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UB reaches record enrollment with more than 32,000 students
By JUSTIN WEISS | Dec. 15UB reached record enrollment this semester with more than 32,000 students, according to the university’s factbook.
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UB students at risk of homelessness and suffering from debt face first-time break housing charges
By ELIZABETH NAPOLITANO | Dec. 14This year, UB’s dorms and campus apartments will offer winter break housing at nightly rates comparable to those of the Red Roof PLUS+ and other area motels.
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‘The current version is what we are left with:’ Inside the battle over the spring calendar
By JUSTIN WEISS | Dec. 10After weeks of heated debate — which the UB student representative called a “total bureaucratic disaster” — the Faculty Senate Executive Committee decided on Oct. 28 to eliminate the 2021 spring break.
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UB receives $8.1 million grant to continue Women’s Health Initiative participation
By JUSTIN WEISS | Dec. 3UB has received an additional $8.1 million in funding to continue its participation in the Women’s Health Initiative through 2027, the university announced Wednesday.
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UB home to new drone testing facility
By ELIZABETH NAPOLITANO | Nov. 25Something big and blue just came to North Campus.
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UB had a 0.4% COVID positivity rate from Nov. 7-20
By JUSTIN WEISS | Nov. 24UB administered nearly 16,000 COVID tests during the final two weeks of the in-person component of the fall semester, according to the university’s COVID dashboard.
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UB finishes in-person component of fall semester with 100 on-campus COVID cases
By JUSTIN WEISS and ELIZABETH NAPOLITANO | Nov. 24UB has 100 confirmed active on-campus cases of COVID-19 among students and employees, according to the university's COVID-19 dashboard.
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UB students petition for S/U grading option
By BRENDAN KELLY | Nov. 23Over 2,400 UB students have signed a petition demanding adjustments to UB’s Fall 2020 grading policy as of Monday.
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Amherst placed in ‘orange’ micro-cluster zone
By JUSTIN WEISS | Nov. 18Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that Buffalo and its surrounding suburbs would be placed in an "orange" micro-cluster zone, effective Friday.
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UB will continue in-person instruction until Tuesday, despite rise in COVID cases
By ALEXANDRA MOYEN | Nov. 18On Tuesday, UB President Satish Tripathi announced in an email that the university still plans on transitioning to remote learning on Nov. 24, even as on-campus COVID cases rise.
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UB to delay spring semester, cancels spring break
By ALEXANDRA MOYEN | Nov. 10After weeks of convening, the UB Faculty Senate announced on Sunday the spring semester will be pushed from Jan. 31 to Feb. 1 and there will be no spring break in accordance with SUNY guidelines.
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Amherst placed in ‘yellow’ micro-cluster zone
By JUSTIN WEISS | Nov. 9Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that Buffalo and its surrounding suburbs would be placed in a “yellow” micro-cluster zone, effective immediately.
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Mail-in or in-person? For first-time voters, deciding how to vote was a tough decision
By ELIZABETH NAPOLITANO and GRANT ASHLEY | Nov. 8Mail-in voting practices, which date back to the Civil War, were also the target of myriad social media attacks alleging fraudulent ballot counting and ballot burning in key swing states. The allegations, compounded with the stresses and uncertainties of first-time voting, left many students wondering whether their voices would be heard.
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Joseph R. Biden elected 46th U.S. president
By ELIZABETH NAPOLITANO | Nov. 7After days of meticulous vote tabulation in several battleground states, Joseph R. Biden has become the 46th U.S. president, defeating incumbent Republican President Donald J. Trump.
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UB community members anxiously await presidential election results
By ALEXANDRA MOYEN | Nov. 6Junior political science major Ameerah Ahmed stayed up till 4 a.m. on Election Day to watch live coverage of the presidential election.
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With students taking classes remotely, campaigners don’t know how to reach them
By BRENDAN KELLY | Nov. 1Connecting with a student body predominantly composed of students who live and work at home has challenged college campaigners who are used to engaging with eligible voters face-to-face.
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On-campus students will need to test negative for COVID prior to Thanksgiving break
By JUSTIN WEISS | Oct. 27UB students using on-campus facilities in “any capacity” will be required to test negative for COVID in the 10 days prior to leaving campus for Thanksgiving break, SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras announced Tuesday.
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UB President Satish Tripathi praises UB COVID response, discusses up to $40 million drop in state aid during State of the University address
By ELIZABETH NAPOLITANO | Oct. 26UB President Satish Tripathi tried to remain upbeat during his half hour, pre-recorded State of the University address.
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Second dean in one week resigns to return to faculty role
By ALEXANDRA MOYEN | Oct. 22UB School of Social Work Dean Nancy Smyth will step down as dean and assume a faculty role following the spring 2021 semester. She is the second dean to resign this week, after School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Dean James O'Donnell resigned on Oct. 14.
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‘Hamilton’ star Leslie Odom Jr. discusses understanding yourself and the power of intention
By ALEXANDRA MOYEN | Oct. 17Leslie Odom Jr. said he wasn’t “athletically inclined” as a child, even though his father put him on “every” sports team within a “10-mile radius” of their Philadelphia home.
