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.
If you ask one of Ajay Singh’s colleagues about their fondest memory of the researcher, his infectious smile and laugh are the first things that come to mind.
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.
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