Need to Know

Published December 11, 2025

  • Parking lots, roads to be closed for Ride for Roswell
    6/18/18
    Some roads and parking lots on the eastern end of the North Campus will be closed, beginning on June 18, as UB hosts the Ride for Roswell on June 23.
  • UB experts to speak at national conference
    6/18/18
    Three UB experts on diversity and inclusion in athletics will participate in a forum on June 19 in the Albany Capital Center aimed at preventing sexual and interpersonal violence against sexual and gender minorities.
  • UB Libraries hosting blood drive
    6/15/18
    The University Libraries are partnering with the American Red Cross to sponsor a blood drive.
  • UB to roll out new Shop Blue eProcurement system
    6/12/18
    UB will soon roll out Shop Blue, a new eProcurement system that provides an Amazon-like purchasing experience that will greatly reduce both the procurement process and improve delivery times.
  • RENEW lecture to focus on El Niño, climate change
    6/11/18
    El Niño and climate change will be the topic of a RENEW Innovation Lecture on June 14.
  • EDI offers harassment prevention training program
    6/7/18
    UB’s Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion is urging all UB employees to review the university’s Discrimination and Harassment Policy and complete the most recent online training program, “2018 Intersections: Preventing Harassment and Sexual Violence.”
  • Save money on transit passes
    6/5/18
    The higher gas prices go, the more people look to public transportation.
  • Adelman named interim vice provost for libraries
    6/5/18
    Elizabeth Adelman, vice dean for legal information services and director of the Charles B. Sears Law Library in the School of Law, has been appointed interim vice provost for university libraries, effective June 13.
  • Renew parking permits
    5/29/18
    The renewal and application processes are now open for faculty/staff parking permits for the 2018-19 academic year.
  • Carl Dennis, Alan Feldman to give poetry reading
    5/18/18
    SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English Carl Dennis and Alan Feldman will read from their new books of poetry "Night School" and "The Golden Coin", respectively, on May 24.