Need to Know

Published December 11, 2025

  • Invest in UB at Giving Day
    4/26/19
    On the fifth annual UB Giving Day, from noon on May 1 to noon on May 2, UB faculty, staff, alumni, students, parents and friends from around the world are asked to unite for one cause — the University at Buffalo.
  • Women in STEM Summit set for May 1
    4/25/19
    Sexual harassment in STEM and medicine will be the focus of the fifth annual Women in STEM Summit on May 1.
  • Free soil amendment available for Earth Week
    4/22/19
    Campus Dining and Shops invites all members of the UB community to pick up nutrient-rich soil amendment, free of charge, for use in flower and vegetable gardens or as a compost supplement.
  • New online courses on computer vision
    4/22/19
    Computer vision is staking its claim as artificial intelligence’s hottest research field. A new set of online courses examines how this technology is enabling computers to visually process the world.   
  • ELISION Ensemble to make UB debut April 23
    4/18/19
    UB’s Robert and Carol Morris Center for 21st Century Music will welcome ELISION Ensemble for their first visit to campus.
  • High school coders, scientists invited to apply for free summer workshop
    4/17/19
    High school students who love science and are interested in computers are invited to apply for the Eric Pitman Summer Workshop in Computational Science, presented annually by the UB Center for Computational Research (CCR).
  • Get road ready at Bike Days
    4/16/19
    A warm-up is on the way — we promise! — and that means it's time to get your bicycle road ready with a tune-up.
  • State Ed commissioner will speak at UB May 1
    4/15/19
    UB will host a public presentation by New York State Commissioner of Education MaryEllen Elia, who will discuss current education initiatives and future plans for the State Education Department.
  • Music department presents a concert of interactive computer music
    4/11/19
    The Department of Music is teaming up with the SUNY Buffalo State Digital Music Program to present a concert of interactive computer  music/media/electronics on April 16. The performance is free and starts at 7:30 p.m. in the Black Box Theatre, Center for the Arts.

    The concert is being presented by the Hiller Computer Music Studios and the UB Department of Music, and will feature faculty and students from Buffalo State's Digital Music Program and UB faculty from the Department of Media Studies and Department of Music.

    Music by Tomás Henriques, Ethan Hayden, Evan Courtin, Jason Geistweidt, Jeffrey Stadelman, and Cort Lippe, along with special guest ensemble f-f-f-f-Faulty Tower, featuring Brendan Fitzgerald on percussion and electronics.
  • Schubert expert to perform his most monumental works
    4/9/19
    Pianist Shai Wosner will perform Schubert’s most monumental works Friday evening in the final Slee Visiting Artist Series concert of the season.