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Menstrual products donated to the Student Association’s drive, which will last until Nov. 8.
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Menstrual product drive open through Nov. 8

The Student Association collected 386 menstrual products, as of Wednesday afternoon, since starting a menstrual product drive on Oct. 21.     The drive, which will last until Nov. 8, is part of a SUNY SA initiative to encourage all SUNY schools to participate, according to SA Chief of Staff Eric Rooney.


Interim Vice Provost Scott Weber confirmed the Ph.D. students will remain in assistantships and maintain their benefits.
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Funded Ph.D. students keeping benefits, interim provost announces more funding

Interim Provost A. Scott Weber confirmed Saturday that funded Ph.D. students will remain in assistantships, meaning they will continue to have benefits such as health insurance, dental insurance and retirement plans. Some students worried their roles would change to fellowships –– which don’t include these benefits –– when the August Ph.D. Excellence Initiative announcement stated first-year Ph.D. students will not teach classes.


UB President Satish Tripathi giving his eighth annual State of the University Address.
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UB President Satish Tripathi discusses UB 2020 in State of the University Address

UB President Satish Tripathi delivered his eighth annual State of the University address in the Student Union Theater Friday. Tripathi discussed UB 2020, both retrospectively and looking into the future, UB’s carbon footprint, research advancements and UB’s increased ranking as the No. 31 best public research university in front of roughly 350 students, faculty and community members. Tripathi also spoke briefly about the Ph.D. Excellence Initiative after the address. 


Judith Enck, a former Environmental Protection Agency regional administrator under the Obama administration, discusses the dangers of single-use plastics. Enck visited UB to discuss Beyond Plastics, a program which aims to reduce plastic pollution.
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The 'silent emergency' of the plastic trifecta

Judith Enck’s first experience with an environmental catastrophe was at Love Canal. She came to Niagara Falls with a sociology class her junior year of college to learn about the toxic disaster. The mayor of Niagara Falls told the class Love Canal wasn’t a problem, simply fabrication from “hysterical housewives.”


The Black Student Union Vice President Daniel Edwards speaks to students to commemorate the life and death of rapper Nipsey Hussle on Wednesday.
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Black Student Union remembers Nipsey Hussle

The Black Student Union commemorated the life of rapper Nipsey Hussle on Wednesday. Roughly 30 students attended BSU’s event at 5 p.m. on April 10 to honor the rapper, whom Eric Holder fatally shot on March 31. Hussle was gifting clothes to a friend recently released from prison when Holder shot him six times, according to Nonprofit Quarterly. Hussle left behind three children, an older brother, a girlfriend and a mother. BSU held the event to give students the opportunity to mourn Hussle’s death and honor his involvement in his community.


Black Student Union Vice President Daniel Edwards addresses the room during a BSU meeting Wednesday. Club members and students shared their opinions on the amount of black faculty on campus and more.
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Students continue to advocate for more black faculty

Black Student Union members discussed systemic racism, representation in faculty and  UB’s treatment of the African and African American Studies program at its general body meeting Wednesday. BSU members and students talked throughout the meeting about the current state and future of the AAS program. Roughly 40 club members and students attended to voice concerns over the number of black faculty and AAS classes offered in the UB curriculum.



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