Need to Know

Published May 29, 2026

  • MUP program reaccredited with distinction
    8/2/21
    UB’s professional Master of Urban Planning program has been reaccredited for the longest term possible by the discipline’s national accrediting board.
  • Volunteer at UB Spirit Team tent for Ride for Roswell
    7/30/21
    UB employees who are not riding in the Ride for Roswell on Aug. 7 can still help the UB Spirit Team by volunteering for a shift at the team’s tent on the North Campus.
  • ‘Rediscover UB’ welcomes employees back to campus
    7/29/21
    With UB faculty and staff transitioning to back to campus, Wellness and Work Life Balance and the Employee Assistance Program have planned “Rediscover UB,” a week of activities designed to celebrate employees’ hard work and resilience throughout the pandemic.
  • PSS reactivating networking group
    7/28/21
    As UB employees return to campus for the fall semester, the Professional Staff Senate is reactivating its Lunch Bunch Club networking program.
  • UB Alumni Association elects new president, officers
    7/15/21
    Dharshan Jayasinghe, BA ’03, has been elected to a two-year term as president of the UB Alumni Association, a group that represents the interests of more than 280,000 graduates around the world.
  • CDS wins silver award in national competition
    7/13/21
    Campus Dining and Shops (CDS) has received a silver award in the 2020 Loyal E. Horton Dining Awards sponsored by the National College and University Food Service Association (NACUFS).
  • Blackledge named executive director of FSA
    7/12/21
    Eric Blackledge has been appointed executive director of the Faculty Student Association (FSA), doing business as Campus Dining and Shops (CDS), after a national search.
  • UB pharmacy school hosts annual summer institute
    7/9/21
    High school and college students from across the world will have a unique opportunity to explore and better understand what it means to be a pharmacist at the sixth annual University at Buffalo Pharmacy Summer Institute for High School and College Students.
  • SPHHP collaborates on Coursera series leading to public health crisis skills
    7/8/21
    Profound health-related emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic can test the most seasoned leaders, but a collaboration among UB’s School of Public Health and Health Professions, the University at Albany and Stony Brook University aims to help public health and other professionals lead effectively during such crises.
  • BLM campaign wins national, state advancement awards
    6/17/21
    A Student Life project designed to expand understanding of what it means to be Black in America has been recognized on the national and state levels.