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SA derecognizes 17 clubs this semester
By KYLE NGUYEN | Feb. 16UB’s Student Association formally derecognized 17 permanent clubs at an SA Senate meeting last week.
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UB holds 11th annual Life Raft Debate
By REILLY MULLEN and GRANT ASHLEY | Feb. 16Just over 100 students faced the aftermath of the apocalypse for the 11th year in a row in the Student Union Theater Tuesday to the tune of “It’s the End of the World as We Know It” by R.E.M.
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Stampede follows reduced fall schedule, despite new hires
By KAYLA ESTRADA | Feb. 16As was the case last semester, Parking and Transportation Services has had to contend with debilitating local and national trends, which resulted in a 20% reduction to its bus fleet.
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UB will continue to require masks indoors
By GRANT ASHLEY and SOPHIE MCNALLY | Feb. 16UB will continue to require mask wearing on its campuses, the university announced in a campus-wide email Friday.
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GSEU writes love letters to Tripathi asking for graduate student love
By JULIE FREY | Feb. 16Eight graduate students piled into the cramped Graduate Student Employees Union office in The Commons on Valentine’s Day to write Valentine’s Day cards to President Satish Tripathi and Provost A. Scott Weber.
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Petitions for Student Association e-board candidates to open Monday
By GRANT ASHLEY | Feb. 10UB’s Student Association will open petitions for e-board positions on Monday, SA President Nick Singh announced at an SA Senate meeting this week.
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UB releases 2022 commencement schedule
By DAN EASTMAN | Feb. 9Graduate and undergraduate students will be able to walk the stage in person from April 29 to May 22, according to UB’s commencement website. The festivities will kick off the day before, with a recognition for veterans and military members at 145 Student Union. Then, the Center for the Arts, Slee Hall, Alumni Arena and the Student Union will play host to nearly two dozen ceremonies and events.
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Students must receive a booster shot to be considered ‘fully vaccinated’ against COVID-19
By KYLE NGUYEN | Feb. 8UB no longer considers students who have not provided documentation of a COVID-19 booster shot to be “fully vaccinated,” the university announced before the semester.
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Nikole Hannah-Jones to kick off Distinguished Speakers Series this semester
By JULIE FREY | Feb. 8UB’s Distinguished Speakers Series will resume on Feb. 16 at the Center for the Arts with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, who will serve as the keynote speaker of the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration.
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Students are eligible for free rapid tests and N95 masks
By DAN EASTMAN | Feb. 8All on-campus students can now receive four free COVID-19 rapid tests via mail, thanks to a new initiative by the federal government.
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One World Café opens its doors to students
By JACK PORCARI | Feb. 8Three years ago, then-Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Graham Hammill envisioned One World Café as “much more than a place to eat.” Last Monday, UB opened the newly-constructed café to students — with exactly that goal in mind.
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CDS plans to stock The Elli with health and beauty items
By JULIE FREY | Feb. 8Campus Dining and Shops says it is trying to stock The Elli with additional health and beauty items, now that the campus CVS has closed and some students — particularly those without a car — no longer have easy access to these essentials.
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One World Café will begin ‘phased opening’ on Jan. 31
By KAYLA ESTRADA | Jan. 26One World Café, the highly-anticipated three-story international-themed eatery located just outside of Capen Hall which has been under construction since 2019, will open to students on the first day of classes — with a twist.
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UB student dies in Bronx fire
By JUSTIN WEISS | Jan. 13Fatoumala Drammeh, a third-year student studying political science, was among the 17 people killed in a high-rise fire in the Bronx Sunday, UB confirmed in a statement.
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UB will require students to get tested for COVID-19 before coming to campus
By GRANT ASHLEY | Jan. 7UB will require students to test negative for COVID-19 within 72 hours prior to their arrival on campus, Vice President for Student Life Brian Hamluk announced in an email Friday.
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New York State opens COVID-19 testing site on North Campus
By GRANT ASHLEY | Jan. 7New York State has opened a new COVID-19 testing site at the Center for Tomorrow building on North Campus, one of 10 new testing locations opening on college campuses across the state, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced at a briefing in Rochester Monday.
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Hochul requires SUNY students to receive COVID-19 booster, faculty to be vaccinated
By GRANT ASHLEY | Jan. 1All on-campus SUNY and CUNY students will be required to get a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as they are eligible, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday. Hochul will also require faculty to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
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‘We have made history in Buffalo tonight’
By GRANT ASHLEY | Dec. 12Baristas and shift supervisors at the Starbucks on Elmwood Avenue voted 19-8 in favor of forming a union, making that location the first Starbucks store in the country to unionize on Thursday.
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In-person and remote classes will be canceled in the event of a snow day
By MATTHEW SZCZEPANIAK | Dec. 8UB would cancel all classes — regardless of class format — in the event of a snow day, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Graham Hammill announced in a memo last week.
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UB announces renovations to Kanazawa Island
By MATTHEW SZCZEPANIAK | Dec. 8Kanazawa Island, a tiny island located next to Lake LaSalle, is in the process of receiving “much-needed” renovations, according to a UBNow article. Situated near Wilkeson Quadrangle, the island is a little-known formation on UB’s vast campus.
