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Campus Dining and Shops discontinues weekday breakfast at C3
By NATALIE DOLLER | Sep. 28, 2021Students’ dining options keep getting thinner.
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U.S.-Canada border reopens with stricter COVID-19 restrictions
By JULIE FREY | Sep. 28, 2021Students looking to visit Canada in the near future will face restrictions due to Canadian COVID-19 requirements. Canada requires all visitors be fully vaccinated and present proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken 72 hours before entering the country.
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Meet the SA Senate candidates
By NATALIE DOLLER | Sep. 21, 2021UB’s Undergraduate Student Association will hold Senate elections from Sept. 21-23.
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UB Transportation has a bus driver shortage
By GRANT ASHLEY | Sep. 21, 2021The Stampede bus fleet is currently operating with 20% fewer drivers than normal due to a national bus driver shortage, according to a UBNow article.
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UB is ‘one of the safest places’ to be this semester, health expert says
By JUSTIN WEISS | Sep. 21, 2021UB has a 14-day rolling percent positive average of 1.23% for COVID-19, but experts say students shouldn’t fear a surge in cases.
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Students will be quarantined in Clement Hall starting in October
By JULIE FREY | Sep. 21, 2021Starting in October, students who live on campus and test positive for COVID-19 will be quarantined in South Campus’ Clement Hall.
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Buffalo Mayoral Election scheduled for Nov. 2
By DAN EASTMAN | Sep. 21, 2021With just one week until the Buffalo Mayoral Election is set to kick off, four candidates are in the running, but only one name will appear on the ballot.
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UB opens on-campus flu clinics
By DAN EASTMAN | Sep. 14, 2021UB is offering the flu vaccine free-of-charge (with insurance, which all students are required to obtain privately or is provided by UB) for members of the university community, the school said in an email.
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SA is in the ‘planning stages’ of Fall Fest and Comedy Series
By ALEX FALTER | Sep. 14, 2021UB’s Student Association hasn’t publicly released any information regarding this year’s Fall Fest or Comedy Series, but SA president Nicholas Singh told The Spectrum last week that his team is in the “planning stages” for these events.
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Honors College is whiter than undergraduate student body
By GRANT ASHLEY | Sep. 14, 2021Female students made up 52.7% of Honors enrollees last fall, compared to just 44.2% among non-Honors students. Females were a minority in the incoming Honors classes of 2018 and 2019, but each of those cohorts was still more female than the university at large.
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UB slides to No. 93 in U.S News Best Colleges ranking
By ALEX FALTER | Sep. 14, 2021UB fell in the U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges ranking released Monday for the second consecutive year.
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‘It’s nice to be in a routine again’: Students react to return to in-person classes
By JACK PORCARI | Sep. 8, 2021When Fiona Lombardo walked into the Center for the Arts dance studio last Tuesday afternoon, she felt butterflies in her stomach. Her fellow classmates weren’t on Zoom or six feet away — she was able to experience the intimacy that comes with putting on a show.
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Wilkeson, Academic Center, parts of Spaulding evacuated after dumpster fire in Ellicott Tunnel
By GRANT ASHLEY and JULIE FREY | Sep. 7, 2021A UB Alert was sent out at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday reporting a dumpster fire in the Ellicott Tunnel near Wilkeson Quadrangle. Wilkeson, the Academic Center and part of Spaulding were evacuated.
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The Steer and Lake Effect Diner close their doors
By DAN EASTMAN and JULIE FREY | Sep. 7, 2021In mid-August, two beloved restaurants in Buffalo’s University Heights neighborhood closed their doors for the foreseeable future.
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UB has the highest vaccination rate in the SUNY system
By JUSTIN WEISS | Sep. 7, 2021UB has reported a 99% student vaccination rate for COVID-19 — the highest rate in the SUNY system, according to administrators.
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Aly Raisman, Nikole Hannah-Jones headline 2021-22 Distinguished Speakers Series
By JUSTIN WEISS | Sep. 2, 2021Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman will headline UB’s 2021-22 Distinguished Speakers Series, the university announced Thursday.
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Students complain about Wi-Fi connectivity issues
By GRANT ASHLEY | Sep. 1, 2021UBIT has received 328 complaints of Wi-Fi connectivity issues on North Campus since Thursday, 300 of which were filed on Monday and Tuesday alone.
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Students return to campus for in-person learning
By JUSTIN WEISS | Aug. 24, 2021Students can expect to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with their peers at football games and walk around the Academic Spine maskless this fall, but a recent surge in COVID-19 cases may leave administrators weighing additional health and safety measures this semester.
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Buffalo native Kathy Hochul becomes first female governor of New York
By DAN EASTMAN | Aug. 24, 2021Kathy Hochul, a Buffalo native and Syracuse University graduate, was sworn in as New York’s first female governor Tuesday.
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FDA grants full Pfizer vaccine approval, enabling UB mandate
By DAN EASTMAN | Aug. 23, 2021The Food and Drug Administration granted full approval to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine Monday, which will enable vaccine mandates — like the one UB announced this summer — to be implemented in the fall.
