11/8 1:16 a.m.: University Police received a call regarding a suspicious person in Silverman Library. UPD made an arrest and filed a report. 5:39 p.m.: A caller requested assistance with their vehicle on White Road in Governors B parking lot. UPD provided assistance.
Businessman and innovator Peter Diamandis has founded over 22 companies, is a New York Times bestseller and teaches Silicon Valley technology innovation at Singularity University –– which he co-founded.
Students who eat at Putnam’s Marketplace Eatery in the Student Union and who travel down Putnam Way may not know James O. Putnam believed black people were an “inferior race” and introduced anti-Catholic legislation.
Peter Diamandis predicts the future won’t include cars, rather spaceships and artificial intelligence.
Campus GloBULL education week at UB This week marks UB’s 17th annual International Education Week, which highlights the cultural diversity of the university.
Eight of the 11 businesses that rent space in The Commons are not following environmental suggestions set forth in a 2015 Professional Staff Senate resolution. The PSS passed the resolution on Greening The Commons so businesses would replace styrofoam containers with environmentally friendly alternatives. Since The Commons is privately owned, UB cannot force the businesses to implement sustainable practices. Students and staff involved with the movement petitioned and handed out pamphlets to educate students on the importance of sustainability.
Republicans and Democrats will split control of Congress next year, as Republicans expanded their control of the Senate, while Democrats won enough GOP-held seats to retake control of the House.
UB President Tripathi thinks every student should take a computer science or statistics course before they graduate, he said as he laughed. The Spectrum sat down with Tripathi on Monday to discuss campus safety after the recent threats in the nation, university projects and achievements, student voting trends and UB’s land use for roughly 45 minutes.
Despite criticism over the summer from a state Supreme Court judge who ruled against the university in a lawsuit, UB has not changed its Student-Wide Judiciary policy to allow students the right to a representative, and its director said there will be no further changes to the office’s policies in the foreseeable future.
11/1 2:26 a.m.: UPD responded to an alcohol overdose at Greiner Hall. The student was transferred to Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital.
The victim of the hit-and-run collision at Hadley Village on Nov. 1 is in stable condition as of Wednesday, according to UB spokesperson David Hill.
University police are looking for a suspect from a hit-and-run crash Thursday at the Hadley Village Apartments on North Campus.
UB Votes will be providing free shuttles to nearby polling places on Tuesday for the midterm elections.
Campus National Institutes of Health grant to support research on prenatal drug and alcohol use
UB community members lit eleven candles on Monday night to commemorate the lives lost at the Tree of Life massacre on Saturday.
Almost 84 percent of UB students said they are registered to vote, but only 43 percent said they will vote in Tuesday’s midterm elections, according to a survey by The Spectrum.
10/25 8:11 a.m.: University Police noticed graffiti on the Katharine Cornell Theatre sign on Core Road. The tag was in black marker and the officers took photos of the graffiti.
On Tuesday, New York State voters will select candidates for governor, the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House, State Senate and State Assembly. In local races, voters will choose municipal government officials and school board leaders.
Paul Zarembka has taught at UB for over 40 years and currently works in the economics department. Zarembka is also the co-author and editor of “The Hidden History of 9-11-2001.”
Eleven people are dead and six people are injured following a mass shooting at a Jewish synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Saturday.
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