Resources for community members impacted by Saturday’s mass shooting
By KAYLA ESTRADA | May 18, 2022Ten lives were taken and three were injured during a racially motivated mass shooting at the Tops on Buffalo’s East Side Saturday afternoon.
Ten lives were taken and three were injured during a racially motivated mass shooting at the Tops on Buffalo’s East Side Saturday afternoon.
With a routine ranging from Minhaj’s “broken balls” to an unreleased “Patriot Act” scene that he said could’ve resulted in his murder for mocking Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, Minhaj’s performance displayed the witty humor, heartfelt directness and bold execution that has made him such a comedic success.
Ten people were killed and three were injured in a racially motivated mass shooting at the Tops on Buffalo’s East Side Saturday afternoon. It was the deadliest shooting in Buffalo history.
Hasan Minhaj will headline the Student Association’s annual Comedy Series on Saturday, the organization announced in an Instagram post Monday.
Martin Luther King III, the eldest son of Martin Luther King Jr., addressed hundreds of attendees inside the Center for the Arts Tuesday evening.
A university spokesperson and the CEO of the University at Buffalo Foundation, the university’s private endowment fund, separately declined to provide any information about the contracts, including how the UB Foundation paid each speaker for their lectures.
The UB chapter of Young Americans for Freedom postponed a planned speech by conservative political commentator Michael Knowles, the organization’s e-board announced in an email to its members Monday.
City Girls and Polo G will headline Spring Fest Saturday with PnB Rock as their opener.
Masks will continue to be required on buses, trains and other forms of public transportation in New York State “for now,” Gov. Kathy Hochul announced at a press conference in Syracuse Wednesday.
New York State’s $220 billion budget passed on April 7. The budget includes dedicated money for initiatives intended to elevate SUNY into a “nation-leading public higher education system,” according to the state's briefing book.
UB has commenced a “thorough [internal] review of events and activities” surrounding Lt. Col. Allen West’s controversial on-campus speech on April 7, according to a university statement.
A new piece of legislation would reimburse SUNY and CUNY students who were disenrolled from their courses for failing to comply with SUNY’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
The normally still hallways of UB’s North Campus were transformed into a battleground of competing ideologies Thursday, as students attended and protested Lt. Col. Allen West’s speech in the Student Union.
The New York State-run COVID-19 testing site at the Center for Tomorrow building on North Campus closed last Friday, according to the university’s COVID-19 site. The clinic had the capacity to provide 200 tests per day and operated for just under three months.
University Police are responding to Yik Yak posts that threatened violence against students protesting an on-campus speech by Allen West, the university said in a statement.
Over a dozen UB graduate schools and programs continued their upward trajectory in the latest rankings of America’s best graduate schools released by U.S. News and World Report last Tuesday.
UB’s vision for a massive international-themed café became a reality as Kali Orexi and Tikka Table officially opened their doors to students on March 28.
The Paul&Pang party won the race for president and vice president of the SA e-board during a five-day election that ended Friday.
Lunay and Shenseea will headline the Student Association’s first Spring Fest small show, according to a Friday post on the SA’s Instagram account.
Registration is now open for UB’s seventh annual Step Challenge, a free initiative sponsored by the UB School of Public Health and Health Professions (SPHHP) to encourage UB community members to get outside this spring and exercise.