Need to Know

“From the Roots to the Sky: Women, Organizing and Social Justice,” UB’s inaugural Women’s History Month symposium, will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. March 1 in the Center for Tomorrow, North Campus.

New York Times bestselling author Heather McGhee, whose first book, “The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together,” was longlisted for the National Book Award, will speak on Feb. 28 as UB’s 48th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration keynote speaker.

UB has extended its deadline for admitted applicants to register for the fall 2024 semester amid delays in the federal financial aid process.

How to transform the neighborhoods of Buffalo’s Black East Side will be the focus of a symposium on Feb. 26.

The role of artificial intelligence in improving all aspects of health care is the theme of a research symposium to be held from 1:30-6 p.m. Feb. 27 at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB.

UB faculty member and baritone Jaman Dunn-Danger will perform a program of choral music from noted operas in a concert on Feb. 21 at UB.

Faculty, staff and students are invited to gather on campus to view the total solar eclipse, a rare astronomic event that will occur in Western New York at about 3:18 p.m. on April 8 .

UB is one of eight SUNY institutions that will share $4 million in funding in the second round of New York State’s Offshore Wind Training Institute grants.

UB has launched the search for the university’s next vice president and chief information officer.

The Office of International Education offers a variety of grants to support global research of faculty and graduate students.