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City Girls and Polo G to headline the first Spring Fest since 2020
By KARA ANDERSON | Apr. 27, 2022City Girls and Polo G will headline Spring Fest Saturday with PnB Rock as their opener.
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Mask mandate remains on public transportation in New York State
By GRANT ASHLEY | Apr. 22, 2022Masks will continue to be required on buses, trains and other forms of public transportation in New York State “for now,” Gov. Kathy Hochul announced at a press conference in Syracuse Wednesday.
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State budget includes funding for new UB engineering building, full-time faculty
By JULIE FREY | Apr. 20, 2022New York State’s $220 billion budget passed on April 7. The budget includes dedicated money for initiatives intended to elevate SUNY into a “nation-leading public higher education system,” according to the state's briefing book.
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UB conducting ‘thorough review’ in wake of Allen West controversy
By KYLE NGUYEN | Apr. 20, 2022UB has commenced a “thorough [internal] review of events and activities” surrounding Lt. Col. Allen West’s controversial on-campus speech on April 7, according to a university statement.
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New bill would reimburse SUNY, CUNY students disenrolled for vaccine non-compliance
By JUSTIN WEISS | Apr. 20, 2022A new piece of legislation would reimburse SUNY and CUNY students who were disenrolled from their courses for failing to comply with SUNY’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
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Allen West speaks at UB, prompts dialogue around race and American values
By JACK PORCARI | Apr. 13, 2022The normally still hallways of UB’s North Campus were transformed into a battleground of competing ideologies Thursday, as students attended and protested Lt. Col. Allen West’s speech in the Student Union.
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NYS closes state-run COVID-19 testing site on North Campus
By GRANT ASHLEY | Apr. 8, 2022The New York State-run COVID-19 testing site at the Center for Tomorrow building on North Campus closed last Friday, according to the university’s COVID-19 site. The clinic had the capacity to provide 200 tests per day and operated for just under three months.
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University Police responds to Yik Yak posts threatening student protesters
By GRANT ASHLEY | Apr. 7, 2022University Police are responding to Yik Yak posts that threatened violence against students protesting an on-campus speech by Allen West, the university said in a statement.
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UB graduate programs rise in latest U.S. News rankings
By KYLE NGUYEN | Apr. 6, 2022Over a dozen UB graduate schools and programs continued their upward trajectory in the latest rankings of America’s best graduate schools released by U.S. News and World Report last Tuesday.
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Students react to One World Café’s grand opening
By JACK PORCARI | Apr. 6, 2022UB’s vision for a massive international-themed café became a reality as Kali Orexi and Tikka Table officially opened their doors to students on March 28.
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Paul&Pang party wins SA e-board presidential and vice presidential elections
By JUSTIN WEISS and GRANT ASHLEY | Apr. 1, 2022The Paul&Pang party won the race for president and vice president of the SA e-board during a five-day election that ended Friday.
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Shenseea and Lunay to headline first Spring Fest small show
By JUSTIN WEISS | Apr. 1, 2022Lunay and Shenseea will headline the Student Association’s first Spring Fest small show, according to a Friday post on the SA’s Instagram account.
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Registration opens for UB’s annual Step Challenge
By KAYLA ESTRADA | Mar. 30, 2022Registration is now open for UB’s seventh annual Step Challenge, a free initiative sponsored by the UB School of Public Health and Health Professions (SPHHP) to encourage UB community members to get outside this spring and exercise.
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NFTA metro expansion tentatively set to finish in 2030
By JULIE FREY | Mar. 29, 2022Four years after announcing plans to study whether a metro expansion to UB’s North Campus would be feasible, a project manager for Niagara Frontier Transit Authority says the organization is planning to release a draft environmental impact statement this fall.
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Canada will drop COVID-19 testing requirements for fully vaccinated travelers starting Friday
By KYLE NGUYEN | Mar. 29, 2022Fully vaccinated travelers may enter Canada without submitting negative COVID-19 rapid test results starting April 1, Canada’s Public Health Agency announced on March 17.
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Campus Living will stop offering cable and streaming services in June
By JULIE FREY | Mar. 29, 2022On-campus students will no longer have access to cable or streaming services provided by Campus Living after June 30, 2022.
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Pharmacy PharmD program intends to implement ‘modified pass-fail’ grading system
By SOPHIE MCNALLY | Mar. 21, 2022UB’s School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is seeking to change the way its PharmD students get graded.
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C3 will no longer require reservations
By SOPHIE MCNALLY | Mar. 18, 2022Students will no longer need to make reservations to eat at the Crossroads Culinary Center (C3) starting March 27.
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The Spectrum elects 2022-23 editor-in-chief
By JUSTIN WEISS | Mar. 18, 2022The Spectrum’s editorial board elected Anthony DeCicco, a junior communication major, editor-in-chief for the 2022-23 academic year last week.
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Oozefest to be held for first time since 2019
By GRANT ASHLEY | Mar. 16, 2022Oozefest, UB’s annual mud volleyball tournament, will take place May 7, following the event’s cancellation in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19.
