Need to Know

Published July 16, 2025

  • Mini Medical School to focus on mental health issues of young people
    5/7/25
    Young people and their mental health will be the focus of a Mini Medical School session from 6-8 p.m. May 13 at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
  • Mastronarde named chair of electrical engineering
    5/6/25
    Nicholas Mastronarde has been named chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He assumes the role on Aug. 14.
  • Buffalo Soup & Social awards microgrant
    5/1/25
    Moneybags Dumplings, a West Side eatery specializing in hand-rolled dumplings, was awarded a nearly $2,000 microgrant at this week’s Buffalo Soup & Social.
  • Brashear to deliver Harrington Lecture
    4/29/25
    Allison Brashear, vice president for health sciences and dean of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, will give the annual Harrington Lecture as part of the Jacobs School’s Alumni Reunion Weekend May 2-3.
  • Join UB’s Corporate Challenge team
    4/28/25
    The J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge is the world’s largest corporate running event. Powered by fitness, friendly competition and fun, teams of all speeds and abilities complete a 3.5-mile race while spending quality time together outside work.
  • 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).