Ranking Buffalo's thrift shops
Don't know where to get a second-hand dress or used jewelry near UB's North Campus? Spectrum assistant news editor Sarah Owusu visited three thrift shops in the Buffalo area:
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Don't know where to get a second-hand dress or used jewelry near UB's North Campus? Spectrum assistant news editor Sarah Owusu visited three thrift shops in the Buffalo area:
When I entered middle school at age 12, I was concerned about passing my math test, getting into the school musical — and hiding the fact that I had boobs.
Student Association (SA) Senators were unable to vote on an advocacy resolution that would have called for the UB Foundation to divest from “companies complicit in human rights abuses in Palestine” at Wednesday night’s meeting, after SA President Becky Paul-Odionhin withheld the resolution from the meeting’s agenda.
Alyssa Reese, a fourth-year UB medical student, is working alongside the UB Human Rights Initiative (HRI) to inform the medical community about female genital cutting.
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The U.S. News & World Report placed 11 of UB’s 372 graduate and professional programs near the top of its annual rankings of 800 institutions.
On March 18, a more-than-nine-minute video chronicling vandalism committed by UB students in a neighborhood near South Campus was uploaded to YouTube.
Decades of urban design, public policy and intentional disenfranchisement have made Buffalo the sixth most segregated city in America.
UB provides multiple services and accommodations for 2,200 students with disabilities.
Stephen Santa-Ramirez is not undocumented, but the experience of undocumented Americans is not new to him. Growing up, the UB higher education professor watched his stepfather face the challenges of living under the radar.
The Royal Pitches have no lack of talent. Their voices demand attention, captivating the entire audience and shining brightly in a lackluster lecture hall — all without a microphone.
Mosab Abu Toha spent the first 60 days of the ongoing conflict in Gaza. He was detained by the Israeli Defense Forces for three days. Most of his family is still in the north, while two of his siblings are in the south, in Rafah.
As activists call for boycotts of Starbucks stores nationwide over poor working conditions, anti-labor activities and the chain’s stance on the war in Gaza, UB’s North Campus Starbucks location is unaffected.
Scrolling on Instagram is a daily activity for most people. Yes, it’s a place to catch up with your friends, share memes, and lurk on your ex’s profile — but it’s also increasingly a platform for protesting, spreading awareness about social issues and calling others to action. Social media not only affects people you know but it also affects those who need your help.
Despite efforts to curb the opioid epidemic, in 2023 over 100,000 people died in the United States from drug overdoses. Health professionals are searching for alternatives to provide treatment and services for those dealing with opioid use disorder (OUD). One local physician and UB professor of emergency medicine, Dr. Joshua Lynch, decided to take action in 2015 when he created the Medication for Addiction Treatment and Electronic Referrals (MATTERS) network of healthcare resources.
From politically-motivated criminalization to the debates surrounding harm reduction, the impact of drugs extends far beyond the pharmaceutical. A new master’s degree program debuting at UB this fall engages the humanities and the social sciences in the study of the effects of drugs in our collective bloodstream.
Governors Complex kitchens reopened on Monday after a weeks-long closure following an arson attempt on Oct. 15.
Who hasn’t heard “We should talk about something else” when politics comes up at a family gathering?
Walking down the stairs into the kitchen, the smell of plantains and the beginning of a new dish fills the air and will last for hours. My dad has the windows open so that my mother doesn’t comment about the smell when she comes home from work.
A march in support of Israel and a counter-protest in support of Palestine met on UB’s academic spine Monday afternoon, as tensions escalated on campus surrounding the Israel-Hamas war.