UB receives $293,000 grant to support neurodivergent students
By DAN EASTMAN | Oct. 12UB has received a $293,000 grant to build micro-credential training courses for computer science department faculty.
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UB will move Student Health Services center to Maple Road
By JUSTIN WEISS | Oct. 5UB is temporarily moving its Student Health Services center to a single-story building near North Campus, the university announced in a UBNow story last week.
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UB begins $28 million overhaul of Crosby Hall
By KYLE NGUYEN | Oct. 5A $28 million renovation of Crosby Hall commenced on Sept. 22, according to a UBNow story. The project will restore the historical architecture of the building while improving student learning facilities and advancing UB’s sustainability initiatives, the university says. It is scheduled to be completed by the fall of 2023.
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UB holds in-person commencement ceremony for Class of 2020
By DAN EASTMAN and JULIE FREY | Oct. 5Roughly 800 students — approximately 8.2% of the graduating Class of 2020 — walked the Alumni Arena stage Friday for UB’s first in-person commencement ceremony since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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UB student co-organizes Buffalo Women’s March
By GRANT ASHLEY | Oct. 5Before Saturday, the biggest event Saumya Gilra had ever planned was a bake sale for her high school’s Key Club.
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Vaccine mandate goes into effect for UB-affiliated health care workers
By GRANT ASHLEY | Sep. 28Gov. Kathy Hochul’s mandate that all health care workers receive at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine took effect Monday, potentially affecting hundreds of UB-affiliated health care employees.
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Campus Dining and Shops discontinues weekday breakfast at C3
By NATALIE DOLLER | Sep. 28Students’ dining options keep getting thinner.
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U.S.-Canada border reopens with stricter COVID-19 restrictions
By JULIE FREY | Sep. 28Students looking to visit Canada in the near future will face restrictions due to Canadian COVID-19 requirements. Canada requires all visitors be fully vaccinated and present proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken 72 hours before entering the country.
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Meet the SA Senate candidates
By NATALIE DOLLER | Sep. 21UB’s Undergraduate Student Association will hold Senate elections from Sept. 21-23.
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UB Transportation has a bus driver shortage
By GRANT ASHLEY | Sep. 21The Stampede bus fleet is currently operating with 20% fewer drivers than normal due to a national bus driver shortage, according to a UBNow article.
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UB is ‘one of the safest places’ to be this semester, health expert says
By JUSTIN WEISS | Sep. 21UB has a 14-day rolling percent positive average of 1.23% for COVID-19, but experts say students shouldn’t fear a surge in cases.
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Students will be quarantined in Clement Hall starting in October
By JULIE FREY | Sep. 21Starting in October, students who live on campus and test positive for COVID-19 will be quarantined in South Campus’ Clement Hall.
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Buffalo Mayoral Election scheduled for Nov. 2
By DAN EASTMAN | Sep. 21With just one week until the Buffalo Mayoral Election is set to kick off, four candidates are in the running, but only one name will appear on the ballot.
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UB opens on-campus flu clinics
By DAN EASTMAN | Sep. 14UB is offering the flu vaccine free-of-charge (with insurance, which all students are required to obtain privately or is provided by UB) for members of the university community, the school said in an email.
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SA is in the ‘planning stages’ of Fall Fest and Comedy Series
By Alex Falter | Sep. 14UB’s Student Association hasn’t publicly released any information regarding this year’s Fall Fest or Comedy Series, but SA president Nicholas Singh told The Spectrum last week that his team is in the “planning stages” for these events.
