In a rare year when candidates outnumber the undergraduate Student Association’s (SA) Senate seats, 19 candidates are in the running for 12 seats for this fall’s elections. The Spectrum interviewed 17 out of the 19 candidates on their experiences and goals.
Satish Tripathi, UB’s 15th president, will step down next July, ending the 15-year term of a president who has overseen a transformation in the structure and mission of the university.
Twenty candidates — six parties and three independent candidates — are competing for 12 seats on the undergraduate Student Association (SA) Senate for the ‘25-26 year: a rare instance when the candidates outnumber the Senate seats.
A decline in international graduate student enrollment is projected to lose UB approximately $6.5 million in its tuition revenue for the upcoming year.
As the plan to expand Buffalo’s Metro Rail subway system to Amherst and UB’s North Campus passes an important regulatory milestone, the divide between the line’s potential riders and many of its suburban neighbors is becoming increasingly stark.
Tripathi sat down with The Spectrum for a 30-minute interview Wednesday morning to speak on increasing student fees, the expenses that go into higher education and the changing federal landscape.
The Advocacy Committee was meant to “make reports and recommendations” to the Senate about student issues. Almost all of the senators voted to form the committee. SA senators are set to vote on whether or not to extend the committee later today.
Officers from University Police (UPD), Amherst Police and the New York State Police negotiated with a driver “in distress” for four and a half hours at the intersection of Chestnut Ridge and Sweet Home roads — just outside UB’s Flickinger Court apartments — Sunday night, university officials told The Spectrum.
All 17 current and former UB students’ immigration status was restored by the federal government last weekend.
The scent of freshly toasted paninis and juicy burgers will soon be just a memory in UB’s Student Union, as Breadbox and Stackers are set to close at the end of this semester to make way for a new addition: The Halal Shack.
Five current and two former UB students’ legal immigration status was reinstated by the federal government Friday, restoring their ability to live, study and work in the U.S. just over two weeks after the federal government suddenly terminated their legal statuses.
A UB graduate filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. government last Tuesday to reinstate his visa that was terminated over a four-year-old traffic misdemeanor.
UB will introduce a new department this fall, bridging the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS).
Last Tuesday morning, Heather Squire gave up the remaining four years of her five-year PhD fellowship in UB’s Department of Environment and Sustainability to protest the university's silence amid national arrests and planned deportations of international students in recent weeks.
An immigration attorney told The Spectrum Wednesday afternoon that, out of the 13 current and former UB students whose visas were canceled by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement last week, one was previously arrested for driving while ability impaired (DWAI), one was convicted on a parking violation and one was arrested for a violation which the attorney did not disclose to The Spectrum.
SA’s Bullsapalooza — a campus-wide fair — is intended to replace the second Fest in the future.
Four current UB students and nine recent graduates studying on F-1 visas had their immigration status terminated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement this week, the university confirmed Tuesday evening.
The REAL party’s Aisha Bechir, and four Stampede party candidates – Mason Bayer, William Dong, Benjamin Lau and Jack Koscinski — secured their seats in a tight race for positions on SA’s e-board for the 2025-26 term.
The Spectrum’s editorial board elected Izabella Ducato as its editor-in-chief for the 2025-2026 academic year Thursday evening.
UB’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) dean search committee named Jeffrey Grabill CAS dean on March 13.
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