Need to Know

Published June 13, 2025

  • Governance groups elect chairs
    6/13/25
    Kristin Stapleton was elected chair of the Faculty Senate and Jaclyn E. Bodack was elected chair of the Professional Staff Senate in recent elections held by the governance groups representing UB’s faculty and professional staff.
  • Experience AI at UB
    6/12/25
    The next generation of tech leaders can step into the future at the new “AI Experience at UB” program June 30 through July 1 on the North Campus.
  • UB, partners to host 25th annual Fruit Belt Clean-A-Thon
    6/4/25
    UB’s Center for Urban Studies, in partnership with Buffalo Public Schools #37 Futures Academy and the Fruit Belt Coalition, will host its 25th annual clean-a-thon on June 6.
  • Jonathan Daniels school supply drive now accepting donations
    6/2/25
    The fourth annual Jonathan D. Daniels, MD, Memorial School Drive: The Next Generation of Transformational Leaders is underway. The goal is to give away 300 backpacks filled with school supplies to students in grades K-8.
  • Renew virtual parking permits
    5/27/25
    The renewal and application processes are now open for faculty/staff parking permits for the 2025-26 academic year.
  • UB Founders Day unites alumni around the globe
    5/21/25
    What began in 2023 as a celebration in a handful of locations has quickly grown into one of UB’s most spirited global traditions.
  • Dental school receives 2025 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award
    5/15/25
    For the fourth consecutive year, the School of Dental Medicine’s Destination Dental School has received the Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from Insight Into Academia magazine, the largest and oldest diversity-focused publication in higher education.
  • UBmail access for alumni to be retired
    5/14/25
    In 2009, UB began permitting alumni to keep their “@buffalo.edu” email addresses after graduation. Due to new SUNY security requirements, the resulting impact on the university to maintain these accounts in a compliant manner, as well as UB’s own assessment of risk to the university to continue to maintain these accounts, UBmail will no longer be provided to new grads.
  • Özay named chair of architecture
    5/13/25
    Erkin Özay, associate professor in the Department of Architecture, School of Architecture and Planning, has been named department chair, effective in July.
  • Gun violence impacts, prevention focus of Remembrance Conference
    5/13/25
    Health care providers, medical students and educators interested in working to address gun violence are invited to attend Remembrance Conference 2025, being held June 6-8 at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB.