Caroline Genco — Tufts University’s provost and senior vice president — will succeed Satish Tripathi as UB’s 16th president starting Aug. 10, making her the first woman to lead the university in its 180-year history. She will also be the first Buffalo native to oversee the university after the presidency was established in 1962.
Under Tripathi’s watch, the university had expanded the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, became a leader in artificial intelligence research and oversaw the construction or modernization of several buildings.
Jonathan Dandes, longest-serving UB Council member and prominent advocate in an initiative that catalyzed the university’s integration into downtown Buffalo, passed away Sunday at 72.
Tripathi sat down with The Spectrum for a 30-minute interview Wednesday morning to speak on increasing student fees, the expenses that go into higher education and the changing federal landscape.
UB will introduce a new department this fall, bridging the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS).
UB’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) dean search committee named Jeffrey Grabill CAS dean on March 13.
UB’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) search committee finalized four candidates in a search to appoint a successor to replace CAS dean Robin Schulze, who resigned last summer.
UB lifted bans on chalking, anonymous posters and amplification equipment in its recently drafted assembly policies in response to feedback from students and faculty, including the Faculty Senate, as of yesterday. The policy review period is extended for two more weeks with its end date being updated to Oct. 14.
The university said in an email to the student that the fees will pay for increased wages and inflation, among other things.
University Facilities is working to repair water damage in the Student Union after a student posted pictures of the damage on UB’s Reddit page.
UB fell in the U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges ranking released Monday for the second consecutive year.
Michael Cain, vice president for health sciences and dean of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is stepping down from these roles effective Aug. 31 to assume a “faculty position,” the university wrote in a news release Tuesday.
SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras announced the opening of a new COVID-19 testing laboratory located on UB’s south campus Monday.
The “Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act,” which was signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, states that anyone over the age of 21 may carry up to three ounces of cannabis and 24 grams of cannabis concentrate, along with a maximum of 12 plants per household — six mature and six immature plants.
UB has spent $12.4 million on COVID-19-related expenses since the start of the pandemic, according to university spokesperson John DellaContrada. These expenses include testing, supplies and the school’s transition to online learning.
UB is “not empowered” to require students to receive the COVID-19 vaccination in the fall, according to university spokesperson John DellaContrada. Instead, such requirements are mandated by New York State.
Nojin Kwak will serve as UB’s next vice provost for international education, UB announced in a news release Tuesday.
Equashia Mumeen switches her Black Lives Matter mask to a plain blue surgical one before she arrives to work at Campus Dining & Shops’ C3.
Over 2,400 UB students have signed a petition demanding adjustments to UB’s Fall 2020 grading policy as of Monday.
On Tuesday, UB President Satish Tripathi announced in an email that the university still plans on transitioning to remote learning on Nov. 24, even as on-campus COVID cases rise.
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