Choi, a sophomore political science major, is the creator of Helping You Grow Stronger (Hugs) for Tanzania.
In the Student Union Flag Room on Wednesday, Frieh and Joel Inbody, a graduate sociology student, and a D’Youville student spoke at the panel. They discussed the workers’ right to unionize without backlash from managers and owners, the working conditions in fast food restaurants, cruel and exploitative managers and the struggles people face living on the current minimum wage – $8.75 in New York State.
Some schools let students pick their rooms based on when they submit their deposit, but not UB. As an attempt to avoid a lack of housing and to assign on-campus housing to students, UB Campus Living has created a lottery system that randomly assigns students reservation numbers based on how many semesters they’ve spent living on campus.
Gail Seigel remembers when her scientific curiosity first took hold of her.
Members start their meetings like any other club, discussing club topics and issues. Then they move on to eating pasta while discussing the latest scientific news. Welcome to UB Pastafarians.
Juweria Dahir, a senior sociology major, moved from Mogadishu to Britain in 2002 to escape the sectarian violence in Somalia. Dahir now promises to serve the refugee women in Buffalo and continue empowering women. The Prentice Family Foundation created the Western New York Prosperity Scholarship Program for “entrepreneurial civic-minded students” like Dahir, according to a 2013 UB Graduate School news and events article.
UB’s Haiti Medical Mission is working to prevent the problems that arise when people don’t have access to health care from increasing. The mission is a five-day medical clinic in Fontaine, Haiti. It’s conducted and fundraised by UB’s first-year medical students through the Friends of Fontaine organization that is dedicated to supporting community-based development in Haiti.
Holmes is a professor in the economics department with a long and rich history, despite his fair share of disadvantages. Diagnosed with a dyslexia-like learning disorder and adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, he has proven that with unwavering willpower, one can accomplish anything.
Students were greeted with Rue’s whistle and the sound of birds chirping as they walked into the Crossroads Culinary Center forest fire on Tuesday night.
Being snowbound in Buffalo doesn’t mean you can’t have a brilliant Spring Break. There’s enough new art exhibitions in the city, sports games, plays and even tropical cocktails at the Botanical Gardens to keep you busy every glorious day of break.
Whether you’re going away for spring break or staying home, you’re going to want a drink – or two, or maybe three. You can impress your friends and (probably) worry your parents by making some fun mixed drinks.
UB’s Black Student Union (BSU) made it their mission to showcase black excellence through art, music, dancing and fashion at the Black Explosion fashion show. BSU’s annual Black Explosion fashion and culture show took place on Feb.
Last week was National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, and the theme was “Start a Revolution, Love Your Body.” UB’s Wellness Team, which includes the Wellness Education Center, Counseling Services and Health Services, put on the Wellness Activity Day to raise awareness about and provide support to people struggling with eating disorders.
This weekend Buffalo is home to a wide range of outings, from birding to boxing to hula hooping on Elmwood. Instead of resorting to typical weekend activities like a dinner and a movie, step outside of the box and maybe you’ll find a new hobby.
The Creative Writing Certificate, offered to undergraduate students by the English department, teaches students different modes of creative writing.
UB’s Black Student Union (BSU) and the Intercultural Diversity Center have hosted events throughout the month of February in celebration of Black History Month.
On Feb. 20, the UB Muslim Women’s Council organized “Cover a Mile in Her Scarf,” a daylong event followed by a discussion with the Council and the event’s participants.
At the Turkish Student Association's first event of the semester, students had their fortunes read in coffee grounds.
Jesse Moses, a junior international studies major, had to learn how to adjust to a campus of almost 30,000 students after leaving a school with half as many. The Transfer Peer Mentor Program, also known as “Transfer Tuesdays,” helped Moses adjust to the nerve-wracking first few days of figuring out the large campus and creating new friendships.
Despite below freezing temperatures and wind chills hitting negative 20 degrees, Buffalo is alive and well this weekend.
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