Need to Know

Published December 11, 2025

  • UUP members can help sick colleagues
    11/25/19
    Members of United University Professions who have accrued more than the maximum-allowed 40 vacation days may donate them to a UUP colleague who is seriously ill or injured and has run out of sick-leave accruals.
  • Turn in campaign pledge on #GivingTuesday
    11/22/19
    #GivingTuesday, the biggest giving day of the year, is Dec. 3 and UB employees are urged to turn in their Campaign for the Community pledges on this global day of giving.
  • PSS to hold end-of-semester potluck
    11/20/19
    The Professional Staff Senate’s Inclusion and Diversity Committee will hold its annual End-of-the-Semester Potluck Extravaganza from noon to 1:30 p.m. Dec. 12 in the Landmark Room, 210 Student Union, North Campus.
  • Student borrower rights forum set for Nov. 21
    11/19/19
    The New York State Department of Financial Services is hosting an event at UB to discuss student loan debt and new consumer protections and rules the department issued in October, as well as ways the agency can be a resource for students and those still paying their student loans.
  • Network at Out for Business
    11/15/19
    Meet up with UB colleagues on Nov. 20 at the Pride Center of WNY’s Out for Business, Buffalo’s premiere networking event for LGBTQ professionals.
  • North Campus roads, parking lots impacted by NCAA cross country meet
    11/15/19
    Due to a relocation of a major national athletic event to UB’s North Campus, some parking lots and entrances to the North Campus will be temporarily impacted from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 15.
  • UB Women’s Club to hold holiday luncheon
    11/15/19
    The UB Women’s Club will hold its annual holiday luncheon to raise money for student scholarships on Dec. 7 at Banchetti by Rizzo, 550 North French Road, Amherst.
  • Artist, costume designer Eniola Dawodu to speak at UB
    11/14/19
    British-born Nigerian artist and costume designer Eniola Dawodu will speak at UB Nov. 20 as part of the Department of Theatre and Dance’s International Artistic and Cultural Exchange Lecture Series.
  • Theatre and Dance presents MFA dance showcase
    11/13/19
    The Department of Theatre and Dance’s second annual MFA Dance Concert, featuring new works by eight MFA student choreographers, will take place at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 22 and Nov. 23 in the Katharine Cornell Theatre in the Ellicott Complex, North Campus.
  • Business leaders, owners wanted for UB Fast 46
    11/13/19
    UB is seeking applicants for its inaugural UB Fast 46 competition.