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UB students petition for S/U grading option
By BRENDAN KELLY | Nov. 23, 2020Over 2,400 UB students have signed a petition demanding adjustments to UB’s Fall 2020 grading policy as of Monday.
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Mail-in or in-person? For first-time voters, deciding how to vote was a tough decision
By GRANT ASHLEY and ELIZABETH NAPOLITANO | Nov. 8, 2020Mail-in voting practices, which date back to the Civil War, were also the target of myriad social media attacks alleging fraudulent ballot counting and ballot burning in key swing states. The allegations, compounded with the stresses and uncertainties of first-time voting, left many students wondering whether their voices would be heard.
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With students taking classes remotely, campaigners don’t know how to reach them
By BRENDAN KELLY | Nov. 1, 2020Connecting with a student body predominantly composed of students who live and work at home has challenged college campaigners who are used to engaging with eligible voters face-to-face.
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As the election nears, UB encourages students to vote
By ALEXANDRA MOYEN | Nov. 1, 2020In an effort to increase student voter turnout, UB Student Engagement created UB Votes in 2016 to give students free transportation to voting polls on Election Day. UB Votes has also collaborated with the Residence Hall Association to create a five-episode “call to action” video series to encourage students to vote.
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UB President Satish Tripathi praises UB COVID response, discusses up to $40 million drop in state aid during State of the University address
By ELIZABETH NAPOLITANO | Oct. 26, 2020UB President Satish Tripathi tried to remain upbeat during his half hour, pre-recorded State of the University address.
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Dean of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences resigns
By ELIZABETH NAPOLITANO | Oct. 14, 2020Dean of UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences James O'Donnell offered his resignation Wednesday.
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Nuts, nausea, no nutrition labels: UB students still find quarantine unbearable
By ELIZABETH NAPOLITANO | Oct. 10, 2020Samuel Magaseyev entered UB quarantine on Sept. 24 with a 103-degree fever, nausea, vomiting and fatigue.
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Bunsis Report shows athletics is a ‘huge drain’ on UB’s resources
By ALEXANDRA MOYEN | Sep. 21, 2020In 2019, UB spent close to $46 million on athletics, with a 56% subsidy, making UB the highest athletics spender among Division 1 schools and the third highest subsidizer, according to a report done by Eastern Michigan University analytics professor, Howard Bunsis.
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Salsa, studying and strength: Hispanic Heritage Month in the time of coronavirus
By ELIZABETH NAPOLITANO | Sep. 19, 2020Last year, dozens of the Latin American Student Association's roughly 300 members gathered in the flag room during Hispanic Heritage Month to dance merengue, salsa and bachata. This year, students carried on the tradition, but danced at home in front of their computer screens instead.
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UB student sentenced to 24 months in prison for threatening former professor
By ELIZABETH NAPOLITANO | Sep. 11, 2020Daniel Richter, a former UB student, will serve 24 months in prison for threatening to harm his former UB professor.
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'I can’t teach if I’m dead:' UB graduate students protest return to campus
By ELIZABETH NAPOLITANO | Sep. 3, 2020Tombstone-shaped picket signs marked the grounds of UB’s south campus lawn on Friday morning, August 14. But as of September 3, UB administrators have remained dead silent about the grim presentation.
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UB to remove names of racist historical figures from campus
By ELIZABETH NAPOLITANO | Aug. 3, 2020UB will strip the names of racist namesakes Millard Fillmore, James O. Putnam and Peter B. Porter from four campus locations.
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UB Black Council’s fight for a progressive UB
By ALEXANDRA MOYEN | July 13, 2020UB’s faculty is 82% white and 5.9% black, with their undergraduates being 47.3% white and only 7.5% black.
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‘UB Black faculty are disappointed with UB response to BLM movement’
By ALEXANDRA MOYEN and REILLY MULLEN | June 19, 2020Sixty-five Black SUNY professors held an unprecedented meeting Monday to discuss their frustration over the way their universities responded to the racial tensions that have exploded across the country since George Floyd’s death on March 25.
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UB researchers discuss importance of social-distancing past May 15
By ELIZABETH NAPOLITANO | Apr. 30, 2020UB data is showing that social distancing efforts are “flattening the curve” of COVID-19 transmission rates across Erie County, and will help new infections remain low as the state gradually reopens its economy on May 15.
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UB issues prorated credits for campus dining plans
By ELIZABETH NAPOLITANO | Apr. 29, 2020UB is now issuing prorated credits for meal plans, according to a Wednesday evening email from the UB Card Office.
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What Ramadan is like during a pandemic
By ELIZABETH NAPOLITANO | Apr. 27, 2020Fakaradin Floyd rarely wakes up before dawn. Today, however, the junior computer science major woke up at 4 a.m. Like most students his age, Floyd starts his day by washing up at home. But while many students’ morning routines might consist of washing their hands or splashing cold water on their faces, Floyd’s involves more thorough standards of cleansing: swishing water in his mouth, cleaning the inner and outer parts of his ears and washing his hands, arms, head and feet.
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Graduating student advocates encourage others to move forward with AAS protests
By ALEXANDRA MOYEN | Apr. 20, 2020Jeffrey Clinton has been fighting for more support for UB’s African and African American Studies Program since he transferred to UB last year. After getting what he called “the runaround” during a March 11 protest, Clinton promised he would return with local news outlets and more protesters to put more “pressure” on the school.
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Class of 2020 petitions for on-campus commencement ceremony
By ELIZABETH NAPOLITANO | Apr. 19, 2020Matthew Helou dreamed of becoming the first person in his family to walk across a college graduation stage. Helou, a senior biochemistry major, will graduate in May. But he worries that won’t involve the traditional commencement ceremony he’d always imagined.
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Student workers struggle to remain financially independent following coronavirus lay-offs
By ELIZABETH NAPOLITANO | Apr. 13, 2020Rutuja Sawant knows the value of hard work. This spring, the senior media studies major juggled three campus jobs in addition to a full-time course load. But when UB announced its transition to distance learning, Sawant’s bosses at the Integrated Medical Center and Intercultural Diversity Center couldn’t give her hours. Then the Office of Admissions laid Sawant off.
