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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg (right) stands next to UB President Satish Tripathi and Acting Chairman of the SUNY Board of Trustees Merryl Tisch as she receives her honorary diploma from UB.
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Making UB notorious: Ruth Bader Ginsburg visits UB

By JACKLYN WALTERS | Aug. 27, 2019

On the first day of the 2019-20 academic school year, UB handed out another diploma. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg visited Buffalo on Monday to accept an honorary doctoral degree from UB’s School of Law. Her appearance –– hosted by UB’s School of Law, the Bar Association of Erie County, the Western New York Chapter of the Women’s Bar Association and the Minority Bar Association of Western New York –– marks the first time a Supreme Court Justice has received a SUNY honorary degree or has come to UB. 

Construction for One World Café began outside Norton Hall and is expected to be completed by August 2021.
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One World Café construction to continue through fall semester

By ALEXANDRA MOYEN and JACKLYN WALTERS | July 8, 2019

After two years of planning, construction for the One World Café began on May 20.  The roughly $20 million project is expected to be completed by August 2021. UB hired CannonDesign, an integrated global design firm, to handle construction for the over 50,000-square-foot cafe. The cafe will be between Capen Hall and Norton Hall on North Campus, causing construction to impact students’ navigation paths starting in the fall. Graham Hammill, vice provost for educational affairs and dean of the graduate school, said construction will be a “large” and “marginalizing” process, as it will affect a large part of North Campus. 

Glenn Brown (BSU Vice President), Awa Magassouba (BSU Treasurer), Florence Ayeni (BSU President) and Varnel Fleurisma (BSU Secretary) pose for a photo outside the Student Union. The four e-board members hope to build off the club’s past and instill BSU’s history in the lives of incoming students during the 2019-20 school year.
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Black Student Union e-board to use history to enrich the present

By BENJAMIN BLANCHET | June 12, 2019

The Black Student Union is one of UB’s oldest and the largest minority clubs. With thousands of students taking part over its 50-plus year history, BSU’s incoming e-board hopes to retain, grow and flourish its reach in the year ahead. The Spectrum sat down with its four student leaders to discuss what’s ahead, why they joined and the value of their organization in 2019.

Copies of The Spectrum sat in Student Union trash cans on Thursday following student disposals.
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Fraternity members under UB judicial review following Thursday’s Spectrum paper disposals

By BENJAMIN BLANCHET | May 14, 2019

Sigma Chi Omega members are under UB judicial review after allegedly throwing away hundreds of Spectrum copies which reported on the fraternity. Two Spectrum reporters found roughly 400 copies of the newspaper in Student Union garbage cans on Thursday. Reporters contacted University Police, which reviewed camera footage of people throwing out papers and contacted Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life Pamela Jackson. Jackson identified a student who threw out the papers through photos from the fraternity’s banquet. The issue was The Spectrum’s last of the 2018-19 academic year and cost $850 to print.

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