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Q&A: 2024-25 RHA executive board candidates
By SOL HAUSER | Mar. 4, 2024No incumbents are running for reelection to their current seats this year.
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Some UB students join in call to boycott Starbucks
By SARAH OWUSU | Mar. 4, 2024As 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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Buffalo Diocese may sell UB’s Newman Center to fund child sex abuse settlement
By SOL HAUSER | Mar. 4, 2024UB’s Newman Center Catholic Ministry appeared on a list of properties the bankrupt Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo may sell in an attempts to raise $100 million to settle nearly 900 claims of child sex abuse.
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SA Senate endorses statewide school suicide prevention bill
By SOL HAUSER | Mar. 4, 2024The Student Association (SA) Senate joined other student governments across New York State to endorse amendments to a statewide bill that would require schools, colleges and universities to train staff for suicide prevention and adopt reporting policies.
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Policy advocate and author discusses racism and hope at Distinguished Speaker Series
By MYLIEN LAI | Feb. 29, 2024Heather McGhee took to the CFA mainstage as UB’s annual Martin Luther King, Jr. speaker and the third entry in UB's Distinguished Speaker Series.
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Graduate workers’ union elects Joey Sechrist as new head
By SOL HAUSER and GRANT ASHLEY | Feb. 24, 2024Sechrist starts on March 1 and will replace Lawrence Mullen, who has held the position for over three years.
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SA makes sweeping changes to club funding, Senate participation and budget rules
By SOL HAUSER | Feb. 24, 2024The bevy of new policies aim to improve club funding allocation, ensure club participation and maintain Senate attendance, while eliminating a budget review process.
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Graduate student workers ‘frustrated’ by delayed fee compensation
By GRANT ASHLEY | Feb. 20, 2024UB was allocated $813,000 by SUNY. But months later, not a dollar has gone toward covering fees for a graduate worker.
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Low SA Senate attendance jeopardizes clubs’ funding, slows SA operations
By SOL HAUSER and MATTHEW D. DOWD | Feb. 20, 2024Of seven scheduled Senate meetings so far in the 2023-24 academic year, three were canceled because too few senators showed up.
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Police data: Crime in on-campus residences by the numbers
By RICARDO CASTILLO | Feb. 19, 2024Since 2021, a total of 383 police incidents have been reported in UB’s on-campus 17 residences according to UB's Clery reports.
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University Police warn Kia, Hyundai owners after string of on-campus break-in attempts
By MARC-ERIC BAAN | Feb. 19, 2024University Police (UPD) are asking owners of Kia and Hyundai vehicles to “consider utilizing a steering wheel locking device” and “be vigilant at all times” after three vehicles were damaged in possible theft attempts on South Campus earlier this month, according to a UB Alert email.
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Federal AI program places UB at forefront of public policy
By XIOLA BAGWELL | Feb. 19, 2024The UB Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science and the UB Center for Embodied Autonomy and Robotics are joining the U.S. AI Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC), which has been tasked with improving safety and trustworthiness by more closely analyzing the risks of the most advanced AI.
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Graduate workers union sends Valentine’s love to Tripathi days before contract bargaining begins
By HENRY DALEY | Feb. 19, 2024Members of the Graduate Student Employees Union (GSEU)-- the bargaining unit that represents graduate students working as teaching assistants (TAs) and graduate assistants (GAs)-- gathered last week to write satirical Valentine’s Day cards to UB President Satish Tripathi to to advocate for better pay and conditions for graduate student workers.
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‘Flushable’ wet wipes damage South Lake Village sewage pumps
By SOL HAUSER | Feb. 15, 2024The incident is expected to cause at least $40,000 and follows a similar, wipe-induced pump failure in 2022.
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UB fees set to rise by 3.8% for 2024-25 academic year
By SOL HAUSER and RICARDO CASTILLO | Feb. 13, 2024The university said in an email to the student that the fees will pay for increased wages and inflation, among other things.
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Treatment MATTERS: UB professor’s program links opioid patients to care
By SARAH OWUSU | Feb. 12, 2024Health professionals are searching for alternatives to provide treatment and services for those dealing with opioid use disorder (OUD). One local physician and UB professor of emergency medicine, Dr. Joshua Lynch, decided to take action in 2015 when he created the Medication for Addiction Treatment and Electronic Referrals (MATTERS).
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UB music professor wins Grammy
By GRANT ASHLEY | Feb. 5, 2024The Harlem Quartet — which includes violinist and UB music professor Melissa White — won the Best Classical Compendium Grammy Award for their album “Passion For Bach And Coltrane” during the awards show Sunday night.
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UB community weighs in on the Student Union construction
By JASON TSOI | Feb. 5, 2024With the start of a new semester, students returned to North Campus to an unfamiliar scene: the atrium of the Student Union (SU) was blocked by temporary walls, accompanied by roaring sounds of construction.
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UB quietly abandons 2025 deadline for electrified Stampede and shuttle buses
By SOL HAUSER | Feb. 5, 2024The original goal was set in 2020 as part of UB’s Climate Action Plan, which calls to “transition the University’s bussing contract and internal bussing services to 100% electrification by 2025.” Currently, UB has no active electric buses or shuttles.
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Gov. Hochul selects UB as base for proposed statewide AI development group
By GRANT ASHLEY | Feb. 5, 2024Gov. Kathy Hochul selected UB as the “home” for “Empire AI,” a consortium of several public and private institutions working in artificial intelligence development, the University announced last month.
