The Buffalo Bills are offering a special discount rate for UB faculty and staff for tickets to four of the team’s games in Ralph Wilson Stadium.

Beakers and Beer, the monthly networking event presented by the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, is back for 2013-14, with the first gathering of the academic year taking place Sept. 26 at Coco Bar & Bistro, 888 Main St.

UB researchers who missed an August workshop on preparing proposals for National Institutes of Health funding have another chance to obtain some valuable information.

UB’s Schussmeisters Ski Club is gearing up for its 53rd season by offering special membership deals to faculty, staff and alumni, and their family members.

UB staff and domestic students are being recruited to serve as mentors for newly arrived international students during the fall 2013 semester. Participants need not know about other cultures, speak other languages or have traveled overseas.

UB collected more than 22,000 items as part of a school supply drive to benefit Buffalo school children.

Applications are being accepted through Oct. 2 for the state Civil Service exam being held on Nov. 16 for persons interested in becoming police officers with New York State University Police.

Morton Lane Federal Credit Union, UB’s official credit union for more than 40 years, has opened a second office on the North Campus in the Charles B. Sears Law Library, 218 O’Brian Hall.

UB faculty and staff are encouraged to sign up for the Eat Well Live Well Challenge.

Faculty and staff members looking to get some exercise on their lunch break can take part in the campus walking program sponsored by Wellness & Work/Life Balance.