Graduate Student Association

North Campus Java Junction
2026-03-06 11:00 - 13:00 UTC | 145 Student Union
Free Tim Horton’s coffee and doughnuts for graduate students in 145C&D Student Union.
All participants must review the GSA’s Safety Acknowledgement and Participant Disclaimer before attending.

Mindfulness Monday ~ Mindful Movement
2026-03-09 11:00 - 12:30 | 210 Student Union, 210 Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
Reserve your space for free on the UB Ticket Office website. Limited spaces available.
All participants must review the GSA’s Safety Acknowledgement and Participant Disclaimer before attending.

Distinguished Speaker Series presents Hoda Kotb
2026-03-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Center for the Arts, Center for the Arts, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
Hoda Kotb

Bestselling Author | Celebrated Journalist | CEO and Founder of Joy 101 |
Former Co-Anchor, NBC News’ “TODAY”
Free tickets available for graduate students starting February 16th through the UB Ticket Office. 1 per UB ID.

Public Ticket Information

Tues., Mar. 10, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.

Center for the Arts
UB North Campus

More About Hoda Kotb

Recognized globally as one of America’s foremost journalists, authors and entertainers, Hoda Kotb is best known as the former co-anchor of NBC News’ “TODAY,” co-host of “TODAY with Hoda & Jenna” and host of the popular podcast “Making Space with Hoda Kotb.” She recently left “TODAY” after 17 successful years with the show and founded the new wellness community and platform, Joy 101.
Since joining NBC News in 1998, Kotb has served as a correspondent for “Dateline NBC.” She has covered a wide variety of domestic and international stories across all NBC News platforms as well as numerous human-interest stories and features. She covered the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, a story personal to Kotb who lived in New Orleans for six years. Additionally, she reported on the war in Iraq, the conflict in the West Bank and Gaza, and the War on Terror in Afghanistan. Kotb was a part of the network’s extensive coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, 2012 Summer Olympics in London, 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
A New York Times bestselling author, Kotb has written eight books: “You Are My Happy;” “I’ve Loved You Since Forever;” “Where We Belong;” “Ten Years Later: Six People Who Faced Adversity and Transformed Their Lives;” “Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer and Kathie Lee;” “I Really Needed This Today;” “This Just Speaks to Me;” and “Hope is a Rainbow.”
Kotb was recognized with a 2019 Emmy Award for Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host for her work on “TODAY with Kathie Lee and Hoda.” In 2010, 2011 and 2012 Kotb was awarded Daytime Emmys as part of “TODAY’s” recognition as the best morning news program. In 2022, Kotb was inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame, and she received a Gracie Award for On-Air News Talent. In 2021, she was recognized by New York Women in Communications with the Matrix Award for her excellence in broadcast journalism. In 2016 and 2018, she received Gracie Awards for Outstanding Host in Entertainment/Information for her radio show, “The Hoda Show” on SiriusXM. In 2015, she was honored with a Gracie Award for Outstanding Host in News/Non-fiction and a Webby Award for her ‘Truly Brave’ music video, which focuses on pediatric cancer. Kotb received additional Gracie Awards in 2008 and 2003, the Alfred I. duPont –Columbia University award in 2008, a Peabody Award in 2006 for her “Dateline NBC” report, “The Education of Ms. Groves” and a 2002 Edward R. Murrow Award.
Prior to joining NBC News, Kotb worked at WWL-TV, the CBS affiliate in New Orleans from 1992 to 1998 as an anchor and reporter for the 10 p.m. news broadcast. From 1989 to 1991, she was a weekend anchor and reporter for WINK-TV in Fort Myers, Florida.
Kotb graduated from Virginia Tech University with a Bachelor of Arts in broadcast journalism. She resides in the suburbs of New York City with her two daughters, Haley Joy and Hope Catherine.

South Campus Java Junction
2026-03-13 11:00 - 13:00, 2026-04-10 11:00 - 13:00 | 105 Harriman Hall, 105 Harriman Hall, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
Free Tim Horton’s coffee and doughnuts for graduate students at South Campus in 105 Harriman Hall.
All participants must review the GSA’s Safety Acknowledgement and Participant Disclaimer before attending.

Media Study Graduate Student Conference
2026-03-14 10:00 - 17:00 | Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, 341 Delaware Ave., Buffalo, NY, 14202
Please join us for our second annual DMS Graduate Conference: Methodologies of Re-Creation and Remediation, with a keynote talk by artist and scholar Amelia Winger-Bearskin. The conference highlights research.work from DMS Graduate students, graduate students from other departments within UB, and several graduate students traveling from other universities. The conference emphasizes practice-based research and research methods that remediate in times of crisis.
All participants must review the GSA’s Safety Acknowledgement and Participant Disclaimer before attending.

Deadline for April Conference Funding Applications
2026-03-15
All applications for Conference Funding for conferences during the month of April are due by the close of business at 4:30pm.
The GSA Conference Funding Application is available as an online form on GSA’s UBLinked page. Please note that you must be signed in to UBLinked and “Join” as a member of GSA in order to be able to access the form on the Homepage.

Candlelight Concert: Coldplay and Imagine Dragons
2026-03-15 19:00 - 22:00 | Forbes Theater, 512 Pearl St., Buffalo, NY, 14202, United States
Tickets on sale now at the UB Ticket Office (online or at 221 Student Union) for $12 each. 1 per UB ID. Limited quantity available. First come, first served.
**DIGITAL ADMISSION TICKETS WILL BE EMAILED OUT 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE GAME. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE EMAILED TICKET FROM THE UB TICKET OFFICE IS ONLY A VOUCHER, AND WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR ADMISSION BY THE VENDOR.**
**For ticketing/seating questions or requests, please contact the GSA Programming Coordinator (gsa-programming@buffalo.edu) prior to the ticket distribution. All requests will be reviewed on a first come, first served basis.**
**All sales are non-refundable**

Spring Break
2026-03-16 - 2026-03-21

GSA on Summer Hours
2026-03-16 - 2026-03-19
Spring Break: GSA Office open Monday – Thursday 8:30am – 4:00pm, closed on Friday, March 20th.

May-July Group Funding Applications Deadline
2026-03-18
Application materials are due for Special Activities, Interdepartmental Activities, Symposium and Community Outreach funding for events occurring after the April Board of Directors meeting, but before July 15th. All application materials due by the close of business at 4:00pm.

GSA Closed
2026-03-20

Know Your Rights Workshop
2026-03-20 14:00 - 15:30 | Online via Zoom
Anna Porter, Senior Manager of Community Engagement for Western New York from the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), will be giving a Know Your Rights workshop. Topics covered will include:

Types of immigration and law enforcement agents
Your rights in different spaces and situations
Interactions with ICE, Border Patrol, and local police
How to be prepared

https://buffalo.zoom.us/j/98871134197?pwd=[REDACTED]

Iranian GSA ~ Nowrouz
2026-03-21 18:00 - 23:00 | 105 Harriman Hall, 105 Harriman Hall, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
Ticket purchase is required; please confirm your ticket here.
Nowruz, meaning “New Day,” marks the spring equinox and has been celebrated for over 3,000 years. As a secular holiday observed by 300 million people, it transcends national boundaries, uniting communities across the historical Persian cultural sphere—including Iran, Central Asia, and the Middle East.
Join us for a Persian New Year Celebration honoring the Iranian people’s pursuit of freedom. Enjoy an Iranian open buffet,music, cultural performances, and community connection.
All participants must review the GSA’s Safety Acknowledgement and Participant Disclaimer before attending.

Research to Resume
2026-03-24 16:00 - 17:00 | Online via Zoom
Register here: https://app.joinhandshake.com/stu/events/1889804

Finance Committee Meeting
2026-03-25 18:30 - 20:30
This will be the final Finance Committee meeting of the year to review all group funding requests for events taking place between April and July 15th. This will also be the last meeting at which club requests for capital equipment can be reviewed and approved.

Psychology GSA ~ Brain and Behavior Science Symposium
2026-03-26 17:00 - 20:00, 2026-03-27 09:00 - 17:00 | North Campus, Buffalo, 14260, United States
The Psychology Graduate Student Association (PGSA) is hosting a symposium on March 27th (9am-5pm) with a preconference networking event on March 26th (5-8pm). This is a chance for students to practice presenting their research and to see other research happening around campus. We will be providing food! You can attend without presenting. See the attached flyer and reach out if you have any questions!

MDRF Spring Grant Application Deadline
2026-03-27
Deadline for MDRF grant applications for research to be conducted between May 1, 2026 and April 30, 2027.
Complete grant applications must be submitted online by 3:00pm on Friday, March 27, 2026.
The last date that applicants may submit their grant to the MDRF Director (gsa-mdrf@buffalo.edu) for review prior to the deadline is Wednesday, March 11th at 10:00am. Applicants will only be granted one full review.

Know Your Rights Workshop
2026-03-27 14:00 - 15:30 | Online via Zoom
Amanda Opperman, Staff Attorney for Journey’s End Refugee Services will be giving a Know Your Rights workshop. Topics covered will include:

Types of immigration and law enforcement agents
Your rights in different spaces and situations
Interactions with ICE, Border Patrol, and local police
How to be prepared

Join here!

Know Your Rights Workshop
2026-03-27 14:00 - 15:30 | Online via Zoom
Amanda Opperman, Staff Attorney for Journey’s End Refugee Services, will be giving a Know Your Rights workshop. Topics covered will include:

Types of immigration and law enforcement agents
Your rights in different spaces and situations
Interactions with ICE, Border Patrol, and local police
How to be prepared

Join here!

Buffalo Sabres Hockey Game vs. Detroit Redwings
2026-03-27 19:00 - 22:00 | Key Bank Center, 1 Seymour H Knox III Plaza , Buffalo, NY, 14203, United States
Tickets on sale February 23rd at the UB Ticket Office (online or at 221 Student Union) for $10 each. 2 per UB ID. Limited quantity available. First come, first served.
**DIGITAL ADMISSION TICKETS WILL BE EMAILED OUT 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE GAME. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE EMAILED TICKET FROM THE UB TICKET OFFICE IS ONLY A VOUCHER, AND WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR ADMISSION BY THE VENDOR.**
**For ticketing/seating questions or requests, please contact the GSA Programming Coordinator (gsa-programming@buffalo.edu) prior to the ticket distribution. All requests will be reviewed on a first come, first served basis.**
**All sales are non-refundable**

History GSA ~ Milton Plesur Conference
2026-03-28 09:00 | Natural Sciences Complex, Buffalo, NY, United States
The 2026 Milton Plesur Graduate Conference is a forum for graduate students to share their scholarship with their colleagues, faculty, and interested members of the public. This year’s conference is titled “Breaking the Silo: A Celebration of Interdisciplinary Scholarship and Cross-Departmental Conversations.” The process of knowledge production is often isolating and can relegate us to particular silos of thought. To that end, “Breaking the Silo” is the intentional effort to provide graduate students the opportunity to share their combined intellectual and methodological strengths as scholars in the humanities and social sciences and to celebrate the work of our fellow graduate students.
The Plesur Conference is a two-day event. Day 1 kicks off with a keynote speech from Dr. Susan Burch followed by a facilitated discussion. Dr. Burch is an award-winning historian and professor of American Studies at Middlebury College in Vermont. She will be discussing the importance of interdisciplinary scholarship and collaboration as it relates to her work. Refreshments will be provided.
Day 2 will consist of a series of moderated panels featuring UB graduate student speakers from several departments including history, English, gender studies, Africana and American studies and more! Panels will focus on a wide range of themes, including but not limited to theoretical interventions in current scholarship, sovereignty and statehood, writing as praxis, and much more! Breakfast and lunch will be provided.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Alyssa Martin at ajm223@buffalo.edu.
All participants must review the GSA’s Safety Acknowledgement and Participant Disclaimer before attending.

GISA ~ 5-Wits Event
2026-03-29 15:30 - 18:00 | 5 Wits, 1 Walden Galleria, Buffalo, NY, 14225
The Graduate Indian Student Association (GISA), in collaboration with the Computer Science and Engineering Graduate Student Association (CSE GSA) and Bangladeshi Graduate Student Association, is organizing a graduate student social and team-building event at 5-Wits Buffalo.
This event will provide an immersive and interactive team-based adventure experience where graduate students from across the University at Buffalo can participate in collaborative problem-solving games that promote teamwork, stress relief, and interdisciplinary networking. The goal of the event is to support graduate student well-being, encourage cross-departmental interaction, and foster a stronger sense of graduate community at UB.
The event will be open to all UB graduate and professional students and widely advertised across departments and student organizations. Approximately 100 graduate students are expected to attend. Food and refreshments will be provided to encourage networking and engagement.
This event benefits a broad and diverse graduate student population and aligns with the GSA mission of supporting inclusive programming that enhances graduate student life.
All participants must review the GSA’s Safety Acknowledgement and Participant Disclaimer before attending.

April Board of Directors Meeting
2026-04-02 18:30 - 21:00 | Online via Zoom
**By a vote of the GSA Board of Directors on March 4th, this meeting has been moved to Thursday, April 2nd for students to be able to observe Passover**
The April 2nd Board of Directors meeting will be held online via Zoom. GSA Board of Directors meetings are open to the public, but only designated representatives from Departmental and International clubs may vote. Sign-in begins at 6:00pm so that the meeting can begin promptly at 6:30pm. Once the meeting begins no one else will be admitted for attendance purposes.
PLEASE NOTE: Every club will need to email Stephanie at slfrank@buffalo.edu no later than 12:00pm on Thursday, April 2nd with who will be attending the meeting on the club’s behalf so that eligible representatives can be verified in advance. Once representatives are verified they will be sent the Zoom meeting link and password directly, along with some instructions on how the meeting will be managed, in order to be able to participate and vote. Only previously verified representatives will be admitted to participate in the Zoom meeting.
For attendance purposes each Special Interest Club may have one representative participate directly in the Zoom meeting, but they will not have voting privileges. Additional special requests for guests and/or speakers to be admitted may be sent to gsa-feedback@buffalo.edu.
The meeting will also be live streamed via GSA’s Facebook Page for anyone else that is interested in watching the meeting without voting privileges or an official attendance record, as meetings are open to the public.

North Campus Java Junction
2026-04-03 11:00 - 13:00 | Career Design Center, 259 Capen Hall, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
Free Tim Horton’s coffee and doughnuts for graduate students in the Career Design Center (259 Capen Hall).
All participants must review the GSA’s Safety Acknowledgement and Participant Disclaimer before attending.

English GSA Symposium
2026-04-03 14:00 - 17:00 | UB Special Collections, 433 Capen Hall, Buffalo, NY, 14260
Exploring the contact between English and its others, many anglophone writers have sought to extend the limits of literary form and defamiliarize entrenched linguistic and expressive practices through translation. Recognizing the fraught relationship between languages and cultures, translation scholarship is energized by questions of (in)fidelity, authority, and form. While these questions are not new, recent approaches render the effort of translation even more explicit. From Wong May’s 2022 re-formatting of T’ang era poems to Ugly Duckling Presse’s experimental book formats, new methods for presenting translation challenge an author’s authority, an audience’s fluency, and the stability of a text as origin from which translators proceed—all while emphasizing the translator’s visible, creative role.
This symposium will synthesize these recent developments and consider the new generative modes of literary production that are evolving through methodologies such as adaptation, pseudo-translation, and multi-media translations. These methods highlight problems of translatability and untranslatability. How do we discuss works that explicitly deviate from their source and foreground translation as a practice? What are we talking about when we say “fidelity” or even “original”? How might we do justice to the fraught sense of authority in a translation? And what would it mean to move out of a familiar terminology of translation toward a broader definition? This symposium proposes to approach these questions by examining current methods while speculating possible future directions for translation. Alongside presentations on recent translation developments, this symposium will also serve as an opportunity to hear recent translation work from a diverse range of languages, particularly Asian and Western European languages.
All participants must review the GSA’s Safety Acknowledgement and Participant Disclaimer before attending.

Discount AMC Movie Tickets Available
2026-04-06
GSA will have discount AMC Movie Tickets available for sale on April 6th at the UB Ticket Office (online or in 221 Student Union) for $5 each. 1 per UB ID. Tickets can be used for all movies at AMC theatre locations. Limited quantity available. First come, first served.
*PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PICK UP YOUR PHYSICAL TICKET(S) FROM THE UB TICKET OFFICE IN 221 STUDENT UNION. THE EMAILED TICKET IS ONLY A VOUCHER AND WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR ADMISSION BY THE VENDOR.
All GSA sales are non-refundable.

Mindfulness Monday ~ Yoga
2026-04-06 11:00 - 12:30 | 210 Student Union, 210 Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States

NSF Funding Workshop
2026-04-09 13:30 - 15:30 | 330 Student Union, 330 Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
Guest speaker Dr. Jorge Valdes Kroff talks about the various funding opportunities available through the National Science Foundation and tips for structuring applications for funding.
Free tickets will be available for the event starting March 9th through the UB Ticket Office. Limited quantity available. First come, first served.
All participants must review the GSA’s Safety Acknowledgement and Participant Disclaimer before attending.
