UB leadership is discussing renaming Kapoor Hall after a federal court in Boston found John Kapoor, alum and founder of Insys Therapeutics, guilty of a racketeering conspiracy on Wednesday.
Roughly 50 protesters marched to President Satish Tripathi’s office on Wednesday afternoon, leaving a coffin and a petition on the front desk.
The Jewish community is focusing on strength and unity this week following the shooting at a the Chabad of Poway in California on Saturday.
An outdated Hong Kong flag hangs in 215 Student Union. To some students, the flag is simply that — outdated. To others, it’s a relic of British colonial rule that has not officially represented Hong Kong since 1997. It’s not just inaccurate to them, but a painful reminder of the island’s colonial history, they said.
The African Student Association held its first Art, Dance and Music Festival on Sunday night in the Student Union, celebrating 50 years since ASA was established in 1968.
The Student Association senate voted to increase its executive board stipends to the highest in UB history after a tense, four-hour-long meeting Friday night.
Students elected Michael Montoro as the UB Council student representative for the 2019-20 academic year. Montoro will take office on July 1.
UB’s virtual food pantry program, Blue Table, is officially accessible to students.
One World Café will become the “new front door” to North Campus, according to its steering committee. The upcoming global cafe, featuring a “modern” design, will be three floors high with “alternating” food available on two of the floors and seating available on all three.
Yusef Burgos — or Sef, as friends call him — sits in a low chair dressed in a hoodie and jeans that clearly cost over $400. He speaks in a relaxed voice that does little to convey his busy schedule. He is surrounded by shoes that cost more than UB tuition, four guys hanging out around the counter and 2015 Drake playing in the background. This is exactly the “calm, cool, chill environment” he wants his store to emanate.
Charles Fulco, who was once trading bonds on Wall Street, is now traveling the country to educate students on the astrological phenomena of total solar eclipses.
UB Council student representative elections will run April 23-25 and students can vote online through UBLinked.
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sat down with The Spectrum ahead of her speech at Alumni Arena on Wednesday night to answer questions about representation and foreign relations.
Eighteen-year-old Sebastian Serafin-Bazan was a dedicated student who kept a Post-it note above his desk that said “GPA goal 4.0.”
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said it is time for America to fight the “four horsemen of the apocalypse:” populism, nativism, protectionism and nationalism.
UB professor Natesh Parashurama remembers being woken up in the middle of the night, blindfolded and forced to answer questions posed by brothers in Alpha Tau Omega, the MIT fraternity he was pledging and hoped to join.
Vice President for Student Life A. Scott Weber will oversee a committee to review each of UB’s 21 fraternities and 16 sororities with a focus on anti-hazing.
Serafin-Bazan, a freshman medical technology major, was rushed to the hospital early Friday morning after going into cardiac arrest. The Buffalo News reported this may have been due to strenuous exercise.
Rachel Maloney said she frequently traveled between campuses to access the metro rail as a UB student and “always wished there was a better way.”
Haberl mentioned Ledé as a performer among rappers Lil Baby, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie and Rich the Kid, all of who SA previously announced on Twitter. This is the first time SA has held a strictly hip-hop or R&B Spring Fest since 2012. Haberl also wrote that “more” artists will be performing.
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