Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian Jon Meacham gave a talk on the Center of the Arts (CFA) mainstage Wednesday night about American democracy, history and the upcoming presidential election to kick off UB’s ‘24-25 Distinguished Speakers Series.
Before his Distinguished Speakers Series presentation, Meacham sat down with The Spectrum Wednesday night to weigh in on the importance of voting, the “compelling” stakes of the 2024 presidential election and why learning from the past matters.
Von Hedemann, who became head coach in 2021, said the undergraduate Student Association (SA) requested that he resign as a condition to allow the men’s and women’s ice hockey teams to be reinstated.
UB saw an increase in domestic violence reports and a decrease in robberies and burglaries last year, an annual crime report by the University Police Department (UPD) shows.
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.
Approximately 35 demonstrators chalked sidewalks and used a megaphone in defiance of new UB policies that prohibit such activities. The policies are currently under a 30-day review period that ends next Saturday, Sept. 28.
Shovels hit dirt at Furnas Lot Tuesday morning as UB broke ground for the construction of a new engineering building, Russell L. Agrusa Hall.
Approximately 400 UB resident physicians, represented by the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD), went on a four-day strike at the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (BNMC) last week to demand financial transparency and an equitable labor contract from their employer, University Medical Resident Services P.C. (UMRS), and the university.
Bags of trash and recycling were taken from all three campuses and then analyzed. The results are being used to inform UB’s efforts to improve recycling on campus.
Pro-Palestinian protesters marched on campus and attempted to set up an encampment outside Hochstetter Hall. The night ended with multiple arrests and injuries. Here's how it happened.
On Friday, protesters gathered in Founders Plaza at 3 p.m. and circled the campus before stopping in the grassy lawn outside of Hochstetter Hall where Wednesday’s attempted encampment, and many of the arrests, occurred.
Police arrested “approximately 16” pro-Palestine protesters on North Campus Wednesday evening, a UB spokesperson said. The arrests come after dozens of demonstrators attempted to form an encampment in a grassy area near Hochstetter Hall.
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protestors started setting up an encampment on North Campus Wednesday afternoon, but tore down their tents after law enforcement ordered them to do so.
SA President Becky Paul-Odionhin told organizers she would need more specific information before backing a resolution.
WISE members shared stories about family and friends who were unsupportive of their studies, educators who failed to provide them with equal opportunities, and peers who didn't respect them.
Protestors said a departmental hiring freeze would start in the fall. UB said there was only a recruitment pause on a currently vacant Ph.D. line within the department.
The policy wonk turned author of “The Sum of Us” discussed how racism harms everyone, optimism and the 2024 election.
Since 2021, a total of 383 police incidents have been reported in UB’s on-campus 17 residences according to UB's Clery reports.
Some students said they were disappointed at the last-minute lineup change.
Protesters filled the sidewalk across from the Center for Tomorrow as event attendees lined up to see former All-American swimmer turned political commentator Riley Gaines speak on UB’s North Campus Thursday night.
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