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By News Desk | Feb. 1, 2018Campus UB School of Management receives $1 million gift from alumnus E.
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Students and community react to Black's sentencing
By MAX KALNITZ | Feb. 1, 2018Former UB Vice President Dennis Black has avoided jail despite the district attorney’s recommendation that he serves time behind bars.
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Miller leaves position as vice provost for inclusive excellence for SUNY position
By SARAH CROWLEY | Feb. 1, 2018Teresa Miller, the former vice provost for inclusive excellence and a member of the law school faculty since 1995, was named as senior vice chancellor for strategic initiatives and chief of staff to SUNY Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson, effective Jan. 29.
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Dennis Black avoids jail time after stealing more than $300,00 in state funds
By News Desk | Jan. 27, 2018Former UB Vice President Dennis Black received five years probation Friday morning after pleading guilty in September to stealing more than $300,000 from university bank accounts and avoiding taxes on the illegal funds, a separate felony charge.
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UB celebrates grand opening of Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
By MADDY FOWLER | Dec. 13, 2017For Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Dean Michael Cain, the completion of the school’s new downtown location is “a dream come true.” Cain was among several UB administrators who spoke at the grand opening ceremony for the new medical campus Tuesday morning.
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UB football player sues school, claims due process rights were violated
By SARAH CROWLEY | Dec. 7, 2017A UB football player is suing the university after an administrative panel found him guilty of harassment and possession of a weapon for allegedly pointing an airsoft gun at his teammates on July 6.
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Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences to celebrate opening of downtown location Tuesday
By MADDY FOWLER | Dec. 7, 2017After more than six years of planning and construction, the new home of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences will celebrate its grand opening Tuesday morning.
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Andrea Costantino pays back stolen funds, avoids jail sentence
By News Desk | Dec. 7, 2017Former UB Director of Campus Living, Andrea Costantino, has been sentenced to three-year conditional discharge.
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UB Living Stipend movement stages sit-in outside administrative offices
By MADDY FOWLER | Dec. 5, 2017In the third Living Stipend Movement protest this semester, demonstrators shared vulnerable, personal stories about what they characterize as a struggle to survive on unfair stipends as part of an hour long sit-in.
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The daily grind
By ANNA SAVCHENKO | Dec. 4, 2017When it comes to getting Starbucks at The Commons, UB students face a choice: wait in line for up to 30 minutes, or as the baristas call it, “going mobile.” The UB Commons location has consistently ranked in the top three most popular mobile ordering locations in the U.S., with a total average of 400 to 500 mobile orders per weekday.
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International students hold panel to discuss isolation, problems with integration at UB
By SARAH CROWLEY | Dec. 4, 2017The Institute of International Education recognized UB for the 15th straight year as a top host university for international students, but some feel it hasn’t done enough to integrate these students into American university life. A class of international students is searching for solutions.
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By News Desk | Dec. 4, 2017Campus IBM awards UB computer scientists grant to develop energy efficient electronics IBM has awarded UB computer scientists Tevfik Kosar and Murat Demirbas $75,000 to create software that reduces the energy consumption of computers through IBM’s Open Collaboration Research program, according to a UB news release. The research project called “GreenDataFlow” focuses on reducing power consumption in both hardware and software on Internet connected devices.
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Senate narrowly passes controversial tax reform bill
By MADDY FOWLER | Dec. 4, 2017The Senate passed a massive tax overhaul in the early hours of Saturday morning after several last-minute, handwritten revisions were scribbled in the margins of the 479-page bill. The measure passed 51 to 49 and would offer large permanent tax cuts to major corporations, such as Apple, General Electric and Goldman Sachs, according to Forbes. The bill aims to reorganize and lower the taxes businesses and corporations pay in order to stimulate economic growth.
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UB Libraries will waive all fees for overdue books until Dec. 18
By News Desk | Dec. 4, 2017Time is running out to return overdue library books without facing a fee. The UB Libraries announced a month-long campaign that began on Nov. 17 to encourage UB and Buffalo community members to return their overdue library books.
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Buffalo State College Foundation donated to local political action committee
By SARAH CROWLEY | Nov. 30, 2017The Buffalo State College Foundation improperly donated $1,250 to a local political action committee in February, New York State campaign finance filings show.
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UB graduate students hold walkout in opposition to GOP tax plan
By ANNA SAVCHENKO | Nov. 30, 2017Graduate students and faculty members gathered at Founders Plaza on North Campus Wednesday to show their opposition to a tax bill passed earlier this month by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. The event was part of a national protest organized by the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students in opposition to the tax plan.
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UB Foundation invests in fracking, leaked documents reveal
By MADDY FOWLER | Nov. 30, 2017The UB Foundation invested in an offshore firm that funds North American hydraulic fracturing –– more commonly known as fracking, a practice banned in New York State due to environmental concerns.
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GOP tax plan to cut savings for grad students by $65 billion over next decade, report shows
By SARAH CROWLEY | Nov. 20, 2017The Graduate Student Association will vote on a resolution to voice opposition to the GOP tax plan, which has been criticized nationally for its rollback on tax benefits for graduate students and universities. Chris Rupert, a graduate student in biology, is drafting a resolution to present at the Dec. 6 Graduate Student Association Senate Meeting. The report will ask UB administrators to commission an official report looking at how the tax plan, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, would impact UB specifically.
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Mental illness a growing problem among college students
By MADDY FOWLER | Nov. 20, 2017Laura Aguilera’s depression came on slowly. She started waking up feeling very tired her sophomore year. This unshakeable fatigue gave way to a diminishing appetite and a lack of motivation. She wasn’t interested in anything and wanted to sleep all the time. Ninety-five percent of college counseling center directors surveyed said the number of students with “significant psychological problems” is a growing concern, according to an Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors survey of counseling center directors
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Michael overhaul
By DAN MCKEON | Nov. 20, 2017Michael Hall houses UB’s Student Health Services, a full-service medical clinic available to any student of the university, but it’s located on South Campus, away from most of the on-campus student population. While there have been several plans in the past to move Student Health Services to North Campus, Michael Hall is still the primary medical clinic for many students.
