UB’s Class of 2022 is the university’s largest and most diverse class to date. This year’s freshman class of 4,166 students is the largest in the SUNY system, according to UB spokesperson John DellaContrada.
Students and faculty are worried about UB’s current asbestos removal taking place during classes, despite university officials’ reassurance that removing the material isn’t a health concern. The university has been removing asbestos, a naturally occurring mineral substance used as insulation material, from three areas on its North Campus: Clemens Hall, Governor’s Hall and the Ellicott Complex.
Campus University awarded first ever MAC Diversity and Inclusion Institutional Award UB received the Mid-American Conference’s inaugural Diversity and Inclusion Institutional Award, recognizing the university’s efforts to promote diversity and inclusion on campus and within the athletics program. In a UB Now article, President Satish K.
“I didn’t go to the moon. I went much further.” Gerald, or Jerry, Finnegan would start his theatre classes at the beginning of each year by having his students recite this line from the memory play, “The Glass Menagerie.” The line comes from character Tom Wingfield, a shoe factory worker who doubles as an aspiring poet trying to escape from reality.
Nineteen Iranian students planning to study at UB didn’t make it to campus this semester. They are stuck in legal limbo as they struggle to get student visas to study in the U.S., according to Katie Tudini, assistant vice provost and director for International Student Services.
The emergency Blue Light Phone system on UB’s North and South campuses is meant to provide students with added security when police aren’t physically present.
Every semester, students pay a mandatory student activity fee of $104.75, which funds various activities like Fall and Spring Fest.
UB promoted John DellaContrada to interim vice president for University Communications on Wednesday. DellaContrada, who previously served as the associate vice president for media relations and stakeholder communications, replaces outgoing Vice President for University Communications Nancy Paton. Paton stepped down on Wednesday to join the University of Florida as the school’s vice president for strategic communications. UB President Satish Tripathi emailed UB community members about Paton’s departure on July 31.
A student was transported to the hospital from the Villas on Rensch on Monday afternoon with non-life threatening injuries. Amherst Police and university police responded to the party at approximately 4 p.m.
UB community members gathered on Friday to promote Native American culture and solidify the university’s commitment to representing native students, faculty and staff in and outside the classroom. About 50 students, faculty and community members attended the Native American welcome event outside of the Student Union. The event, hosted by the Office of Inclusive Excellence, featured faculty and community speakers who discussed their work at the university, research and need for an understanding of the Native American community at UB.
UB is roughly 71 percent complete with its major fundraising campaign Boldly Buffalo. Over 400 alumni, faculty, staff and UB community members attended a reception promoting the campaign on Tuesday evening at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
Olli, the autonomous eight-passenger shuttle bus, is hitting the roads on North Campus this fall. The bus is equipped with IBM Watson IoT, and lidars –– a radar-like technology that uses laser beams instead of radio waves to detect objects and measure distance. The self-driving shuttle could be a future alternative to UB Stampede busses.
It’s advertised on cars, walkways and doors: UB’s Wi-Fi boost, promising lightning fast connection anytime and anywhere on campus.
The National Science Foundation awarded UB $1.45 million in federal investment for high-energy physics research, New York’s Senators announced Tuesday. U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said the funding will go toward the Compact Muon Solenoid experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, according to a press release.
For the first time ever, the Student Union will be open 24/7, providing students with another location to study, congregate and take the occasional nap. Historically the building has closed every day at midnight, but that will change when the new hours commence with the start of the semester on Monday.
The wait is finally over and this year’s lineup for UB’s Distinguished Speakers Series is a lot more presidential. Former Vice President Joe Biden will be headlining the series on Oct. 25 at Alumni Arena. Biden is among a list of other crowned achievers who will come to UB throughout the upcoming school year. Biden along with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice are two of the undergraduate Student Choice speakers this year.
UB will hold its annual full-scale “emergency training exercise” in and around Hadley Village on North Campus Wednesday from 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., according to a UB press release. The university’s emergency management department is teaming up with local, state and federal emergency responders to conduct the active shooter exercise. The drill is designed to ensure coordinated, timely and effective response and recovery in the event of an “active shooter” emergency, according to the press release.
UB football player Tyrone Hill won his lawsuit against the university after delivering an oral argument in the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court on July 6.
Troy Miller, assistant vice president for enrollment management at Bowie State University, will replace Jose Aviles as associate vice provost and director of admissions on July 26. The announcement comes more than a year after Aviles stepped down from his position on June 23, 2017 after accepting a position at Louisiana State University. Lee Melvin, vice provost for enrollment management filled the position temporarily.
After 47 years at the university, nearly 30 of which were spent leading UB’s international programs, Stephen Dunnett announced he will be stepping down from the position Sept. 1, according to a UB press release. The university named John Wood, currently the senior associate vice provost in the department, as the interim vice provost once Dunnett officially steps down in September.
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