Thomas Halleck was a “fireball.” He was the kind of guy who lit up every room he entered. Sometimes with his infectious passion for journalism. Other times with a couple of pizza slices, a hula hoop and a toilet paper roll in hand.
Twenty-eight motor vehicle accidents happened on campus Tuesday through Thursday because of low visibility and icy road conditions, according to UPD Deputy Chief Joshua Sticht. Callers reported 10 motor vehicle accidents on Tuesday — seven accidents on North Campus and three on South Campus.
At least two UB international students fell victim to scam phone calls from sources claiming to be Department of Homeland Security officials, who are asking students to purchase gift cards to avoid deportation. International students across the university are receiving the calls, in which the caller impersonates an officer.
A UB faculty member was arrested at his Hamburg home on Monday and charged with a federal drug crime, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. on Tuesday. Torin Finver, a clinical assistant professor of family medicine at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, was arrested and charged with importing a controlled substance, a charge that has a maximum penalty of a $1 million fine and 20 years in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.
University Police appointed a new chief of police Monday after a national search. Chris Bartolomei, former UPD assistant police chief and interim chief, began the official role as chief on Monday, following his appointment. UPD chose Bartolomei after community forums for him and two other final candidates earlier this month.
Graduate students held signs reading “UB works because we do” and chanted with clenched fists as the UB Council conducted its Monday meeting in Capen Hall’s Buffalo Room. Roughly 100 TAs, faculty, graduate students and Ph.D. students attended the meeting to voice concerns about the university’s choice to not increase graduate student stipends.
Lisa Genova, a Harvard-educated neuroscientist, has written five novels and spent some time on the New York Times bestseller list. Genova sat down with The Spectrum for an exclusive interview on Thursday night, ahead of her Distinguished Speakers Series speech at the Center for the Arts.
11/29 1:45 a.m.: A custodian notified UPD of a homeless woman sleeping in the Flag Room in the Student Union. UPD advised the woman she couldn’t stay there, escorted her out of the building and gave her directions to Harbor House if she needed a place to stay for the remainder of the night.
Chabad of Buffalo is working to ensure that Jewish students have a place to call home while they celebrate Hanukkah during the last week of classes.
The University Police Department is holding forums this week, where three chief-of-police candidates will present their visions to the UB community.
UB was one of five schools to make it to the final round of Thursday’s New York State Department of Health Aging Innovation Challenge in Albany.
University Police received an anonymous report about a sexual assault in Richmond Quadrangle on Sunday at around 6 a.m.
Campus Grant given to support UB ophthalmology research The National Eye Institute granted $2.2 million to support the research of Steven J. Fliesler, vice chair and director of research in the department of ophthalmology in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, according to UBNow.
This year, Buffalonians will spend as much as $68 to see just one of the six distinguished speakers on North Campus. But the average undergraduate student will pay a fraction of that cost: $1.06. That’s roughly the price of a McDonald’s coffee plus tax.
UB administrators presented data on Ph.D. stipend packages during Tuesday’s Faculty Senate meeting, reinforcing the university’s stance that they are fair and competitive compared to other institutions.
UB dedicated a new memorial garden to remember those who were buried in the former Erie County Poorhouse Cemetery on South Campus.
11/22 4:07 a.m.: UPD issued a traffic stop on Chestnut Ridge Road. The male driver received a DWI. 8:36 a.m.: UPD responded to a call about an elevator entrapment at the Wilkeson Quadrangle. A student was stuck in between floors before the elevator technician freed them.
Campus UB Nomas earns first place for transit station design UB’s National Organization of Minority Architecture Students won first place in the 2018 Barbara G. Laurie NOMA Annual Student Design Competition on Friday.
UB President Satish Tripathi signed and announced his support for a Faculty Senate resolution protecting non-U.S. citizen members of the UB community from any legislation passed by the Trump administration.
University police made an arrest in the Nov. 1 hit-and-run collision Friday, roughly two weeks after the driver sent a 20-year-old student to the hospital in critical condition. UPD arrested Hannah Christensen, 20, a student from Clifton Park, New York, who lives in an off-campus apartment in Buffalo, according to a UPD press release. Christensen has been charged with leaving the scene of a serious injury accident without reporting, a class E felony.
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