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Jacklyn Walters (left) and Tanveen Vohra (right) won the College Media Association’s Pinnacle Award for Best Breaking News Story.
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Spectrum editors win Best Breaking News Story at 2018-19 Pinnacle Awards

By News Desk | Nov. 6, 2019

The Spectrum’s coverage of the fiscal transition from Sub-Board I to the Faculty Student Association won a national award for Best Breaking News Story last week.  The College Media Association announced that former senior news editor Tanveen Vohra and current managing editor Jacklyn Walters won the Pinnacle Award for the spring 2019 story in Washington, D.C. on Friday.

Students at the unity rally on the academic spine as part of Monday's Black Solidarity Day.
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‘A force to be reckoned with’

By JACKLYN WALTERS | Nov. 6, 2019

Students are embracing their culture, their history and highlighting black excellence across campus this week.  The Black Student Union organized events for Black Solidarity Week and celebrated the 52nd Black Solidarity Day with its annual Black Business Expo and unity rally Monday. Roughly 40 students marched from the Student Union down the academic spine carrying signs and chanting, “Say it loud, I’m black and I’m proud,” “No justice, no peace, no racist police” and “BSU.” Carlos Russell started Black Solidarity Day in 1969, bringing African-American communities together on the Monday before Election Day to discuss voting and combating racial inequality.

UB students receive math tutoring for free in the Math Place located in 211 Baldy Hall on Tuesday.
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UB community upset with proposal to move Math Place

By BRITTANY GORNY | Nov. 6, 2019

Students, faculty and tutors say they feel “heartbroken,” “betrayed” and “displeased” with the College of Arts and Sciences’ proposal to move the Math Place tutoring center from Baldy Hall to the Mathematics Building. CAS submitted the proposal asking for grant funding from “various funding sources” to create a new “Math Hub,” integrating the Math Help Center, which caters to upper-level math courses, and the Math Place, which caters to lower-level math courses.

Interim Provost A. Scott Weber (far right) and President Satish Tripathi (far left) stand with 2019 SUNY Distinguished Professors.
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UB celebrates faculty and staff academic excellence

By ERIN TUCKER | Nov. 3, 2019

UB recognized 54 faculty and staff members Thursday for accomplishments in research, teaching, mentoring and professional and workplace service. Roughly 100 UB community members came to the 16th annual Celebration of Faculty and Staff Academic Excellence in Slee Hall. Interim Provost A. Scott Weber and President Satish Tripathi spoke at the beginning of the ceremony, congratulating faculty and staff receiving awards and acknowledging previous award recipients.

Menstrual products donated to the Student Association’s drive, which will last until Nov. 8.
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Menstrual product drive open through Nov. 8

By ALEXANDRA MOYEN | Oct. 30, 2019

The Student Association collected 386 menstrual products, as of Wednesday afternoon, since starting a menstrual product drive on Oct. 21.     The drive, which will last until Nov. 8, is part of a SUNY SA initiative to encourage all SUNY schools to participate, according to SA Chief of Staff Eric Rooney.

New York State Senator Timothy Kennedy, Assembly member Karen McMahon and Chair of the Higher Education Senate Committee Toby Ann Stavisky discuss higher education and tuition at the SUNY transparency bill discussion at the Center for Tomorrow on Wednesday. 
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UB community members voice concerns to state legislators

By BRITTANY GORNY | Oct. 30, 2019

United University Professions held a public hearing with state legislators and the chair of the higher education committee to discuss accessibility and college tuition Wednesday. Roughly 40 people attended the event where New York State Senator Timothy Kennedy, Assemblymember Karen McMahon and Chair of the Higher Education Senate Committee Toby Ann Stavisky listened to SUNY administrators’ and students’ concerns.

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Police blotter

By News Desk | Oct. 27, 2019

10/15 5:07 p.m. A caller reported a dumpster fire near the solar panels between Flint and Rensch. Playback footage showed the fire, but patrol confirmed the fire was out when they arrived on scene.

UB Ticket Office at the Student Union.
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Student Association releases Fall Fest tickets early, apologizes for mistake

By BRENTON J. BLANCHET | Oct. 20, 2019

Roughly 600 students reserved tickets to Fall Fest Wednesday during a two-hour unexpected ticket release, which left students confused and upset. SA planned on releasing tickets Sunday for the Nov. 8 show, which will feature rappers DaBaby and Gunna in the 1,748-capacity Center for the Arts, according to SA President Yousouf Amolegbe. He said the tickets for the student-funded show –– which cost SA roughly $190,000 and is paid for by 21,000 undergraduates’ $109 mandatory student activity fee –– released early because SA Entertainment didn’t confirm the updated release date with the UB Ticket Office.

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Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion hosts the ‘Witness of Injustice’ program

By SAMANTHA VARGAS | Oct. 20, 2019

Native American advocates taught UB community members about the lasting effects of genocide during a “Native American Conversation” event Friday. Thirty-two students and faculty members attended the four-hour “Witness of Injustice” seminar, hosted by the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and the Native American Community Services, at Goodyear Hall, where indigenous scholars and volunteers discussed the mass murder and removal of Native Americans during colonization. The seminar featured indigenous activists who discussed the lasting effects of displacement and genocide throughout history, and the importance of creating relationships of “peace and friendship” with Native Americans for the future.

Muslim Student Association member Ilhan Noor introduces guest speaker April Arman.
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Muslim Student Association hosts domestic violence workshop

By AMAL ELHELW | Oct. 20, 2019

The Muslim Student Association held “Love Shouldn’t Hurt,” a domestic violence workshop Friday, which featured guest speakers Sheikh Isma’il and April Arman.  Muslim Women’s Council, a sub-group of MSA, organized the event as part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Interim Vice Provost Scott Weber confirmed the Ph.D. students will remain in assistantships and maintain their benefits.
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Funded Ph.D. students keeping benefits, interim provost announces more funding

By ALEXANDRA MOYEN and BRITTANY GORNY | Oct. 20, 2019

Interim Provost A. Scott Weber confirmed Saturday that funded Ph.D. students will remain in assistantships, meaning they will continue to have benefits such as health insurance, dental insurance and retirement plans. Some students worried their roles would change to fellowships –– which don’t include these benefits –– when the August Ph.D. Excellence Initiative announcement stated first-year Ph.D. students will not teach classes.

Students working in UB's new Tutoring and Academic Support Services center in Capen.
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UB opens tutoring center

By BRITTANY GORNY | Oct. 16, 2019

UB’s new Tutoring and Academic Support Services (TASS) in Capen Hall has seen roughly 1,000 students since opening on Sept. 9.  Cheryl Taplin, director of student success and retention, proposed the idea for a center to teach all undergraduates, as UB’s previous tutoring services only catered to select majors. Now, UB offers free hour-long tutoring sessions in 130 Capen Hall Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Students can book appointments ahead of time through the Student Success Portal or walk in to the office, according to Vivian Jimenez, interim director of the Office for Tutoring and Academic Support Services. The 36 undergraduate and graduate tutors are paired with students based on subject.

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