Need to Know

Published December 11, 2025

  • School of Social Work receives full reaccreditation
    2/7/20
    The School of Social Work’s master’s of social work (MSW) program has been granted full, eight-year reaccreditation from the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), placing the school among the 800 accredited social work programs in the U.S.
  • UBCCC to offer summer camp
    2/5/20
    The UB Child Care Center again is offering a School-Age Summer Camp for children ages 5-12.
  • Prescott named chair of pharmacy practice
    2/3/20
    William A. Prescott Jr. has been appointed chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
  • Film on undocumented queer activist to be screened
    1/31/20
    The Department of Theatre and Dance will present a free screening on Feb. 5 of “Forbidden: Undocumented and Queer in Rural America,” an award-winning, feature-length documentary about an undocumented queer activist fighting for equality.
  • Department of Music presents faculty recitals
    1/30/20
    UB faculty will be in the spotlight this semester as the Department of Music presents a variety of faculty recitals.
  • Jacobs School names chair of Physiology and Biophysics
    1/30/20
    Mikhail V. Pletnikov has been named professor and chair of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB.
  • Salaam to deliver MLK address
    1/29/20
    Yusef Salaam, criminal justice advocate and member of the Central Park Five, will present UB’s 44th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration keynote address on Feb. 24.
  • BOGO promotion for Department of Music concerts
    1/24/20
    Faculty and staff can buy one ticket to a Department of Music concert this spring and receive one ticket free as part of a special ticket promotion on Jan. 29.
  • Montrose Trio kicks off spring concert season
    1/23/20
    The Montrose Trio will visit UB Jan. 31 for the third concert of this year’s Slee Visiting Artist Series presented by the Department of Music.
  • Two-step verification for UB online accounts now available
    1/22/20
    UBITNames and passwords safeguard employees’ personal details, like tax and retirement information, and even home addresses.