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UB students petition for S/U grading option
By BRENDAN KELLY | Nov. 23, 2020Over 2,400 UB students have signed a petition demanding adjustments to UB’s Fall 2020 grading policy as of Monday.
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Amherst placed in ‘orange’ micro-cluster zone
By JUSTIN WEISS | Nov. 18, 2020Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that Buffalo and its surrounding suburbs would be placed in an "orange" micro-cluster zone, effective Friday.
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UB will continue in-person instruction until Tuesday, despite rise in COVID cases
By ALEXANDRA MOYEN | Nov. 18, 2020On Tuesday, UB President Satish Tripathi announced in an email that the university still plans on transitioning to remote learning on Nov. 24, even as on-campus COVID cases rise.
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UB to delay spring semester, cancels spring break
By ALEXANDRA MOYEN | Nov. 10, 2020After weeks of convening, the UB Faculty Senate announced on Sunday the spring semester will be pushed from Jan. 31 to Feb. 1 and there will be no spring break in accordance with SUNY guidelines.
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Amherst placed in ‘yellow’ micro-cluster zone
By JUSTIN WEISS | Nov. 9, 2020Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that Buffalo and its surrounding suburbs would be placed in a “yellow” micro-cluster zone, effective immediately.
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Mail-in or in-person? For first-time voters, deciding how to vote was a tough decision
By ELIZABETH NAPOLITANO and GRANT ASHLEY | Nov. 8, 2020Mail-in voting practices, which date back to the Civil War, were also the target of myriad social media attacks alleging fraudulent ballot counting and ballot burning in key swing states. The allegations, compounded with the stresses and uncertainties of first-time voting, left many students wondering whether their voices would be heard.
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Joseph R. Biden elected 46th U.S. president
By ELIZABETH NAPOLITANO | Nov. 7, 2020After days of meticulous vote tabulation in several battleground states, Joseph R. Biden has become the 46th U.S. president, defeating incumbent Republican President Donald J. Trump.
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UB community members anxiously await presidential election results
By ALEXANDRA MOYEN | Nov. 6, 2020Junior political science major Ameerah Ahmed stayed up till 4 a.m. on Election Day to watch live coverage of the presidential election.
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With students taking classes remotely, campaigners don’t know how to reach them
By BRENDAN KELLY | Nov. 1, 2020Connecting with a student body predominantly composed of students who live and work at home has challenged college campaigners who are used to engaging with eligible voters face-to-face.
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On-campus students will need to test negative for COVID prior to Thanksgiving break
By JUSTIN WEISS | Oct. 27, 2020UB students using on-campus facilities in “any capacity” will be required to test negative for COVID in the 10 days prior to leaving campus for Thanksgiving break, SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras announced Tuesday.
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UB President Satish Tripathi praises UB COVID response, discusses up to $40 million drop in state aid during State of the University address
By ELIZABETH NAPOLITANO | Oct. 26, 2020UB President Satish Tripathi tried to remain upbeat during his half hour, pre-recorded State of the University address.
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Second dean in one week resigns to return to faculty role
By ALEXANDRA MOYEN | Oct. 22, 2020UB School of Social Work Dean Nancy Smyth will step down as dean and assume a faculty role following the spring 2021 semester. She is the second dean to resign this week, after School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Dean James O'Donnell resigned on Oct. 14.
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Dean of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences resigns
By ELIZABETH NAPOLITANO | Oct. 14, 2020Dean of UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences James O'Donnell offered his resignation Wednesday.
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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.
