The Intercultural and Diversity Center's Latino Bazaar brought Latin America to UB with cultural festivities that took place in the Student Union this past Wednesday.The bazaar allowed students of all ethnicities to experience the Latino culture firsthand.
Bruised and black-eyed participants of the annual Walk With Me event, organized by Wellness Education Services, attempted to raise awareness about victims of domestic violence on Tuesday.Students began the event by fashioning imitations of injuries and applying large pieces of tape over their mouths to represent the female and male victims of domestic violence whose cases often go unheard.Walk With Me is an annual event at UB that is a part of a larger effort to put a stop to domestic violence.
UB students are no strangers to exiting classrooms and walking through a cloud of smoke. This is enough to irritate many students or send them into a coughing fit.
In past seasons, by the time mid-October came around, most Buffalo Bulls fans had already shifted their focus to the upcoming basketball season.
It's no secret that dorming is an expensive component of college; with the cost increasing every year, more students are looking for alternatives to living on campus.The cost of sharing a small dorm room for eight months would cover the cost for students to live in a house or apartment.
John B. Simpson isn't the only one with a plan for the year 2020. Like the old gag from Conan O'Brien about what happens "In the Year 2000," two decades later, everyone's got some wacky plan about how things will turn out.Barack Obama hopes to have reduced energy consumption by 10 percent in 2020, with at least 30 percent of the federal government's electricity coming from renewable sources.
Author and former child soldier Ishmael Beah visited Alumni Arena on Wednesday night to speak to UB students and community members as part of this year's Distinguished Speaker Series.Composed and dignified, the speaker met with members of the press before the presentation.
The women's tennis team wrapped up its fall season at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regionals on the campus of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA.
Just before noon on Tuesday, Oct. 23 2007, the NASA shuttle Discovery launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
On the road in the Great Lake State, the women's soccer team added both a win and a loss to its Mid-American Conference (MAC) record in matches against Eastern and Central Michigan.On Friday the Bulls (5-9-2, 2-5-1 MAC) traveled to Ypsilanti, MI to take on the Eastern Michigan Eagles (6-5-4, 4-2-2 MAC), but were defeated 7-1.The Bulls scored the first goal of the match in the fourth minute of play.
Ishmael Beah's Oct. 24 speech at Alumni Arena as a part of the Distinguished Speaker series will mark yet another unfortunate situation; like many events planned for the fall semester, students who have classes scheduled at the same time cannot attend.
For those of you who have not noticed, it has been one crazy season in college football. There are unexpected teams at the top of the standings in every conference and in the Bowl Championship Series rankings.Let's start at our own school, the University at Buffalo.
Mixing his candid foul-mouthed cocktail of "ambiguously gay" gaffs with moonshine testosterone, party boy Nick Swardson has risen to heights most stand-ups comics will never know.
They may be lightweights, but they made a solid showing against stiff competition from around the world.From the starting gun to crossing the finish line, the women's lightweight rowers made a splash over the weekend, placing ninth overall in a field of 14 other crew teams.
Swimmers earn MAC honorsAndrea Lehner and Connor Vander Zalm of the Bulls swimming and diving teams have been named Mid-American Conference Women's and Men's Swimmers of the Week.Lehner won five individual events at last Saturday's Western New York Invitational and was part of the Bulls inning relay squad at the meet.Vander Zalm was a winner in won two distance freestyle races at the meet and took home second place in the 400-yard individual medley.2007-08 Men's Basketball MAC Preseason PollVoting was conducted by members of the MAC News Media Association.(First place votes)
Ishmael Beah will speak in Alumni Arena to thousands of students and community members on Oct. 24 at 8 p.m.Beah is the published author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, which is the UB Reads Program's book selection for this academic year.Forced to join the army at age 12, Beah lived through hell, finding he was capable of committing horrible acts including murder.
After five progressive years, School of Management Dean John Thomas has announced his impending resignation.
Those who do not wish to have their faith in love shaken should not see The Shape of Things (TST), which opens Wednesday night at the Center for the Arts Black Box Theater.Directed by Robert Knopf, TST features a cast of only four characters played by Jordan Levin, Sarah Brown, Valerie Yawien and Patrick Cameron.
Students and professors of the UB School of Management have recently published the result of their research of methods of emergency response that were used during last year's October snowstorm.The National Science Foundation is a government agency that donates money for engineering and science-related research provided the funds for the study, which aims to pinpoint the most effective methods of aiding people in emergency situations.UB helped to fund the research as a part of the UB 2020 plan, focusing on preparing efficient disaster response systems.According to Raj Sharman, a professor of management science and systems, much of the research data came from interviewing workers from the Emergency Operations Center, the first responders during the October storm."The Emergency Operations Center normally consists of high level people from different areas like public health, police, fire and so on, coordinating the response," Sharman said.Sharman noted that the Emergency Operations Center quickly and efficiently got the first and second responders to the right places.
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