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UB drops to No. 88 in U.S. News rankings
By JUSTIN WEISS | Sep. 14, 2020UB dropped nine spots in the annual U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings released Monday.
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Men’s basketball player charged with second-degree assault
By JUSTIN WEISS and ANTHONY DECICCO | Sep. 11, 2020UB men’s basketball player Malik Zachery was arrested by North Tonawanda Police after allegedly stabbing a Canisius men’s basketball player during a pick-up game Wednesday.
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UB student sentenced to 24 months in prison for threatening former professor
By ELIZABETH NAPOLITANO | Sep. 11, 2020Daniel Richter, a former UB student, will serve 24 months in prison for threatening to harm his former UB professor.
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Amherst Police take larceny suspect into custody
By JUSTIN WEISS | Sep. 7, 2020Amherst Police took a larceny suspect into custody near UB’s north campus Monday.
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UB Police received 19 calls regarding COVID violations last week
By JUSTIN WEISS | Sep. 5, 2020The UB Police department received 19 calls regarding COVID-19 violations last week, according to a redacted complaint summary obtained by The Spectrum Friday.
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'I can’t teach if I’m dead:' UB graduate students protest return to campus
By ELIZABETH NAPOLITANO | Sep. 3, 2020Tombstone-shaped picket signs marked the grounds of UB’s south campus lawn on Friday morning, August 14. But as of September 3, UB administrators have remained dead silent about the grim presentation.
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COVID cases rise, students fear shutdown
By JUSTIN WEISS | Sep. 3, 2020Just four days after campus reopened for the fall semester, the school is already reporting 46 known cases of COVID-19. That number is expected to rise in the coming days, as UB begins surveillance testing and students continue to mingle with their peers.
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Students fear UB will become viral hotspot
By JUSTIN WEISS | Sep. 1, 2020Over the past few months, UB has attempted to roll out one of the most ambitious plans in the institution’s 175-year history: reopening campus amid a global pandemic.
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UB to begin COVID surveillance testing next week
By JUSTIN WEISS | Sep. 1, 2020With pressure mounting, UB announced Tuesday that it will begin random COVID-19 surveillance testing next week.
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Campus Living reports 37% reduction in on-campus housing assignments
By JUSTIN WEISS | Sep. 1, 2020Campus Living is reporting a 37% reduction in on-campus housing assignments, from 7,864 students in fall 2019 to 4,817 students in fall 2020. This figure does not include residential advisors, community assistants or academic assistants.
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UB to remove names of racist historical figures from campus
By ELIZABETH NAPOLITANO | Aug. 3, 2020UB will strip the names of racist namesakes Millard Fillmore, James O. Putnam and Peter B. Porter from four campus locations.
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Campus Living revises guest policy, reimbursement schedule
By JUSTIN WEISS | July 30, 2020Students living on-campus will not be permitted to host guests in their rooms, according to the updated 2020-21 housing agreement released by Campus Living last week.
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Changes coming to meal plans, dining operations
By JUSTIN WEISS | July 24, 2020A number of campus eateries will be temporarily closed next semester, including Seasons (CFA), Baldy Walkway Café, Whispers at Capen, Bert’s and NY Deli and Diner (Talbert), Mrs. Rich’s (NSC), The Bowl (Ellicott) and the Apothecary Café and Whispers at Abbott on South Campus.
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‘Under this administration, I know I’m not welcome in this country’
By VINDHYA BURUGUPALLI | July 17, 2020For a week, UB’s close to 7,000 international students and the administrators who supervise them hurried to understand and respond to a July 6 Trump administration directive to deport or deny entry to international students at U.S. colleges and universities offering virtual instruction only this fall.
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UB Black Council’s fight for a progressive UB
By ALEXANDRA MOYEN | July 13, 2020UB’s faculty is 82% white and 5.9% black, with their undergraduates being 47.3% white and only 7.5% black.
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SA removes RAGO chair following fraud allegations
By ELIZABETH NAPOLITANO | June 26, 2020The Student Association’s Board of Directors will adopt a new scheduling system to curb fraud following a May 19 resolution to remove Rules, Administration and Government Oversight Committee Chair Eric Weinman for “time theft” and other violations of SA’s Code of Ethics.
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UB will transition away from Digication
By JUSTIN WEISS | June 26, 2020UB will be employing a new ePortfolio tool for the fall 2020 semester, Director of UB Curriculum Danielle LaMarre-Smith announced on June 10.
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‘UB Black faculty are disappointed with UB response to BLM movement’
By ALEXANDRA MOYEN and REILLY MULLEN | June 19, 2020Sixty-five Black SUNY professors held an unprecedented meeting Monday to discuss their frustration over the way their universities responded to the racial tensions that have exploded across the country since George Floyd’s death on March 25.
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UB plans for modified campus reopening in fall
By JUSTIN WEISS | June 15, 2020UB will reopen campus for the fall 2020 semester under a “modified in-person” format, President Satish Tripathi and Provost A. Scott Weber announced Monday.
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‘No justice, no peace’
By JULIAN ROBERTS-GRMELA and ALEXANDRA MOYEN | June 12, 2020Omran Albarazanchi wishes he had been “more vocal” when he heard instances of “pure racism” during high school.
