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Students watch election updates on the night of Nov. 5

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Trump reelection draws mixed reactions from UB students

By MYLIEN LAI | Nov. 12, 2024

Former President Donald Trump secured a total of 312 electoral votes in the 2024 presidential election, a 35-point increase from the Associated Press’ (AP) initial projection of 277 votes, last Tuesday night. The AP — which has called election results for decades — made the final projection Sunday, Nov. 10, after calling Arizona’s results to be in favor of Trump two days prior.

A UB student casting their vote at the Center for Tomorrow on Election Day Tuesday.

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‘24 presidential election sees increased voter turnout in UB

By MYLIEN LAI | Nov. 5, 2024

Approximately 300 UB students and community members voted at the Center for Tomorrow — UB’s on-campus polling site from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. — on Tuesday. The voter turnout remained steady throughout, with a line often stretching out of the entrance.

Governor Hochul flipped the switch for Empire AI, marking the inaugural beginning of advanced supercomputing research at UB.

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Governor Hochul flips the switch for Empire AI at UB

By MAXIMILIAN MALAWISTA | Oct. 31, 2024

Governor Kathy Hochul flipped Empire AI’s switch on Oct. 11, powering on the beginning of a supercomputing future housed right here on UB’s downtown campus.

A picture of a police car patrolling Creekside Village.

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UPD arrests Creekside apartment burglar

By MYLIEN LAI | Oct. 29, 2024

Adam Berete was arrested for last Sunday night’s Creekside apartment burglary, University Police (UPD) told residents in an email Tuesday afternoon. Police report that the 21-year-old Buffalo resident also broke into a vehicle in that area around that time.

A picture of the UB Student Association's office, located on the third floor of Student Union.

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Four SA senators resign

By CAMDEN BARTLO | Oct. 27, 2024

Four Student Association (SA) senators — Riya Gaikwad, Laibah Ahmed, Dilasha Thapa and Nicholas Bausch — resigned their positions, leaving only 19 filled seats out of 23 total in SA Senate. SA opened applications to fill the vacant seats in an Instagram post Tuesday afternoon.

Then-Students Supporting Israel (SSI) President Brandon Meyer wears a shirt promoting the group at a pro-Israel march on Monday, May 6, 2024. SSI is one of three groups targeted by the Communist Student League's letter.

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UB communist group calls for expulsion of “white nationalist and Zionist” students and staff

By RICARDO CASTILLO | Oct. 22, 2024

A communist group at UB called in an open letter for the university to investigate and expel “white nationalist and Zionist” students and staff.

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Car break-ins, catalytic converter thefts prompt increased patrols

By HANNAH RASHAD | Oct. 22, 2024

University Police (UPD) are reminding students to lock their doors, roll up their windows and hide valuables when they park their cars after a recent spate of car break-ins and catalytic converter thefts on UB’s North Campus.

A University Police car passes the University Metro Rail station on South Campus on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023.

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Burglar strikes Creekside Village apartment, UPD says

By MYLIEN LAI | Oct. 21, 2024

A burglar stole “a number of belongings” from a Creekside Village apartment Sunday night, University Police (UPD) told Creekside residents in an email Monday morning.

The Brittany Murchie Mulla Sports Performance Center was unveiled on Thursday.

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UB opens new sports performance center

By EMILY HORNBECK | Oct. 20, 2024

UB ceremonially cut the ribbon on the new Brittany Murchie Mulla Sports Performance Center, which will provide student athletes with new gym equipment, last Thursday.

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Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian discusses America’s past at UB

By CAMDEN BARTLO and MYLIEN LAI | Oct. 17, 2024

Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian Jon Meacham gave a talk on the Center of the Arts (CFA) mainstage Wednesday night about American democracy, history and the upcoming presidential election to kick off UB’s ‘24-25 Distinguished Speakers Series.

Jon Meacham sat down for an interview with The Spectrum before his presentation on Wednesday night.

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A conversation with Jon Meacham

By SARAH OWUSU and CAMDEN BARTLO | Oct. 17, 2024

Before his Distinguished Speakers Series presentation, Meacham sat down with The Spectrum Wednesday night to weigh in on the importance of voting, the “compelling” stakes of the 2024 presidential election and why learning from the past matters.

UB President Satish Tripathi's 13th annual State of the University Address took place in Lippes Concert Hall on Friday.

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President Tripathi delivers 13th annual State of the University Address

By NADIA BANGAROO | Oct. 13, 2024

UB President Satish Tripathi delivered his 13th annual State of the University Address at Lippes Concert Hall on Friday, discussing UB’s increased investments in international research and outreach programs and developments in artificial intelligence.

UB's club hockey teams play in the Northtown Center at Amherst, located across the Millersport Highway from UB's North Campus.

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Facing SA pressure, von Hedemann steps down as men’s ACHA ice hockey head coach

By SOL HAUSER and MYLIEN LAI | Oct. 9, 2024

Von Hedemann, who became head coach in 2021, said the undergraduate Student Association (SA) requested that he resign as a condition to allow the men’s and women’s ice hockey teams to be reinstated.

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Domestic violence up, burglaries down in 2023, annual UPD report shows

By AMY ARACENA | Oct. 9, 2024

UB saw an increase in domestic violence reports and a decrease in robberies and burglaries last year, an annual crime report by the University Police Department (UPD) shows.

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UB enrolls 30,558 students, exceeding enrollment goals for sixth consecutive year

By HANNAH RASHAD | Oct. 9, 2024

30,558 students — 19,117 matriculating undergraduates and 11,441 graduate students — enrolled at UB this fall, making it the sixth consecutive year that UB exceeded its enrollment goal of 30,000 students.

An armed robbery occurred Thursday morning near Creekside Village.

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University Police report armed robbery at Creekside apartments

By HANNAH RASHAD | Oct. 3, 2024

In a public alert Thursday morning, University Police reported that two UB students were robbed near Creekside Village at 12:40 a.m. by three men wearing ski masks.

President Satish Tripathi speaking at the second faculty meeting.

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UB revises protest policies, extends review period

By EMILY HORNBECK | Oct. 2, 2024

UB lifted bans on chalking, anonymous posters and amplification equipment in its recently drafted assembly policies in response to feedback from students and faculty, including the Faculty Senate, as of yesterday. The policy review period is extended for two more weeks with its end date being updated to Oct. 14.

Samin Bhuya (left) and Killian Hannigan (right) in a meeting with the UB ice hockey club.

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SA derecognition could halt UB ice hockey after 128 years

By MYLIEN LAI | Oct. 2, 2024

Due to the club’s current derecognition status under UB’s Student Association (SA), the men’s and women’s ice hockey teams announced that they are unable to compete for this fall semester. The possibility of the two teams competing in the spring remains uncertain.

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UB employees incur approximately $200,000 in travel expenses

By HANNAH RASHAD | Sep. 24, 2024

Ten UB employees spent $209,187.65 in travel expenses during the ‘23-24 academic year, according to a travel expenditure spreadsheet acquired by The Spectrum. University Provost A. Scott Weber incurred $487.58 in costs while President Satish K. Tripathi did not have any recorded.

One of the many Buffalo sculptures across campus.

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UB remains No. 36 best public college in latest U.S. News rankings

By MYLIEN LAI | Sep. 24, 2024

UB ranks No. 36 in best public colleges and No. 76 in national universities in the latest U.S. News and World Report rankings, showing no change from last year.