Roughly 70 students gathered in the Student Union theater Thursday evening for a town hall meeting with the SA e-board candidates from the R.E.A.L. party, who are running unopposed.
Nearly 24 hours after interviewing with The Spectrum, United Peoples Party, one of two parties initially running in this year’s election, dropped out of the race.
Anjelika Catral has never taken the subway from South Campus to downtown Buffalo. She didn’t even know UB had access to a subway.
BERLIN — At the January Women’s March in Berlin, one thing was clear: few who showed up liked U.S.
Roughly 60 students stood in the snowy academic spine to join protesters nationwide for the National School Walkout on Wednesday.
Jhon Castiblanco, 36, was sentenced to 60 days in jail and 10 years probationary supervision for sexually abusing a UB student in her dorm in 2015, according to The Buffalo News. A spokesperson for the District Attorney’s Office told The Buffalo News the victim had been drinking the night she was assaulted and returned to her dorm alone. She woke to find Castiblanco on top of her.
University police discussed what to do when an active shooter is on campus during two active shooter training sessions held last Wednesday and Friday. UPD began conducting “walk-in” training sessions last year to teach students and faculty how to react in an emergency shooting event. The training, conducted by interim Chief of Police Chris Bartolomei and Officer Scott Marciszewski, went over “Run, Hide, Fight,” active-shooter protocol based on the Department of Homeland Security’s response model.
The Graduate Student Association Senate passed a unanimous resolution supporting current and prospective students who wish to participate in anti-gun violence demonstrations.
Margaret Atwood said she understands why people are concerned about the future of the humanities. Atwood’s sold-out keynote address, “An Evening with Margaret Atwood,” kicked off the “Humanities to the Rescue” weekend on Friday in the Center for the Arts. Her speech was part of a UB’s Humanities Institute project that aims to illuminate the importance of the humanities in the current socio-political climate
UB has joined dozens of universities across the country in announcing it will not penalize prospective students who choose to peacefully protest gun violence. Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the site of a mass shooting on Feb.
After being removed from the classroom last semester amid allegations of misbehavior, Dr. Kushal Bhardwaj is no longer a UB employee as of Jan.
Campus UB to hold free ‘repair fair’ next Monday in Student Union UB STEM is hosting a free repair fair next Monday from noon to 3 p.m.
Royal Roussel, a retired professor in the media study department, died Saturday, Feb. 24 after a battle with cancer. Roussel came to UB in 1967 as a professor in the English department before switching to media study in 1996.
The UB Foundation has invested in at least six fracking-related firms, according to its most recent tax documents.
Campus Living reported “racist graffiti” found in both Goodyear and Spaulding residence halls. The racist graffiti in question is a combination of “racial slurs” directed at African Americans and “hate images” like swastikas, said UPD Chief Deputy Joshua Sticht.
Students of Fossil Free UB were awarded Tuesday for their commitment to working with faculty and administrators across the university throughout their divestment campaign. For the last two years, the student-led group has pressured the university and specifically the UB Foundation to divest all fossil-fuel related holdings to live up to UB’s sustainability goals.
Faculty members proposed creating a new office to handle cases of cheating and academic dishonesty, after a two-year-long study showed most students and faculty find the current academic integrity policy confusing, and the disciplinary process long and overly punitive.
The Graduate Student Association will vote Wednesday on a proposal to increase stipends for graduate student teaching and research assistants.
Campus New partnership provides HIV and hepatitis C research opportunities for UB students UBMD Internal Medicine has partnered with Evergreen Health to serve patients with HIV and hepatitis C, according to UB Now. Students and residents at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences will research the diseases, looking at ways to improve patient care and outcomes.
UB students are partnering with Student Life to create an on-campus food pantry, after a National College Health Assessment report showed 25 percent of UB students experience some degree of food insecurity. Sub-Board I, a non-profit corporation owned by the seven student governments, sent a proposal to Student Life on Feb. 25 to create a university-funded, on-campus food pantry. While the initial budget proposal of the pantry indicates an annual cost of $25,000, SBI officials said it will become self-sustainable in regard to food costs
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