Making professional friends

It is the people you don’t know that might prove the most useful

Izzy Titherington | June 16, 2026 | 5-minute read
Source: Financial Times Financial Times Networking

When recent graduates are told to build networks in order to advance their careers, the advice masks a bewildering maze of conflicting strategies.

To begin with, academics …

By Izzy Titherington
Izzy Titherington
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Hiring Summit: Health

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 | 105 Harriman Hall Ballroom (UB South Campus)

In just one week, step into a space where your future in healthcare comes to life.

The Hiring Summit: Health brings together leading employers from across Western New York …

By Wayne Porterfield
Wayne Porterfield Consultant | Nursing; Pharmacy; Public Health; Medicine; Dental
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Invite to Community Health & Advocacy Conference – May 8, 2026

You are invited to the 5th Annual Community Health & Advocacy Conference hosted by the Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences!

This year’s focus is: advocating for refugee and immigrant health. The goal of this event is to promote advocacy …

By Wayne Porterfield
Wayne Porterfield Consultant | Nursing; Pharmacy; Public Health; Medicine; Dental
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Still Time to Enter: UB’s Newest Creative Forum, The Viral Video Competition

Create video content and connect with some of the top employers of creative talent in Buffalo.

On March 11, representatives from New Era Cap, Hadley Exhibits, dPost Studios, Buffalo Toronto Media, and more will come to Knox Hall on UB’s …

By Aaron Salzman
Aaron Salzman Employer Relations Associate
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