Members of the UB community are invited to donate school supplies to benefit students in pre-kindergarten through grade 8 who are attending schools in the Buffalo Niagara region.

UB’s emergency management department, in collaboration with local, state and federal emergency responders, will conduct a full-scale exercise designed to ensure coordinated, timely and effective response and recovery to a campus crisis.

Beginning Aug. 26, university-issued disability parking permits will be required in addition to municipality-issued permits for members of the UB community who need special parking consideration due to a permanent or temporary disability.

UB received two top international awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), the global association for professionals working in advancement services, alumni relations, communications, fundraising and marketing at colleges, universities, independent schools and affiliated nonprofits.

The Office of Student Engagement is looking for UB faculty and staff to serve as advisers for UB’s Alternative Break community service trips.

The School of Management and the School of Public Health and Health Professions won top awards, and two UB communications professionals were also recognized with special awards at the 30th Excalibur Awards, the annual event presented by the Public Relations Society of America’s Buffalo Niagara chapter to recognize the best of the best in public relations in the Buffalo Niagara region.

Gary J. Jastrzab has been elected to serve a two-year term as president of the University at Buffalo Alumni Association (UBAA), a group that represents the interests of nearly 268,000 graduates around the world.

High school and college students from across the nation will get a glimpse of the pharmacy profession this week at the fourth annual University at Buffalo Pharmacy Summer Institute for High School and College Students.

The middle and right lanes of the southbound Audubon Parkway between the I-990 off ramp and Rensch Road will be closed for two weeks while work crews replace storm sewer pipes crossing the highway.

UB’s Employee Assistance Program offers on-going support groups to help faculty, staff and their families deal with a variety of issues.