Need to Know

Published April 24, 2025

  • School of Management students complete another year of free tax service
    4/24/25
    During the 2025 tax season, 110 IRS-certified accounting students from the School of Management brought more than $608,000 back into the Buffalo community through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program.
  • UB launches undergraduate minor in social work
    4/23/25
    Undergraduates can now explore the growing social work profession — and develop skills relevant for any career path — through the School of Social Work’s new Minor in Social Work program.
  • Buffalo Soup & Social raises money for immigrant-run business
    4/22/25
    Soup’s on! It’s another Buffalo Soup & Social event, an innovative crowdfunding initiative started in 2023 by five undergraduates in an experiential learning course in UB’s Philosophy, Politics and Economics Program (PPE).
  • UB PhD student recipient of Knauss fellowship
    4/15/25
    UB PhD student Kahad Adamu is the recipient of a 2025 New York Sea Grant John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship.
  • UB scholars lead UN panel on gender equality
    4/14/25
    A UB faculty member and a PhD candidate led a panel discussion last month as part of the 69th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69).
  • Nursing set to host annual lecture, research day
    4/9/25
    The School of Nursing will host its 28th annual Bonnie Bullough Lecture in conjunction with its 12th annual Research Day on May 2 in Hayes Hall, South Campus. The event is free and open to the public, with registration required by April 25.
  • UB conference to focus on building leadership skills in sustainability and business
    4/8/25
    Leaders from the business, nonprofit and academic worlds are invited to come together April 23 for a conference hosted by the School of Management’s Center for Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness (CLOE).
  • Verona Quartet returns to close out Slee Beethoven String Quartet Cycle
    4/2/25
    The internationally-acclaimed Verona Quartet returns to Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall on the North Campus April 10-11 for the final two performances of the Slee Beethoven String Quartet Cycle, Part II.
  • Cancer epidemiologist to deliver Graham lecture
    4/2/25
    Christine B. Ambrosone, a distinguished professor of oncology and leading expert in cancer prevention and control, will deliver the 18th Annual Saxon Graham Lecture on April 18.
  • Gresham lecturer to explore the power of play
    4/2/25
    Play isn’t just for children — it’s a vital part of lifelong health and well-being. But what makes play so powerful, and how does it shape the way we interact with the world?