The Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) received a “steady stream” of calls, emails and contact forms regarding conservative commentator Michael Knowles’ speech slated for this Thursday, according to EDI Director Sharon Nolan-Weiss.
The Erie County District Attorney’s office announced it won’t press charges against any individuals in connection with the events surrounding Allen West's speech last semester.
Knowles, a host at The Daily Wire, has drawn national and local criticism after delivering a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in which he said that “transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely.”
A lawyer for the family confirmed that a grand jury has been convened in connection with the case.
UB students with religious and medical exemptions no longer have to undergo mandatory weekly surveillance testing as of the fall 2022 semester.
Campus Dining soft-reopened two dining locations — Whispers Café and Hubies — on Feb. 27, and both locations started their normal operating hours Monday.
UB won’t bar conservative political commentator Michael Knowles from speaking on campus because of its need to “uphold the principles of the First Amendment,” the university said in a statement Sunday.
Reconstruction will likely take place over the next three to five weeks.
Some UB house staff said that they have “continuously been overworked and underpaid” on an anonymously created website.
Michael Knowles will speak at Slee Hall on Thursday, March 9 as a guest for the Young Americans for Freedom. The speech was originally slated for April 26, 2022, weeks after another YAF-sponsored speech by Allen West sparked student protests on North Campus.
Although shootings at institutions of higher education are rare, police stressed the importance of developing a personal escape and lockdown plan.
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced her Fiscal Year 2024 New York State Executive Budget proposal at UB’s North Campus on Monday.
It remains unknown how many of the 292 affected customers are UB students.
Three people were shot — one fatally — inside Club Marcella at 2:30 a.m. on Feb. 12. That — and prior bad experiences — have left many UB students and Buffalonians hesitant to return.
Zetti’s Pizza and Pasta, located at the corner of Flint and Maple Road across the street from North Campus, owes more than $112,000 in sales tax revenue, according to the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance.
After contentious discussions during the senate meeting on Monday, the Student Association Senate failed to pass a resolution that would increase the number of signatures needed to appear on the ballot as a candidate for an executive board office position from 100 to 200.
Sherrilyn Ifill, the former president and direct-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund spoke at UB last Thursday as the 47th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration keynote speaker.
University Facilities is working to repair water damage in the Student Union after a student posted pictures of the damage on UB’s Reddit page.
University Police Deputy Chief Josh Sticht said in a Jan. 30 recording that the Erie County District Attorney’s office has convened a grand jury in connection with the death of Tyler Lewis, the Buffalo State sophomore who was fatally stabbed outside of the Ellicott Complex last October.
The university is holding a variety of events honoring Black History Month, which can be found on the UB event calendar.
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