Two weeks ago, UB announced all students who will have a “regular physical presence on campus” this semester will be required to get tested for COVID-19 no longer than 72 hours before arriving on campus.
While the pandemic weighed heavy on UB community members’ minds, other stories also resonated with the campus population in 2021.
UB President Satish Tripathi made $786,196 in 2020, making him the 40th highest-paid chief executive at a public institution, according to data from The Chronicle of Higher Education.
With a renewed national conversation surrounding the equity of traffic stops and how they can disproportionately impact members of the BIPOC community, UB Deputy Chief of Police Joshua Sticht said in an interview with the The Spectrum that he is pushing for Erie County to create more comprehensive datasets that would allow UPD to track the race, gender and age of the drivers officers stop on the road.
Being a student on a budget is a tough task — that’s why the staff of The Spectrum compiled a list of free and discounted things to do in and around the Queen City.
Big Mood, the vegan eatery in Elmwood Village popular among UB students, announced on Instagram that it would close its doors until further notice on Nov. 20 following a break-in. A source familiar with Big Mood confirmed that the plant-based restaurant is permanently closed.
The lunchtime chaos brewing in The Commons each day is a beast to be tamed. For UB alum Austin Lee, the owner of Austin’s Kitchen, opening day only lasted two hours, before the restaurant ran out of ingredients for the day.
On a recent Tuesday night, roughly a half-dozen students moved nimbly through the silent corridors of Clemens Hall, as they searched for clues written in French.
Nojin Kwak became vice provost of international education this August, replacing John Wood, who had served as interim vice provost since 2018.
When Mizin Shin was an MFA student at UB in the mid-2010s, her printmaking focused less on social justice issues, and more on traditional art.
Before coming to UB, Anelya Nazarbayeva didn’t know Buffalo wasn’t a neighborhood in New York City.
The University of Buffalo received a shoutout on Jeopardy! last week.
Logan, UT-based Crumbl Cookies is coming to Amherst to compete with Insomnia Cookies, an all-time favorite joint among college students.
As the calendar quickly flips to the cold season, the staff of The Spectrum compiled a list of the best board games for your playing pleasure.
Nicholas Singh, Montana Desabio and Austin Wolfgang were all elected last April to serve as members of the SA e-board for the 2021-2022 academic year.
The semester is almost done, which means spring enrollment is underway. The staff of The Spectrum has compiled a list of some of the best classes at UB.
Zach Liberatore was studying to become a therapist. A sixth-year health and human services major at UB, Liberatore found his passion in counseling fellow students and late-night intramural basketball games in the Alumni Arena basement triple-gym.
Last month, UB received a $293,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to build micro-training courses for computer science faculty. But while neurodiverse students in other majors say they support the initiative, some wish the program would extend to them as well.
UB community members have donated at least $58,335 to the two major candidates in Tuesday’s Buffalo mayoral race.
In light of worrying mental health trends and the COVID-19 pandemic, The Spectrum sat down with Vice President for Student Life Brian Hamluk to discuss mental health on campus.
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