Federal indictment of UB alum sheds light on opioid epidemic
Federal officers arrested a prominent UB alumnus and big-time donor, John Kapoor, last Thursday for his alleged involvement in an opioid-pushing scheme.
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Federal officers arrested a prominent UB alumnus and big-time donor, John Kapoor, last Thursday for his alleged involvement in an opioid-pushing scheme.
John Kapoor, UB alumnus and donor, has been arrested by federal agents for his drug company’s involvement in an alleged opioid scheme. The home of UB’s School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences was named for Kapoor after he donated over $10.8 million to the school.
Scott Weber wants to be known as more than “the man who sends the emails.”
More than 1,500 UB students took advantage of the New York State Excelsior Scholarship this year, according to The Buffalo News.
A UB alumnus is asking a State Supreme Court justice to decide if a student-housing nonprofit linked to the UB Foundation should make its records and meetings public.
Theresa Payton believes America’s approach toward cybersecurity is “fundamentally broken.”
A UB faculty committee found that Dean Robert Shibley mishandled a 2016 renewal case and wrongly dismissed a tenure-track assistant professor and should be censured.
Classes scheduled in Clemens Hall are cancelled on Tuesday, Oct.17 due to a ruptured water valve on the fourth floor that caused extensive flooding to the basement, according to University Police. Facilities were notified about the flooding at approximately 8:00 p.m. Monday. UB sent a university-wide alert at 10:38 p.m.
UB students who get in trouble at the school aren’t allowed to have lawyers or law students defend them during administrative hearings.
UB will begin the year’s Difficult Conversations series with “Taking a Knee,” a talk centered around kneeling for the national anthem, culturally offensive mascots and language in sports.
Their names were Michael and Frederica.
UB will revoke the honorary doctorate it awarded Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in 2000, after an investigation by The New York Times revealed Weinstein had settled multiple sexual harassment charges over the course of his career.
The lives of those buried in the Erie County Poorhouse Cemetary from the late-nineteenth and early twentieth century will be commemorated on Oct. 11 at 11 a.m. in the Newman Center. The ceremony culminates nearly a decade’s worth of research into the remains of 372 persons buried in the cemetery on Bailey Avenue.
President Satish Tripathi’s sixth annual address took full stock of the year’s accomplishments; from the completion of 1 Capen and 1 Diefendorf, to the development the new medical campus, as well as the year’s record-breaking scholarly achievements.
Wednesday evening’s Graduate Student Association Senate meeting did not have the anticipated fireworks that have recently sparked turmoil in the GSA’s student government.
UB is home to an extremely diverse student body, with over 170 countries represented. Luckily for UB students, Buffalo boasts a diverse culinary scene to satisfy cravings from across the globe. Check out some of these favorites below.
A sexual assault was reported to University Police last Friday, Sept. 29. A Resident Advisor who was told about the sexual assault reported the incident to police. The student did not want to speak with police. This is the third sexual assault reported to UPD in 2017. The incident was reported a year after it happened, which is not unusual in sexual assault cases, Deputy Chief of Police Joshua Sticht said.
A fight over how to cover a $29,000 budget shortfall was the latest in a recent wave of turmoil for the Graduate Student Association (GSA) that included the resignation of its vice president, executive board turnover and accusations of workplace harassment.
Q: Can you describe your specific role at the university? What does a typical work day look like for you?
Kara Rickicki feels as though she’s been kept in the dark about information on her future job site, the downtown medical campus.