Need to Know

Published May 29, 2026

  • 52 weeks of leadership strategy in 2021
    1/25/21
    The School of Management’s Center for Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness (CLOE) has launched its new 52 Weeks of Leadership program, offering a year of practical leadership insights in weekly virtual sessions.
  • With re-designation, WHO affirms UB’s Collaborating Centre on Health in Housing
    1/20/21
    UB’s Collaborating Centre on Health in Housing has been re-designated as a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Research on Healthy Settings.
  • Listening session set in pharmacy dean search
    1/14/21
    The committee leading the search for a new dean for the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is holding a listening session to discuss campus interests and priorities for the search.
  • Public forums set for finalists in VPIE search
    1/14/21
    Five finalists in the search for a new vice provost for international education have been identified, and open forums with the members of the UB community will take place next week and the following week via Zoom.
  • Cullors to deliver MLK address
    1/13/21
    Social activist Patrisse Cullors, co-creator of the viral Twitter hashtag and movement #BlackLivesMatter, will speak on Feb. 10 as part of UB’s Distinguished Speakers Series.
  • UB to host COVID-19 vaccination site
    1/12/21
    UB is continuing its vital role in the fight against COVID-19 by hosting a vaccination site on the South Campus for the Western New York community.
  • Search begins for vice president for student life
    1/11/21
    The search for the next vice president for student life has begun with the appointment of a search committee chaired by Mark Alnutt, director of athletics.
  • Listening session set in social work dean search
    1/7/21
    The committee leading the search for a new dean for the School of Social Work is holding a listening session to discuss campus interests and priorities for the search.
  • ‘Vac-to-Normal’ team wins COVID-19 vaccine challenge
    12/17/20
    With the FDA’s recent emergency approval of a COVID-19 vaccine, UB’s COVID-19 Vaccine Challenge Innovation Sprint last month couldn’t have been more relevant.
  • PSS to hold end-of-semester virtual potluck
    12/14/20
    Comfort food is the theme for the Professional Staff Senate’s annual End-of-the-Semester Potluck Extravaganza, being held virtually on Dec. 17.