UB students experienced what it was like to be part of the live audience of "The Tonight Show" in the Student Union lobby during Earth Day Tuesday. Spectators were entertained with the late-night talk show's standard segments such as
The UB Council serves as the primary oversight and advisory body to UB and its president and senior officers.
The Buffalo Center Chapter of the United University Professions (UUP), UB's union representing academic and professional employees, came to a resolution last Friday requesting the UB Foundation (UBF) be more transparent in and accountable for its financial decisions. UBF is a non-profit, private organization that handles the millions of dollars in donations UB receives annually.
The Student Association has cut the stipends of its president, vice president and treasurer by $2,000 each - putting $6,000 total back into SA's roughly $3.6 million budget. On Sunday evening, the SA Senate passed the 2014-15 undergraduate SA budget with eight senators approving and three abstaining.
Lauren "Loloy" Martinek and her grandmother shared a love for Harry Potter. Throughout her grandmother's battle with ovarian cancer, Martinek, a freshman mechanical engineering major, spent time reading the Harry Potter series to her.
Imagine a small dollhouse, complete with miniature dolls that become animated as their handlers move them through the rooms.
New technology could allow for better energy generation Researchers specializing in photonics at UB have discovered a method of maximizing and reusing energy absorption through a microchip.
Eunice Lewin thinks there is a "national urgency to encourage more students to get involved in science." So when she approached some of the leaders of the City of Buffalo to create the first annual Science Week (April 7-11), she was trying to help solve that issue. Lewin, a SUNY trustee, teamed up with UB, Buffalo State College, Erie Community College, Buffalo Public Schools (BPS) and Mayor Byron Brown to create a weeklong celebration of science for BPS students in kindergarten through 12th grade.
You might see them touring the dark caverns of the grain elevators on the bank of the Buffalo River, or catch a glimpse of them in the halls of Frank Lloyd Wright's Martin House Complex.
UB alumna Erin Willis now understands that "Africa is not this unsafe, unorganized jungle." She attributes her new outlook to the African study abroad program at UB. "It allows students to become more aware of their privilege and also allows them to live in solidarity with populations that are depicted as backwards," she said. Since her trip to Africa, she has gone on to visit Turkey, Jordan, Palestine and other countries.
Kurt Cobain quoted Neil Young's "My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)" in his suicide letter, saying, "It's better to burn out than fade away."
Corey Marikovics has been performing music for 15 years, but when she's on stage at open-mic nights in Buffalo, her heart races and her palms get sweaty. The senior psychology major, who has been singing since childhood, is planning to move to Nashville, Tenn., to pursue music after graduation.
Ali Ahmed, a treasurer candidate in last week's Student Association election, feels he was treated unfairly throughout the election process and thinks the election was invalid. Ahmed, who ran independently, said various members of SA - whether intentional or not - hindered his ability to effectively campaign and be a viable candidate in the election.
On Sunday, March 30, The Spectrum elected its next editor in chief: Sara DiNatale.
The Spectrum's editorial board unanimously voted Sara DiNatale as next year's editor in chief Sunday. DiNatale, a junior English major with a media study minor, is currently a managing editor for the newspaper.
Matina Douzenis was treating a boy in Costa Rica when she found out he had gone his whole life misdiagnosed. What was thought to be an allergic reaction with a rash was actually scabies.
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