Need to Know

Published May 29, 2026

  • Feedback sought on new learning management system
    11/8/21
    SUNY’s contract with the Blackboard (UB Learns) learning management system expires in December 2022, and members of the UB community are invited to weigh in on possible replacement systems.
  • Raisman to appear in speakers series
    11/3/21
    Gold medal Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman will speak at UB on Nov. 16 as part of the 2021-22 Distinguished Speakers Series.
  • Pie sale to benefit employees’ campaign
    10/25/21
    Who doesn’t love pie?
  • Help support Afghan evacuees
    10/21/21
    Buffalo will welcome 350 Afghan evacuees in the coming weeks, and the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is partnering with local refugee resettlement agencies to provide the evacuees with urgently needed resources.
  • Center for the Arts presents Art in the Open
    10/20/21
    The Center for the Arts welcomes audiences back in person for Art in the Open, a free event on Oct. 28 showcasing the music, dance, theater, film and visual art that is made at UB.
  • Duke lecture rescheduled for Nov. 4
    10/19/21
    The Distinguished Speakers Series lecture with actor and UB alumnus Winston Duke has been rescheduled to Nov. 4.
  • UB Women’s Club to hold International Feast
    10/18/21
    The UB Women’s Club’s annual International Feast will take place at 6 p.m. Oct. 24 at the Taste of India, 3192 Sheridan Drive, Amherst.
  • Energy use, distribution topic of SUNY Distinguished Academy webinar
    10/14/21
    SUNY’s Distinguished Faculty will examine some of the key issues regarding energy use and distribution across the globe at a SUNY Distinguished Academy Event on Oct. 29.
  • UB featured in PBS Newshour story
    10/13/21
    The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences was featured prominently in a story that aired on PBS Newshour on Oct. 13.
  • Nursing awarded honor society award
    10/11/21
    The globally prestigious Sigma Theta Tau International nursing honor society has selected UB’s local chapter for a 2021 Chapter Key Award.