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Aesthetic: How to develop your own signature style

By ASHLEY INKUMSAH | Apr. 27, 2017

When people hear my high heels clink from a distance and spot a butterscotch blonde donned in a loose-fit romper, they know I’ve entered the room. I’m slightly embarrassed to say I regularly agonize over my outfits in the morning. I often change my outfit up to five times until I find the right one. I struggle to shut my drawer filled with clothes with the tags still on them on a daily basis. I’ve FaceTimed friends in a panic for second opinions on my outfits before I go out.

A group of Emily Dickinson enthusiasts gathered and recited over 1,800 poems to celebrate the author's legacy Saturday afternoon. 
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UB English Department co-sponsors marathon poetry reading event

By VICTORIA HARTWELL | Apr. 24, 2017

Emily Dickinson enthusiasts drove from Dickinson’s birthplace – Amherst, Massachusetts – to be a part of a Buffalo community marathon reading and express their love for the late poet. The UB Department of English, Just Buffalo Literary Center and community literature lovers came together at Westminster Presbyterian Church on Saturday to read Dickinson’s collection of roughly 1,800 poems.

For a limited time Starbucks’ Unicorn Frappuccino is available at participating stores. The drink changes color and goes from sweet to sour as you drink it.
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Mythbusting the Unicorn Frappuccino

By LINDSAY GILDER | Apr. 20, 2017

Starbucks officially released its limited time Unicorn Frappucino on April 19 in stores across the U.S., Canada and some parts of Mexico. The Unicorn Frappuccino will be available in participating Starbucks stores until Sunday, April 23. The coffee chain describes the blended drink as “flavor-changing, color-changing, and totally not-made-up.”

Gabriel Periera cooks at the stove in Porter Hall’s kitchen. Periera was born in Uruguay, and enjoys cooking traditional Uruguayan food.
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A taste of Uruguay: UB student cooks traditional Uruguayan meals in his dorm to keep roots alive

By TOUSSAINT CHEN | Apr. 13, 2017

Gabriel Pereira stood on his tiptoes, barely tall enough to see the grill in front of him, and could tell that his asado was ready just by the savory fumes emerging from the large slab of beef. Pereira, a sophomore computer science major, left Uruguay when he was six years old. Now in the U.S., he cooks Uruguayan meals to de-stress, keep in touch with his cultural roots and give others a taste of his homeland.

Liesl Folks, dean of the college of science, engineering and applied sciences (SEAS) leads a discussion on gender bias in the classroom. 
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UB's women in STEM summit helps women navigate workplace

By SARAH CROWLEY | Apr. 7, 2017

Katie Sember thinks twice before saying something too “assertive” or using a tone that might be seen as “intimidating.” After two years of working as an engineer for local company Liazon, Sember is used to navigating the engineering workforce. She said she always keeps in mind that the rules for her are slightly different. Sember said she takes any chance she gets to attend a conference aimed toward women in the workplace.

UB students walk outside Greiner Hall, a residence hall for sophomores. 
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Housing gripes: a Q&A with UB Campus Living

By ANDREW FITZGERALD | Mar. 30, 2017

Hadley Houck received her housing appointment and noticed that the one-hour window she was assigned to fell in the middle of her class. Frustrated, Houck realized that as soon as she would be able to choose her housing for next year, a new wave of students would begin their selection process, cutting her off from some options she was interested in.

Angela Kunz (pictured) opened Grateful Grind Coffee with her husband in early March. The coffee shop is located in the University Heights on Main Street.
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University Heights welcomes new coffee shop, Grateful Grind Coffee

By DANA CASULLO | Mar. 21, 2017

Beetroot lattes. Nitro-infused coffee. Tacos. After working for 20 years as a coach and mentor, Angela Kunz is looking to shake things up with her new coffee shop, Grateful Grind Coffee. Kunz constantly told people to live their lives to the fullest when she worked for the non-profit organization, People Inc. She couldn’t help but wonder if she was doing the same for herself. Kunz took her own advice and fulfilled a dream she’d long wondered if she would ever get around to.

Mikael Holcombe-Scali, a senior business management major, holds BrainGo! Scali is the brand manager for the product. 
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BrainGo! offers students a natural energy boost

By LINDSAY GILDER | Mar. 13, 2017

Mikael Holcombe-Scali brought BrainGo! to UB last fall when he distributed over 500 samples in the Student Union. Scali, a senior business management major, is the brand manager for BrainGo!, his godfather’s company. Apart from the product’s bitter taste, students who have used it so far report feeling energized and more focused.

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Park by Karma: UB students create app to solve parking problems

By SARAH CROWLEY | Mar. 10, 2017

Patrick Kearney’s lunch break was never long enough. He had one hour to drive from his full-time sales representative job to his software engineering class and no time to play the “parking game.” That’s when he decided he needed to solve the parking problem. Kearney, a nontraditional student in computer science, teamed up with senior computer science majors Jaskirat Singh and Andrew Mingola last fall to create an app that would allow students to park without having to “stalk” students to their car or circle parking lots.

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