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UB offers on-campus student flu clinics
By JUSTIN WEISS | Oct. 14, 2020For many people, the changing leaf colors mean football, pumpkin picking and apple cobblers.
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UB anticipates financial challenges due to refunds, state budget cuts
By VINDHYA BURUGUPALLI | Oct. 13, 2020President Satish Tripathi sent an unprecedented email to the UB community Monday night outlining the dire financial shortfalls the university faces as a result of the pandemic.
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Nuts, nausea, no nutrition labels: UB students still find quarantine unbearable
By ELIZABETH NAPOLITANO | Oct. 10, 2020Samuel Magaseyev entered UB quarantine on Sept. 24 with a 103-degree fever, nausea, vomiting and fatigue.
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UB has conducted fewer COVID tests than other SUNY university centers
By JUSTIN WEISS | Oct. 5, 2020UB has the largest student population in the SUNY system, but has conducted fewer tests than other similarly-sized schools, according to the SUNY COVID Case Tracker.
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Stephen Barnes of Cellino & Barnes dies in plane crash
By ALEXANDRA MOYEN | Oct. 4, 2020A plane piloted by Stephen Barnes, a UB School of Law graduate and former partner of Cellino and Barnes, crashed in Genesee Friday, killing him, 61, and his niece Elizabeth Barnes, 32.
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President Trump tests positive for COVID
By ELIZABETH NAPOLITANO | Oct. 2, 2020President Trump announced early Friday morning that he and First Lady, Melania, tested positive for COVID.
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Legal observer struck by vehicle in Niagara Square
By ALEXANDRA MOYEN | Sep. 24, 2020Police are investigating an incident where a cyclist was struck by a pickup truck during a Black Lives Matter protest in Buffalo’s Niagara Square Wednesday night.
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HERstory party vows to strengthen connection between Student Association and student body
By ALEXANDRA MOYEN | Sep. 23, 2020Newly elected SA President Adolyn Cofie wants students to feel more important on campus. She wants them to feel their concerns are being addressed and they have an outlet for their problems.
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UB medical school graduate dies of COVID
By JUSTIN WEISS | Sep. 21, 2020“If you can do one thing, be an “Adeline” in the world,” Brent wrote. “Be passionate about helping others less fortunate, have a smile on your face, a laugh in your heart, and a Disney tune on your lips.”
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Students mandated to pay for services they won’t access
By VINDHYA BURUGUPALLI | Sep. 21, 2020UB is charging around 16,000 students up to $1,000 in fees for services they won’t have access to this fall.
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Bunsis Report shows athletics is a ‘huge drain’ on UB’s resources
By ALEXANDRA MOYEN | Sep. 21, 2020In 2019, UB spent close to $46 million on athletics, with a 56% subsidy, making UB the highest athletics spender among Division 1 schools and the third highest subsidizer, according to a report done by Eastern Michigan University analytics professor, Howard Bunsis.
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Salsa, studying and strength: Hispanic Heritage Month in the time of coronavirus
By ELIZABETH NAPOLITANO | Sep. 19, 2020Last year, dozens of the Latin American Student Association's roughly 300 members gathered in the flag room during Hispanic Heritage Month to dance merengue, salsa and bachata. This year, students carried on the tradition, but danced at home in front of their computer screens instead.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Justice and SUNY honorary degree awardee, died, aged 87
By ELIZABETH NAPOLITANO | Sep. 19, 2020Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a prominent women's rights activist known for her ceiling-smashing work as the second female Supreme Court Justice, died yesterday of complications due to metastatic pancreatic cancer today, aged 87.
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HERStory wins 2020-21 SA election, student activity fee to become voluntary
By REILLY MULLEN | Sep. 16, 2020After a three day election, senior political science and philosophy major Adolyn Cofie has been named SA president for the 2020-21 school year.
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Student Association elections start Monday
By JULIAN ROBERTS-GRMELA and ALEXANDRA MOYEN | Sep. 14, 2020Student Association elections, which were postponed from March 24 to March 26 due to COVID, are taking place online today through September 16.
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UB drops to No. 88 in U.S. News rankings
By JUSTIN WEISS | Sep. 14, 2020UB dropped nine spots in the annual U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings released Monday.
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Men’s basketball player charged with second-degree assault
By JUSTIN WEISS and ANTHONY DECICCO | Sep. 11, 2020UB men’s basketball player Malik Zachery was arrested by North Tonawanda Police after allegedly stabbing a Canisius men’s basketball player during a pick-up game Wednesday.
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UB student sentenced to 24 months in prison for threatening former professor
By ELIZABETH NAPOLITANO | Sep. 11, 2020Daniel Richter, a former UB student, will serve 24 months in prison for threatening to harm his former UB professor.
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Amherst Police take larceny suspect into custody
By JUSTIN WEISS | Sep. 7, 2020Amherst Police took a larceny suspect into custody near UB’s north campus Monday.
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UB Police received 19 calls regarding COVID violations last week
By JUSTIN WEISS | Sep. 5, 2020The UB Police department received 19 calls regarding COVID-19 violations last week, according to a redacted complaint summary obtained by The Spectrum Friday.
