Need to Know

Published August 14, 2026

  • 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.”
  • UB CAT seeking faculty proposals
    1/15/20
    The UB Center for Advanced Technology in Big Data and Health Sciences (UB CAT) is seeking proposals from faculty to fund collaborative projects with industry that are centered on big data and health sciences.
  • Deadline of Feb. 28 set for workplace violence prevention training
    1/14/20
    Employee Relations is reminding all UB faculty and staff of the annual requirement to complete online workplace violence prevention training.
  • Battle to receive Jaeckle award
    1/10/20
    Former U.S. Attorney Michael A. Battle will receive the School of Law’s 2020 Edwin F. Jaeckle Award.
  • UB Women’s Club to hold wine-pairing dinner
    1/9/20
    The UB Women’s Club will hold its annual dinner and wine pairing to raise money for the Grace Capen scholarship on Feb. 1 at the Fairdale Banquet Center, 672 Wehrle Drive, Amherst.