Campus High honors to be awarded at UB commencement UB will award L. Nelson Hopkins, State University of New York Distinguished Professor of Neurosurgery, with the Chancellor Charles P. Norton Medal, during the 2019 commencement ceremonies, according to UBNow.
Roughly 20 student volunteers braved uneven terrain and cold temperatures to collect an estimated 500 pounds of garbage from Bizer Creek on Thursday.
Current Budget Priorities Committee Chair Jim Holstun offered his resignation to Faculty Senate Chair Philip Glick on Tuesday night.
UB’s Student Association earned the title of 2018-19 State University of New York SA of the Year this past weekend.
Human rights activist and lawyer Qasim Rashid spoke about white supremacy, terrorism and gun violence on Wednesday night in the Natural Science Complex.
Yousouf Amolegbe put his hand to his face and covered the tears in his eyes on Thursday afternoon. He he had just become the Student Association’s fifth black president ever. Amolegbe, Georgia Hulbert and Kendra Harris –– the P.R.I.D.E. Party –– won the executive board election after a campaign based on “progressive, reform, integrity, diversity and empowerment” initiatives.
Dr. France Córdova is the 14th director of the National Science Foundation. She was the youngest person and the first woman who was chief scientist for NASA and has had an illustrious career in academia, including being chancellor emeritus of University of California, Riverside, and president emeritus of Purdue University.
3/25 4:43 p.m. Patrol reported someone slipped and fell outside of Harriman Hall. UPD requested an ambulance which transported the person to the Erie County Medical Center. 11:33 p.m. UPD requested an ambulance for a person with a leg injury at the UB Stadium. The person was conscious, but unable to move their leg. An ambulance transported them to Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital.
Students across the political board discussed immigration, green energy and universal college education at the third-annual Great Debate.
The Spectrum’s exit poll results indicate the P.R.I.D.E. Party earned 50% of the Student Association executive board elections votes for president, vice president and treasurer.
Journalist-turned-astrophysicist Dr. France Córdova spoke at UB on Wednesday morning.
The Student Association is not recognizing an LGBTQ STEM club, although club members say they have worked for four years to prove their value.
The Faculty Senate Executive Committee passed a resolution to create a Living Stipend Solutions Committee.
The Student Association held a public forum Thursday for students to ask e-board candidates about their platforms. Four to five students trickled in at different times.
Campus Sustainability Month gets underway at UB A symposium hosted by the School of Social Work focusing on poverty as a human rights issue kicked off Sustainability Month on Wednesday, according to UB Now.
Student Association President Gunnar Haberl announced a pilot program to the SA Senate on Friday that will provide free pads and tampons in 20 bathrooms across all UB campuses in May.
The Student Association celebrated its first People of Color week and hosted events running from Monday through Friday.
One of the three parties running for the Student Association e-board appears to have copied word-for-word at least four different points in its platform from current SA President Gunnar Haberl’s February State of the Union address.
UB community members gathered in the Student Union lobby on Thursday evening to show solidarity toward victims of the Christchurch mosque shootings in New Zealand.
Note: This article contains sensitive content about eating disorders which may be triggering. Christiana Sylvia, UB dance alum ‘17, developed anorexia nervosa in high school and it followed her through college. Five years later, she said recovery is still prevalent in her everyday life.
Solutions by The State News
