UB Rotaract, in conjunction with The Erie County Department of Health, is providing a FREE Narcan training and harm reduction event. This event is open to all and any interested students who want to learn about Narcan and how to reverse an opioid overdose. NARCAN is a nasal spray medication that treats narcotic overdoses. You will be given free Narcan and a completion certificate!
Seneca Babcock Community center hosts a costume drive for kids in the Seneca Babcock community. Volunteers are needed for the event on October 25, 2023 from 5:30-8:30pm. Additionally, if anyone is willing to donate costumes, a wishlist on amazon can be found here:
If interested in available to volunteer, please contact MaryAnne McMahon and her contact information is (716) 860-8038 and Maryanne236@hotmail.com or Honors scholar Mia Mychajliw: miamycha@buffalo.edu
Destination Discovery: Major and Career Exploration
EPAC and Career Design Center
Thursday, October 19th
4:00-6:00pm
Student Union- Second Floor
Interested in exploring Majors at UB? Or connecting with UB Alumni to learn more about what you can do with your major? Come mingle through our career connection stations and talk to all the UB advising units regarding your major of choice. The event will start at 4:00pm with a welcome in the SU Theater.
Please register using the following link. Open to all UB students.
Destination Discovery: Major and Career Exploration
EPAC and Career Design Center
Thursday, October 19th
4:00-6:00pm
Student Union- Second Floor
Interested in exploring Majors at UB? Or connecting with UB Alumni to learn more about what you can do with your major? Come mingle through our career connection stations and talk to all the UB advising units regarding your major of choice. The event will start at 4:00pm with a welcome in the SU Theater.
Please register using the following link. Open to all UB students.
The Muscular Dystrophy Association – Buffalo Bills fundraiser is back for its fourth year! This year, due to the Bills’ success, it’s going to be a bit different, however, the mission remains the same! Instead of a percentage of ticket sales, we will be asking for contributions, whatever you can, to our cause and to join our tailgate for the Thursday night game on October 26th against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers!
This fundraiser is in honor of Nathan Apotosky, a Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy champion and passionate Bills fan who passed away before ever being able to attend a regular season Bills game due to his limited mobility. He was a guest speaker at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences for over 10 years, educating hundreds of now-physicians about his disease and his interactions with healthcare as a whole. For the past couple of years, we’ve tailgated and raised money in his honor. This fundraiser is organized entirely by current JSMBS students! The aforementioned tailgate is a great place for pre-medical students to interact with current students and learn more about their experience! Please consider donating to the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Western New York using the attached link.
The Buffalo Humanities Festival is back in full force, from Friday, Sept. 22nd through Sunday the 24th. Founded in 2014, the BHF is Buffalo’s festival of ideas, a chance to come together to think, learn, and discuss! This year’s theme for the festival is “Communities: Trust.”
Honors College students may particularly want to attend Professor Camilo Trumper’s conversation with Professor Roy Bakos, “Breaking Bread: Bridging Divides with Culture, Conversation, and Comfort Food,” Professor Rinaldo Walcott’s talk on “Black Studies, the University, and the Future of Democratic Life,” or a panel on “Communities of Care: Environments and Incarceration” including UB PhD Jesse Miller, who now directs the Bard Prison Initiative.
This year the festival will be offering free shuttles from the CFA to all events for those who register at https://buffalohumanities.org/ (where you can also find more information about the full 3 day program).
The detailed schedule can be found via this link, but highlights include:
Friday evening (9/22, 6pm) – FREE: Central Public Library, FREE parking with early registration
Artist Candy Chang will talk about the power of art to create restorative change in communities. Described by The Atlantic as “one of the most creative community projects ever,” several of her “Before I Die…” interactive community boards will be installed at locations throughout Buffalo this week, including the entryway of the CFA. More about her project: https://candychang.com/work/before-i-die-in-nola/
Saturday (9/23, 11am-5pm) – FREE/Donations encouraged: the Festival Proper at Buffalo State’s Rockwell Hall (1300 Elmwood). A full day of presentations and panels from local faculty, artists, and community activists, exploring topics on comfort food, indigenous languages, ecological loneliness, Black Studies in the university, human-animal bonds, prisons, policing, and renewable energy while keeping an eye on local landscapes from Love Canal to the waterfront. There will also be live music, short films, food trucks, and art activities!
Sunday (9/24, 2pm), D’Youville Kavinoky Theatre. A special Buffalo Humanities Festival matinee performance of “What the Constitution Means to Me” starring UB colleague Lindsay Brandon Hunter with post-performance conversation featuring Brian E. Herrera (Princeton) and Ariel Nereson (UB Theatre & Dance)! Tickets (discounted to $25) for sale directly from the theatre. Register for the free shuttle from CFA to Kavinoky Theater.
If you have any questions, refer to the Buffalo Humanities website here.
