SA's 2026 Fall Fest delayed
By AIDEN DICKERSON | Sep. 30The undergraduate Student Association will postpone its annual Fall Fest to the spring semester, citing “logistical issues” arising from leadership changes and scheduling conflicts.
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SA Senate reforms finance, staff policies
By AVA MARSALA | Sep. 16
Q&A: 2026-27 SA presidential candidates
By DOROTHY SIMILIEN and LOGAN CARLIN | Sep. 16More News
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SA finalizes 13 Senate, five presidential candidates four days before elections
By DOROTHY SIMILIEN | Sep. 12This fall’s undergraduate Student Association 2026-27 elections will see 13 candidates on the ballot for the Senate and five for president. Names were finalized four days prior to Monday, Sept. 14, the start of the voting period for both elections.
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Former YAF president temporarily blocks suspension, student conduct charges in court
By DOROTHY SIMILIEN | Sep. 10A judge ordered UB to end a two-year suspension against the former president of a student right-wing organization alleged to have made threats to “shoot up the school” late November in a decision issued August 13.
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University Police looks to start trial of Flock cameras
By AIDEN DICKERSON and MYLIEN LAI | Sep. 1Flock cameras may be a new sight on campus.
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UB cuts the ribbon on new electric bus fleet
By LOGAN CARLIN | Sep. 1Eight out of 17 UB Stampede buses will now run solely on electricity.
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SA will ask students to raise mandatory activity fee from $109 to $115
By MYLIEN LAI | Aug. 23The undergraduate Student Association is asking its students to raise the mandatory activity fee from $109 to $115 in this year’s referendum, held from Sept. 14 to 18. The fee is SA's sole source of funding, and is directed towards the 200+ undergraduate clubs it oversees and student events.
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Student Association president, senators up for election Sept. 14 to 18
By MYLIEN LAI | Aug. 23Elections for the undergraduate Student Association president and Senate for the 2026-27 year will be held simultaneously from Sept. 14 to 18. Any full-time undergraduate can run for either the presidential role or one of the 12 Senate seats, or both.
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SA president quits amid allegations of misspending, misconduct, attempted fraud
By MYLIEN LAI | Aug. 2Incoming Undergraduate Student Association President Jack Koscinski has resigned, following a letter from his fellow e-board members accusing him of inappropriate conduct, mismanagement of funds and attempted fraud.
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UB alum detained by ICE after engineering competition
By DOROTHY SIMILIEN and MYLIEN LAI | June 8Nadir Hassan, who graduated just weeks ago with a bachelors in environmental design, is currently held in an ICE detention facility in El Paso, Texas.
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Tufts University provost, senior VP to be UB’s first female president
By MYLIEN LAI | June 3Caroline Genco — Tufts University’s provost and senior vice president — will succeed Satish Tripathi as UB’s 16th president starting Aug. 10, making her the first woman to lead the university in its 180-year history. She will also be the first Buffalo native to oversee the university after the presidency was established in 1962.
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YAF president’s firearms ban extended another six months
By DOROTHY SIMILIEN | May 15A president of a student right-wing organization who was alleged to have made threats to “shoot up the school” will not be allowed to own firearms for six more months as decided in a court hearing Tuesday morning.
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A property near UB’s North Campus tried to cull geese; 25 residents stopped efforts
By DOROTHY SIMILIEN | May 11A homeowners association (HOA) in a community north of UB’s North Campus tried to cull the neighborhood’s geese for population control this summer. At least 25 residents opposed, resulting in a pause of the program for now.
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SA Senate fails to pass resolution by one vote in third attempt to raise e-board wages
By MYLIEN LAI | May 11The undergraduate Student Association (SA) Senate’s third and final attempt this semester to raise e-board stipends to $24,180 has failed to pass by a single vote.
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‘Shine a light on it:’ student club spearheads academic minor
By MARIA ARANGO | May 7The UB Nuclear in Clean Energy (NiCE) club's ambitious goal to bring nuclear engineering education back to campus after its phase out in the early 1980s became a reality when UB officially approved the Nuclear Engineering minor in March.
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SA officials trade accusations in no-contact orders
By MYLIEN LAI | May 6Two elected officials in the undergraduate Student Association have obtained no-contact orders against each other through the university, with each student accusing the other of harassment and stalking.
