Rebecca H. Brierley, assistant dean for external affairs in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, has been elected chair-elect for the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy’s (AACP) Administrative Services Section.

Chris Bartolomei, assistant chief of university police since 2013, has been appointed acting chief of police.

Influenza is widespread in New York State and Erie County, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the New York State Department of Health. And numerous news agencies have reported that some of the influenza strains in circulation right now are particularly severe.

UB is the hottest men’s basketball team in the Mid-American Conference, and faculty and staff have the chance to see the 7-0 Bulls this weekend at a special price.

Kathy Twist, a senior administrator in UB’s athletics department, will serve as interim director of athletics beginning Jan. 29, President Satish K. Tripathi announced today.

“The Laramie Project,” a play about the reaction of residents of Laramie, Wyoming, to the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, will be presented at UB next month as part of the Department of Theatre and Dance’s Student-Directed Series.

Full and part-time UB faculty and staff represented by UUP and CSEA, or who are paid through the UB Foundation or Research Foundation, and are now working, or will be working, in the new Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences building on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus can receive a free NFTA transit pass under the provisions of a new memorandum of agreement between UB and the unions.

UB employees can learn the basics of ADHD — attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder — in a free session on Feb. 5 presented by UB’s Employee Assistance Program.

Members of the UB community are invited to explore the design and development of the university’s new Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences building with a key member of the team that designed the state-of-the-art facility.

Faculty and staff can buy one ticket to a Department of Music concert this spring and receive one ticket free as part of a special ticket promotion on Feb. 2.