Decades of urban design, public policy and intentional disenfranchisement have made Buffalo the sixth most segregated city in America. One UB professor is trying to change that.
The grant funds UB’s National AI Institute for Exceptional Education, which is tasked with creating AI systems capable of screening school-aged children for speech and language disabilities.
SA President Becky Paul-Odionhin told organizers she would need more specific information before backing a resolution.
Dozens of people come to the UB Newman Center’s Wednesday night dinners. Now the center — located off North Campus — is in limbo, as the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo looks to sell properties raise cash to settle hundreds of child sex abuse claims.
The advocacy push, focused on the five-year broad-based fee increase plan and the end of the student health insurance plan. Both decisions were finalized this February and last November, respectively.
The cafe’s menu features oatmeal and acai bowls, as well as made-to-order breakfast sandwiches, salads and sandwiches.
Castillo, a junior law and criminology major, was elected by a vote of The Spectrum’s editorial board Thursday afternoon. He is currently The Spectrum’s senior sports editor.
The alleged stalker, 45-year-old Daniel Richter, started calling and emailing his former instructor last December, just weeks after he was released from federal prison.
The College of Arts and Sciences will pause hiring for a “limited number” of Ph.D. lines and faculty positions, a spokesperson said after a protest against the staffing reductions.
Gorman was the first U.S. national youth poet laureate, and she became the youngest inaugural poet when she delivered one of her poems at President Joe Biden’s inauguration in 2021.
Beginning in the fall semester, Samin Bhuya will be SA’s president, Killian Hannigan its vice president, and Louis Poon its treasurer.
The two protesters read a letter to UB President Satish Tripathi, demanding he push for SUNY and the UB Foundation to divest from Israel and stop “funding the mass murder, injury, detention and displacement of Palestinian civilians.”
Protestors said a departmental hiring freeze would start in the fall. UB said there was only a recruitment pause on a currently vacant Ph.D. line within the department.
UB Professor Stephen Santa-Ramirez is not undocumented, but the experience of undocumented Americans is not new to him.
The SA has booked two artists and is seeking a third to perform at this year’s Spring Fest, which will be held on May 4.
The winners — Madison Nitsche, Kartik Vishwasrao, Jada Mowatt, Kevin Boasiako and Daniel Chu — will take the reins of an organization that represents nearly 7,500 on-campus residents across 17 residence halls and apartments.
The Spectrum spoke with representatives of all parties about their prior experience, their platforms and the future of UB’s undergraduate student government — and the clubs that depend on it.
Demonstrators called on UB to divest from companies “complicit in human rights abuse in Palestine,” make the UB Foundation’s investments more transparent, and issue a public statement condemning Israel’s actions.
No incumbents are running for reelection to their current seats this year.
As activists call for boycotts of Starbucks stores nationwide over poor working conditions, anti-labor activities and the chain’s stance on the war in Gaza, students weigh in on their positions.
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