Need to Know

Published December 11, 2025

  • Exercise as Medicine set for spring semester
    1/15/19
    UB faculty and staff interested in getting into better shape, and increasing their strength, energy and stamina in a fun and safe environment can take part in Exercise as Medicine.
  • Participants sought for exercise study
    1/14/19
    Have you tried an exercise program and felt out of place? Want support to stay motivated?
  • Play some cornhole this winter break
    1/11/19
    Get a little exercise this winter break and play some cornhole on your lunch hour with your UB colleagues.
  • UB, project partners seek public’s input on transforming LaSalle Park
    1/10/19
    One of the nation’s leading landscape architecture firms, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA), will be in Buffalo next week to launch the conceptual design phase of the Imagine LaSalle park redesign project.
  • UB Women’s Club to hold wine-pairing dinner
    1/9/19
    The UB Women’s Club will hold its annual dinner and wine pairing to raise money for the Grace Capen scholarships on Feb. 1 at the Fairdale Banquet Center, 672 Wehrle Drive, Amherst.
  • Library and Information Studies to change its name
    1/3/19
    President Satish K. Tripathi has approved and promulgated a resolution from the Faculty Senate to change the name of the Department of Library and Information Studies to the Department of Information Science.
  • UB to commemorate Millard Fillmore’s birthday
    1/2/19
    The 219th anniversary of the birth of Millard Fillmore, UB’s first chancellor and the 13th president of the United States, will be celebrated at a ceremony to be held at 10 a.m. Jan. 7 in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo.
  • Law school to accept GRE scores
    12/19/18
    Beginning with admission for the fall 2019 semester, the UB School of Law will accept Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores in place of the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) as part of the application process.
  • Profs named to Highly Cited Researcher list
    12/17/18
    Two UB scholars have been named to the 2018 Highly Cited Researchers list, a publication of Clarivate Analytics.
  • Time to change health insurance
    12/13/18
    The Health Insurance Option Transfer Period for state employees, during which workers can change their health insurance carrier, voluntarily cancel coverage, change from family to individual coverage or enroll in the opt-out program, if eligible, runs through Jan. 18.