Need to Know

Published April 17, 2026

  • Management relaunches Center for Leadership and Global Impact
    10/13/25
    After more than two years of operating under one umbrella, the School of Management’s Center for Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness (CLOE) and the school’s Global Programs Office have formally merged and will be called the Center for Leadership and Global Impact.
  • Community conversation to tackle AI
    10/10/25
    As artificial intelligence becomes a larger part of teaching and learning, it raises new questions about trust, fairness and responsibility in the classroom. UB faculty, staff and students will gather on Oct. 28 for a discussion about academic integrity in the era of AI.
  • Snell named chair of materials design and innovation
    10/9/25
    Edward Snell, professor in the Department of Materials Design and Innovation, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been named department chair, effective Jan. 1. 
  • Resilient Campus competition selects teams
    10/9/25
    The School of Architecture and Planning has finalized teams for The Resilient Campus, an international design competition — and ensuing traveling exhibition, public event and publication — that seeks to thoughtfully advance, widely disseminate and purposely promote transdisciplinary and transformative knowledge on designing for resilience.
  • Goyal guest editor for magazine issue on Materials Genome Initiative
    10/8/25
    UB materials scientist Amit Goyal recently served as guest editor for the National Academy of Engineering’s fall edition of The Bridge, a special issue of the magazine focusing on the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI), its status and future outlook.
  • GSE, WNY Education Equity Task Force to host annual conference
    10/7/25
    The Graduate School of Education, in collaboration with the Western New York Education Equity Task Force, will host its annual Igniting Equity in Education Conference from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 18 at the Active Learning Center in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
  • Stavridis to open speakers series
    10/6/25
    NATO’s 16th Supreme Allied Commander Admiral James Stavridis will kick off UB’s 2025-26 Distinguished Speakers Series with an appearance on Oct. 21.
  • UB faculty member to speak at Erie Canal bicentennial event
    10/2/25
    As New York marks the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal this fall, UB faculty member Marla Segol is helping bring the canal’s stories — both famous and forgotten — into the spotlight.
  • Thank a custodian today
    10/2/25
    If you see campus custodial staff today, make a special effort to say thank you.
  • Jacobs launches presidential search
    10/1/25
    UB Council Chair Jeremy M. Jacobs Jr. has launched the search for UB’s next president.