — into the spotlight.
  • Thank a custodian today
    10/2/25
    If you see campus custodial staff today, make a special effort to say thank you.
  • Jacobs launches presidential search
    10/1/25
    UB Council Chair Jeremy M. Jacobs Jr. has launched the search for UB’s next president.
  • Minimal short-term impacts expected from federal government shutdown
    10/1/25
    UB anticipates minimal short-term impact on current research projects and no disruption in the distribution of student financial aid due to the federal government shutdown that started at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 1.
  • Williams to receive Red Jacket Award
    9/25/25
    Lillian S. Williams, associate professor in the Department of Africana and American Studies, is the recipient of the 2025 Red Jacket Award from the Buffalo History Museum.
  • UB professor recounts life’s journey in book talk
    9/24/25
    Sudhir Suchak, clinical assistant professor of finance in the School of Management, will discuss his new book, “Last Boat to Freedom,” at a talk and book signing Sept. 26 at the UB Bookstore on the North Campus.