Judith Enck’s first experience with an environmental catastrophe was at Love Canal. She came to Niagara Falls with a sociology class her junior year of college to learn about the toxic disaster. The mayor of Niagara Falls told the class Love Canal wasn’t a problem, simply fabrication from “hysterical housewives.”
From Rochester to Seattle, cities are witnessing successful campaigns to remove longstanding urban highways. A similar fate may soon take overBuffalo’s inner-city freeway system.
UB freshman Sebastian Serafin-Bazan was in stable condition Sunday evening, after an alleged hazing incident at Sigma Pi fraternity in University Heights sent him to the hospital in cardiac arrest early Friday morning.
Student Association senators voted against derecognizing Men’s Ice Hockey club –– with five in favor, eight against and two obstensions –– after the club used $62,731.98 in SA funds that weren’t pre-approved by SA.
Many UB students involved in Greek life were disappointed with President Satish Tripathi’s decision to indefinitely suspend all official fraternity and sorority events.
The Black Student Union commemorated the life of rapper Nipsey Hussle on Wednesday. Roughly 30 students attended BSU’s event at 5 p.m. on April 10 to honor the rapper, whom Eric Holder fatally shot on March 31. Hussle was gifting clothes to a friend recently released from prison when Holder shot him six times, according to Nonprofit Quarterly. Hussle left behind three children, an older brother, a girlfriend and a mother. BSU held the event to give students the opportunity to mourn Hussle’s death and honor his involvement in his community.
The 18-year-old UB student, who is the victim of an alleged hazing incident, is alive and currently hospitalized at Buffalo General Hospital, according to UB spokesperson John DellaContrada. DellaContrada said he could not release any further medical information. The alleged hazing incident involved UB fraternity Sigma Pi and took place on Thursday night at 69 Custer Street.
A UB student is currently hospitalized following a possible hazing incident involving Sigma Pi fraternity, on Custer Street, last night, according to a UB press release and the Buffalo Police Department.
Maurice Reeves juggles four separate pans of pasta on a stove as a line of 50 college students stretches out behind his counter at Pistachio’s.
Students struggling to afford food will soon have a way to access food for free through UB’s first on-campus food pantry.
Hakan Doga said he was humiliated when he had to ask his parents for money during his first summer session at UB.
Human rights attorney and advocate Qasim Rashid has helped change and shape the narrative around the Muslim American experience for over a decade. Rashid, who is now running for a seat in the Virginia Senate for the 28th district, sat down for a Q&A with The Spectrum on Wednesday night to discuss current U.S. politics, becoming a lawyer, and his motivation for running for office.
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.
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