On Tuesday night, President Barack Obama delivered his fifth State of the Union address. In a speech that lasted roughly 65 minutes, Obama spoke on a myriad of topics, including wealth inequality, energy independence, job growth and education.
The John R. Oishei Foundation, Western New York's largest private foundation, announced Wednesday that it has contributed a $5 million donation to UB's new School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in downtown Buffalo. The medical school, which will cost $375 million total and will comprise seven stories and 540,000 square feet, will be constructed in 2016. "The Oishei Foundation recognizes the new UB medical school as a game-changing addition to the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.
A refrigerator unplugged in the middle of the dorm. Boxes, bulletin boards, a fan on her bed. Mouthwash and olive oil across the hall. Jaime Lachapelle returned to Buffalo on Sunday and found her and her roommate's belongings tossed all over the place. On Jan.
Student Association Vice President Lyle Selsky resigned on Wednesday, Jan. 22, making him the second person from the original executive board elected last March to leave office. On Jan.
While some students were at home doing what they could to avoid the polar vortex, over 1,000 students were busy participating in UB's new winter session program. The three-week session, which ran Jan.
For Houghton College graduate Chris Way, the Kenya he studied was not the Kenya he found. On the contrary, the international development student who had devoted his college education to global poverty alleviation and intercultural studies saw great joy in the Kenyan people. Amidst the scarcity of resources, he found an abundance of happiness in the African communities - not only in the streets, but also in the rubber tires that drove on them. Way is the co-founder of the start-up company Atinga, which markets and sells handmade shoes and sandals made by Kenyan artisans from discarded taxi tires. The company plans to reinvent the way global economies work and how Western nations see Africa.
A 20-year-old international student from Taiwan died in a one-car accident on Millersport Highway at 5 a.m.
Before the start of Thanksgiving break, a sign was posted outside the Student Union telling students not to forget to bring a pair of ice skates back to UB after winter break. Starting this spring semester, UB students will be able to ice skate for free on campus.
Bruce Jackson is "crazy" about Breaking Bad. The SUNY distinguished professor is teaching a graduate course this spring about the television show.
Almost every night at Buffalo Iron Works, live music rings throughout its historical, industrial interior. Buffalo Iron Works, located on 49 Illinois St., is a new music venue in the Cobblestone District next to the First Niagara Center.
The Faculty Senate has passed a motion requesting UB administration make the UB Foundation's budget public - something the non-profit, private organization, which handles the millions of dollars in donations UB receives annually, is not legally required to do. At Tuesday afternoon's meeting, 38 senators physically stood up in support of the motion.
When Nathan Daun-Barnett was in the middle of talking to a class of high school seniors about the college process, he realized one particular student was not engaged.
Since being decimated by record-breaking Super Typhoon Haiyan earlier this month, Filipinos are continually working to locate missing loved ones and put their lives back together the way they were before the storm. Haiyan, a category-5 super typhoon with winds that reached up to 195 miles per hour on Nov.
On Nov. 22, 1963, the news of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, echoed throughout the United States.
What if you could get some of your holiday shopping done without having to spend any money? Communify can help you with that. Communify is an organization that encourages bartering and exchanging between the Buffalo community.
UB students will no longer have to find a source of transportation to the airport this upcoming holiday break. As part of Student Association President Sam McMahon's plan of utilizing the student activity fee, students will now have the option to receive a free ride to the airport for their Thanksgiving travels. Starting Oct.
For some students, winter break is a time for family vacations, sleeping in, ski trips and ... class? UB is offering a new winter session for students this academic year.
Over 80 people of varying religions and faiths gathered in Pistachio's on Friday for a night of education, diversity and unity.
An aroma of different foods captured the attention of many students lined up outside Student Union 145 on Saturday night. The sights and smells were hard to resist, as performances and cultural cuisines came together to galvanize an estimated 300 people in attendance at the sixth annual Asian American Student Union (AASU) Night Market. The event, which included over 30 different clubs and organizations, is an annual event inspired by authentic night markets that exist in many different Asian countries.
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