After 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.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that Buffalo and its surrounding suburbs would be placed in a “yellow” micro-cluster zone, effective immediately.
Mail-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.
After 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.
Junior political science major Ameerah Ahmed stayed up till 4 a.m. on Election Day to watch live coverage of the presidential election.
Connecting 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.
UB 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.
UB President Satish Tripathi tried to remain upbeat during his half hour, pre-recorded State of the University address.
UB 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.
Dean of UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences James O'Donnell offered his resignation Wednesday.
For many people, the changing leaf colors mean football, pumpkin picking and apple cobblers.
President 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.
Samuel Magaseyev entered UB quarantine on Sept. 24 with a 103-degree fever, nausea, vomiting and fatigue.
UB 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.
A 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.
President Trump announced early Friday morning that he and First Lady, Melania, tested positive for COVID.
Police 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.
Newly elected SA President Adolyn Cofie wants students to feel more important on campus. She wants them to feel their concerns are being addressed and they have an outlet for their problems.
“If you can do one thing, be an “Adeline” in the world,” Brent wrote. “Be passionate about helping others less fortunate, have a smile on your face, a laugh in your heart, and a Disney tune on your lips.”
UB is charging around 16,000 students up to $1,000 in fees for services they won’t have access to this fall.
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