Need to Know

Published December 11, 2025

  • Digital Scholarship Studio and Network to launch Sept. 5
    8/29/19
    A new effort at UB aims to create new research opportunities for projects that link the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities.
  • ‘Operation Doorhanger’ reminds students, neighbors about safety, other tips
    8/22/19
    The Office of Community Relations will distribute kits containing tips on how to be a good neighbor, as well as other important information, around UB’s South Campus during Operation Doorhanger on Aug. 23.
  • HI to hold grant-writing workshop
    8/20/19
    The UB Humanities Institute is hosting an external grant-writing workshop from noon to 3 p.m. Aug. 30 in 1032 Clemens Hall, North Campus.
  • Free fitness classes for UB employees
    8/12/19
    UB faculty and staff can take advantage of free lunchtime fitness classes this fall, courtesy of Wellness and Work/Life Balance, and Recreation and Intramural Services.
  • Research program aims to help smokers quit
    8/7/19
    UB researchers are seeking participants for a free clinical research program that aims to make it easier for smokers to quit the habit – for good.
  • UB students taking their burger alternative to the public
    8/6/19
    Three UB students will test their sustainable beef alternative burger with a larger public for the first time this weekend.
  • Clinical trial seeks Type 1 diabetics
    8/1/19
    A clinical trial at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB is seeking patients aged 18-65 with Type 1 diabetes whose hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C), a measure of sugar in the blood, is between 7% and 10%.
  • Drive seeks to fill the backpacks
    7/25/19
    Members of the UB community are invited to donate school supplies to benefit students in pre-kindergarten through grade 8 who are attending schools in the Buffalo Niagara region.
  • UB to stage full-scale emergency exercise
    7/23/19
    UB’s emergency management department, in collaboration with local, state and federal emergency responders, will conduct a full-scale exercise designed to ensure coordinated, timely and effective response and recovery to a campus crisis.
  • UB-issued disability parking permits available
    7/19/19
    Beginning Aug. 26, university-issued disability parking permits will be required in addition to municipality-issued permits for members of the UB community who need special parking consideration due to a permanent or temporary disability.