Need to Know

Published February 20, 2026

  • 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.
  • One World Café construction prompts closures
    1/22/20
    As work ramps up on One World Café, an internationally themed food court being built between Capen and Norton halls on the North Campus, access to interior and exterior areas around the construction site will be restricted, beginning Jan. 24.
  • MacArthur ‘genius grant’ winner to speak at UB
    1/17/20
    Evolutionary anthropologist and geneticist Jenny Tung, a 2019 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship winner, will be the keynote speaker at the 15th Biological Sciences Research Symposium at UB. The fellowship is often referred to as the MacArthur “genius grant.”