Need to Know

Published June 15, 2026

  • Share your ideas at Research Faculty Happy Hour
    3/1/19
    UB faculty are invited to share their research ideas and interests with other faculty at the spring Research Faculty Happy Hour, co-hosted by the Center for Educational Innovation and the Office of Research and Economic Development.
  • Search underway for vice provost for university libraries
    2/28/19
    The search for the next vice provost for university libraries is underway, with the appointment of a search committee headed by Suzanne Rosenblith, dean of the Graduate School of Education.
  • CEI to host workshops
    2/28/19
    The Center for Educational Innovation (CEI) is hosting two workshops next week designed to help faculty improve their teaching.
  • OIX to present talks
    2/25/19
    The Office of Inclusive Excellence is presenting two talks next months in association with the exhibition “Revolution: Civil Rights at UB, 1960-1975,” currently on display in the Silverman Library.
  • Giovino moves into new role in SPHHP
    2/20/19
    Gary Giovino, an internationally renowned authority on tobacco and nicotine in the School of Public Health and Health Professions, has taken on a new role with the school. He was named SPHHP’s associate dean for faculty affairs, effective Feb. 4.
  • UB to celebrate Shared Governance Day
    2/19/19
    UB will holds its fourth annual Shared Governance Day on March 5 with a joint meeting of the Faculty Senate and the Professional Staff Senate.
  • Next DifCon to focus on buildings and names
    2/13/19
    “Legacies on the Landscape: Buildings and Names at UB” is the topic of the next session in the Difficult Conversations series being held from noon to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 27 in the Landmark Room, 210 Student Union, North Campus.
  • Webex tutorials set
    2/11/19
    Members of the UB community can get a tutorial on Webex, UB’s private, online meeting space, at information sessions taking place this month on the North and South campuses.
  • Symposium celebrates 50 years of African and African-American studies at UB
    2/8/19
    The Department of Transnational Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences will celebrate five decades of African and African-American studies at UB with a 50th Anniversary Symposium on Feb. 12.
  • Faculty to fight for survival at annual Life Raft Debate
    2/7/19
    When disaster threatens all of humanity, which professor will make the cut to join the survivors?