UB alum detained by ICE after engineering competition
By DOROTHY SIMILIEN and MYLIEN LAI | June 8Nadir Hassan, who graduated just weeks ago with a bachelors in environmental design, is currently held in an ICE detention facility in El Paso, Texas.
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Approximately 20 pro-Palestine protesters escorted out of IDF soldier event by UPD
By AMINA HASSAN , AGNES KEOUGH , AIDEN DICKERSON and MYLIEN LAI | Apr. 18Approximately 20 pro-Palestine protesters were escorted by University Police out of a student event that hosted two Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers Tuesday evening at the Center for Tomorrow.
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UB says ‘no plans to utilize’ new student EMS organization
By AIDEN DICKERSON | Apr. 15Since January, the Royal Blue Medical Emergency Response Service (RBMERS) has called itself UB’s student collegiate EMS agency, where students would respond to on-campus emergencies in collaboration with university police and local EMS agencies.
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Two thefts at Clement Hall under UPD investigation
By MONTEL MILES and NADIA BANGAROO | Apr. 7University Police are investigating two thefts in Clement Hall last week, which occurred within four days of each other.
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The Spectrum elects Mylien Lai as 2026-2027 editor-in-chief
By CIAH COURTNEY | Mar. 31On Thursday evening The Spectrum’s editorial board elected Mylien Lai as the next editor-in-chief for the 2026-2027 academic year.
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ICE detains UB student after routine immigration hearing; reasons unknown
By BEYONCE THOMAS-REYNOSO and MYLIEN LAI | Mar. 18Jiaye You was working on his senior thesis exhibition in class last Monday. You is now held at the Jackson Parish Correctional Center in Jonesboro, Louisiana, as of 11:00 a.m. Wednesday with an undetermined release date.
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2026-27 SA e-board election sees 22 candidates
By MAIRA FAYYAZ | Mar. 10This spring’s undergraduate Student Association e-board elections for the 2026-27 term will see 22 candidates in the running.
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UB reopens Foster Hall after three-year-long, $41 million renovation
By MONTEL MILES | Mar. 3After a three-year-long renovation worth approximately $41 million, UB’s Foster Hall reopened Friday morning on South Campus.
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“We’re desperate:” UB Iranian students call for help during Iran’s violent crackdown
By MONTEL MILES and MYLIEN LAI | Feb. 17The blackout has prevented accurate counts of the deaths that were done by Iranian security forces. So far, the Human Rights Activists News Agency — a nongovernmental organization that focuses on human rights issues in Iran — puts the death toll to be at least 7,005 with more than 17,000 under investigation, while doctors outside Iran estimate it to be at least 33,000.
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Artist talks ‘celloboxing’ and creativity at ‘25-26 Distinguished Speakers series
By CASSANDRA CHIAPPETTA and MYLIEN LAI | Feb. 15Words were not needed to introduce Kevin Olusola, UB's third speaker at '25-26 Distinguished Speakers series.
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UB researcher released from ICE custody after three weeks
By AIDEN DICKERSON | Feb. 14Shovgi Huseynov, a research scientist at UB’s Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has been released from a detainment facility run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Michigan on Monday, Feb. 2 and is back in Buffalo, per a video posted to his Facebook page and confirmed by university officials.
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Man arrested for starting fire at Baldy Hall
By NADIA BANGAROO | Feb. 10University Police arrested a 53-year-old man last Tuesday for allegedly starting a fire in a Baldy Hall classroom around 2:30 p.m. on UB’s North Campus.
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61st State Senator candidates talk ICE and federal funding at UB-hosted forum
By AIDEN DICKERSON | Feb. 10Democratic candidate Jeremy Zellner and Republican candidate Dan Gagliardo took similar stances on the same issues in a UB-hosted forum Thursday night in Student Union 330 amidst a race to take over the recently-vacated State Senator seat in NYS’s 61st District in a special election Tuesday, Feb. 3.
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Federal case links UB athletes to a multimillion‑dollar point‑shaving network spanning 17 teams
By CIAH COURTNEY | Jan. 15Former guard Shawn Fulcher, former forward Isaiah Adams, and an unnamed third former teammate, were recently indicted by the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Federal District Court.
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Firearms ban extended six months for YAF president after alleged mass shooting threat
By CASSANDRA CHIAPPETTA | Nov. 25A judge has extended a temporary firearms ban by six months for the president of a right-wing UB student group that was alleged to have threatened to “shoot up the school tomorrow.”
