The undergraduate Student Association will postpone its annual Fall Fest to the spring semester, citing “logistical issues” arising from leadership changes and scheduling conflicts.
All undergraduates will now pay a $115 mandatory student activity fee towards the undergraduate Student Association each semester, ending the $109 activity fee that was charged for the past seven years.
Charlene Okine will serve as the undergraduate Student Association 2026-27 president with a win of 1,296 votes.
All 12 candidates have run uncontested in this year’s 2026-27 elections for the undergraduate Student Association Senate.
The undergraduate Student Association Senate voted to pass five reforms that addressed the misspending and misconduct allegations that led to former 2026-27 SA President Jack Koscinski’s resignation during its first meeting on Sept. 2. The vote was unanimous: 14 ayes to zero nays.
Four candidates are vying to become the undergraduate Student Association’s president for the 2026-27 year.
This 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.
A 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.
Flock cameras may be a new sight on campus.
Eight out of 17 UB Stampede buses will now run solely on electricity.
The 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.
Elections 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.
Incoming 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.
Nadir Hassan, who graduated just weeks ago with a bachelors in environmental design, is currently held in an ICE detention facility in El Paso, Texas.
Caroline 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.
A 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.
A 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.
The 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.
The 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.
Two 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.
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