Defying the odds is something that is not just limited to movies and novels. This is exemplified in the case of the senior guard Darwin Young of the men's basketball team, hard work paid off in dividends.Young's basketball roots can be traced back locally to Hutch Tech High School, right here in the Nickel City.
A program geared towards improving math and science programs in various Buffalo public schools by UB professors and students has received a $485,000 grant from the John R.
Athletes of the Week namedThe track and field team swept the Athletes of the Week with junior Rayshon Higgins and senior Patrice Coney garnering this week's honors.Higgins recorded his third Mid-American Conference Championship in the triple jump on Friday by posting a distance of 49-feet 9-inches in his last attempt to successfully defend his indoor title.
Citizenship applications are skyrocketing across the nation as green-card holders rush to avoid a proposed fee increase, a revised civics test and possible changes in immigration law.Applications filed in Los Angeles and six surrounding counties shot up to 18,024 in January from 7,334 in the same month last year, a 146 percent increase, according to U.S.
With March Madness approaching, this is the time to get hot in college basketball. The Mid-American Conference playoffs begin the first week of March, and the Bulls are peeking at the perfect time.
Zero was the number for the day for the women's tennis team as they defeated the Duquesne Dukes 7-0 and improved their record to 5-0.With junior Andrea Novaceanu still out of the lineup, Buffalo (5-0) was provided with another opportunity for other players to shine in the lineup against Duquesne (4-2)."Everyone played and got experience," said Buffalo women's tennis head coach Kathy Twist.
UB's Poetics Plus series continued Saturday with a reading by English poet Miles Champion at Rust Belt Books.Champion, a native of Great Britain and a current resident of New York City, read to an audience that included several graduate students from the UB Poetics program as well as old friends.
Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues" came to Baird Recital Hall Friday evening, performed by females from the UB and Buffalo community.The performance was produced by The Progressive Law Society at UB as a part of V-day, a campaign to increase awareness and end violence against women.
On Senior Night this past Saturday in Oxford, Ohio, the Miami (Ohio) RedHawks sent their veterans off their home court for the last time in style.
A great band won't sit still; they need to be constantly writing and developing new material. It's the true sign of an artist to constantly evolve and perfect their craft.
Heidelberg Pa., "camaraderieship," a handful of dorm rooms across New York State and the phrase "tu est belle."These are my favorite spring break memories.Sure I've been to beaches and bars, I have even opted to go north when it seemed the entire population of UB was headed south.
Gill grabs WNY standouts for '07 classHead football coach Turner Gill expanded his second class of football recruits with a pair of Western New York standouts adding offensive guard Ted Carlson and linebacker Sergio Smith.Carlson earned three letters for the West Irondequoit Eagles.
The Student Union was filled with the sounds of screeching metal on Friday as UB Engineering Week neared a close with its most popular event, Bot Wars.Nearly 200 students watched throughout the afternoon as robots built by six different clubs competed against each other in a battle arena set up in the lobby of the Student Union.
For young women in the music scene, life is far from a ride on a gravy train with biscuit wheels.
Familiarity breeds success. The men's and women's track team proved this old adage true, as the team traveled to Akron for the third time in one month, to compete at the Mid-American Conference Championships.
Students were evacuated from their rooms for the second time this month after a pipe burst in Goodyear Hall early Saturday morning.At approximately 5:30 a.m.
When, in a fit of fury, Buffalo Sabres coach Lindy Ruff sent three of his toughest players off the bench and onto the ice, all hell broke loose.
The University at Buffalo hosted the Mid-American Conference Championships for the men's swimming and diving teams this year.
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