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By News Desk | Oct. 14, 2018Campus UB Coalesce unites international scientists for Biological Art research
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UB President Satish Tripathi speaks on Boldly Buffalo, research in State of the University address
By JACKLYN WALTERS and TANVEEN VOHRA | Oct. 14, 2018UB President Satish Tripathi delivered the annual State of the University address on Friday amidst graduate student protests.
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UB President Satish Tripathi speaks about Boldly Buffalo, research in State of the University address
By JACKLYN WALTERS and TANVEEN VOHRA | Oct. 12, 2018UB President Satish Tripathi delivered the annual State of the University address on Friday amidst graduate student protests. Tripathi spoke in front of roughly 200 people, consisting of UB faculty, staff, students and community members in Slee Hall.
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Hurricane Michael leaves catastrophic damage in Florida
By BRENTON J. BLANCHET | Oct. 11, 2018The third strongest storm to ever hit the U.S. left its mark on Florida Wednesday.
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UB has no plans to develop, build on 200 acres of university land
By BENJAMIN BLANCHET | Oct. 11, 2018A lone sign tells students to enjoy the roughly 200 acres of UB land east of the Millersport Highway. The sign asks students to take “the path to a better quality of life throughout the community.” But North Campus maps don’t lead students to the path, or the hundreds of acres of land the path travels through. The land — about one-sixth of North Campus — is hardly used by UB.
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UB Young Americans for Freedom chapter hosts conservative commentator Ben Shapiro
By BENJAMIN BLANCHET and MAX KALNITZ | Oct. 9, 2018Conservative talk show host, writer and political commentator Ben Shapiro delivered a fact-filled, humorous speech to roughly 670 people on Monday night. Shapiro spoke to a sold-out crowd at Slee Hall and focused his discussion on radical feminism and current viewpoints on marriage, sexual relationships and abortion.
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Kavanaugh confirmation stirs up emotions on campus
By JACKLYN WALTERS | Oct. 8, 2018The Senate confirmed Brett Kavanaugh into the Supreme Court with a vote of 50-48 on Saturday, and many students are upset.
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Task force to develop plan for on-campus food pantry
By MAX KALNITZ | Oct. 8, 2018A new student and faculty group is developing plans for an on-campus food pantry to combat food insecurity.
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Voting registration ends Friday for midterm elections
By News Desk | Oct. 7, 2018New Yorkers have until Friday to register to vote for the upcoming midterm elections on Nov. 6. Erie County currently has 589,157 voters, which is 64 percent of the district’s population according to a 2017 Census report.
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By News Desk | Oct. 7, 2018UB professors created a portable cancer detection tool intended to help detect cancer in patients in areas that do not have hospitals.
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UB Council violated Open Meetings Law, according to top open-government official
By MAX KALNITZ | Oct. 4, 2018The UB Council violated New York State’s Open Meetings Law on Monday by barring students from its meeting, according to the state’s top open-government official.
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UB Living Stipend Movement rallies during UB Council meeting
By MAX KALNITZ | Oct. 1, 2018Despite two graduate students being permitted into Monday’s UB Council Meeting, chairman Jeremy Jacobs adjourned the meeting without letting them voice their concerns about graduate stipends levels. Before the end of the meeting, council student representative Mike Brown proposed a brief period of public comment for biological sciences Ph.D. student Stephanie Gill and English Ph.D. student Arianna Nash to talk about stipend concerns.
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SA passes referendum, students elect SA senators
By MAX KALNITZ | Sep. 30, 2018The Student Association’s mandatory student activity fee will now be $109 starting fall 2019, according to SA President Gunnar Haberl.
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Fun in the sun: The Student Association hosts UB's first Fall Food Festival on Friday
By NATHAN GARDNER | Sep. 30, 2018The Student Association hosted UB’s first Fall Food Festival, featuring food from vendors across Buffalo on Friday.
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Arrest made in homicide of UB student and high school teammate
By MAX KALNITZ | Sep. 30, 2018Monroe County sheriff’s deputies arrested a man in connection to a double homicide that left a UB student and his high school classmate dead, according to WXXI and ABC affiliate WHAM.
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Flint Village parking lot opening spaces to public
By MAX KALNITZ | Sep. 30, 2018UB Parking and Transportation is changing 20 parking spots in the Flint Village parking lot to metered parking.
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Police Blotter
By News Desk | Sep. 27, 20189/14 1:39 a.m.: Two suspicious people were reported to university police in front of Allen Hall. Police issued a SCA issued for underage alcohol consumption and disorderly conduct.
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Faculty Student Association controls $1.5 million from student-funded purchase
By BENJAMIN BLANCHET | Sep. 27, 2018For three decades, the Faculty Student Association has said it has no idea how much student money went into the $785,500 it used to buy a piece of land in Amherst in 1964. The UB-controlled nonprofit has made that claim in response to efforts by the student-founded organization Sub-Board I to gain control of the money, now worth $1.5 million. SBI says the money belongs to students because the original purchase was made with student fees.
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UB Council of Advocacy and Leadership addresses concerns for fall semester
By MAX KALNITZ | Sep. 27, 2018Members of the Council of Advocacy and Leadership met Wednesday night to discuss student concerns such as raising graduate students’ stipends, UB’s Breath Free Policy and providing an NFTA pass for students.
