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Time flies when you’re having fun, and the annual UB Step Challenge is the healthiest fun you can have this April.

Misinformation is nothing new. For as long as humans have communicated, they’ve also manipulated information and deceived others to gain power. Nevertheless, scholars, journalists and pundits have expressed a concern about humanity entering a new “post-truth” era, one driven by the collapse of truth and political turmoil.

Hundreds of high school students from across Western New York will be on the North Campus on March 19 for , a daylong program of workshops, lectures and laboratory tours.

Educators, law enforcement, first-responders, mental health professionals and other school stakeholders including parents and guardians are invited to attend the 21st Annual Safe Schools Initiative Seminar to help them be proactive in their violence-protection efforts. 

Robert Granfield will step down as vice provost for faculty affairs this summer and return to his faculty role in the Department of Sociology and Criminology.

Beth A. Smith has been appointed chair of the Department of Psychiatry in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB, effective March 1.

The Slee Sinfonietta, UB’s professional chamber orchestra in residence, will continue its mission of supporting the work of students in UB’s PhD program in composition with a concert of work by four students composed for the Sinfonietta.

As the nation enters a new presidential administration, the School of Law will host a lecture and discussion assessing the prior administration’s relationship with the U.S. Supreme Court from a legal historian’s perspective.

The UB Choir joins the Harmonia Chamber Singers and a professional wind ensemble from the Buffalo Musicians' Association on March 8 for a performance of Anton Bruckner's Mass in E Minor.

Ten UB PhD candidates will show off their research and communication skills on March 7 at the ninth annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.