On Wednesday morning, Erie County Sheriff's narcotics unit and the Buffalo police raided 45 Tyler St., near South Campus, and arrested UB student Matthew McCarty,
Individual performances by members of the softball team will forever be remembered as two seniors etched their names into the school record books this weekend. Senior pitcher Tori Speckman and senior shortstop Sammi Gallardo are now the sole leaders of wins and homeruns for the Buffalo softball program, respectively.
The results of the UB Council student representative election were voided Friday by the University Council Elections Committee in a majority vote. Elections Committee Chair Matt Siwiec informed the six candidates of the committee's decision in an email sent at 4:08 p.m. "The committee's decision aims to restore students' trust in the election process and demonstrate that the expectation of professionalism will be enforced," he said in the email. For the new election to be valid, it must take place within the academic year.
Former Student Association hiring committee member Rory Miller claims current UB Council Student Representative Daniel Ovadia has overstepped his boundaries in the race for UB Council representative and in SA's hiring procedures. Miller, a senior communication major who has resigned from the hiring committee after working in the SA for three-and-a-half years, believes Ovadia has inappropriately inserted himself into Minahil Khan's campaign for UB Council student representative, the position Ovadia currently occupies.
On Wednesday, the Student Association Assembly voted to change election guidelines to have presidential and vice presidential candidates running on separate ballots. During an impromptu Senate meeting on the same night, the SA Senate passed an amendment allowing the SA president to appoint the SUNY delegates. The Assembly also voted Melissa Kathan, a sophomore political science major, to be Speaker of the Assembly for the second year in a row. The previous election system required the presidential and vice presidential candidate to be elected together.
On Wednesday, the Student Association Assembly voted to change election guidelines to have presidential and vice presidential candidates running on separate ballots. During an impromptu Senate meeting on the same night, the SA Senate passed an amendment allowing the SA president to appoint the SUNY delegates. The Assembly also voted Melissa Kathan, a sophomore political science major, to be speaker of the Assembly for the second year in a row. The previous election system required the presidential and vice presidential candidate to be elected together.
There are three thingsthat the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) members hope will give them an advantage in the Upstate New York Regional Conference: a steel bridge, a glow-in-the-dark cement canoe and a cowbell. ASCE will once again compete in the at Cornell University this Thursday through Sunday.
Spring - a season for cherry blossoms, greener grass, less clothing and the creation of baby geese. On Friday, Campus Living sent an email to students living on campus, alerting them to be cautious of the geese during their mating season.
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.
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