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
SUNY officials failed to provideadequate financial oversight of the system’s 30 campus foundations –– whose combined assets total more than $2.1 billion –– state watchdogs concluded in a report released Tuesday by New York Comptroller Tom DiNapoli. The report details a number of questionable expenditures at the UB Foundation in particular, including salaries paid to individuals also earning a state salary and contract awards handed out without competitive bidding. Among the comptroller’s findings: SUNY has not audited 16 of the 30 campus foundations –– private, nonprofit entities that control fundraising, property management and other capital investments for the universities –– in at least a decade. The report also found UBF, the largest campus foundation in the SUNY system with more than $1 billion in assets, was one of 10 SUNY foundations operating without an active contract.
After being folded into the Transnational Studies Department for 10 years, Gender and Sexuality Studies is once again a standalone program. Faculty Senate reinstated the Gender and Sexuality Studies Department’s independent status after a unanimous vote at the senate’s first meeting on Feb.
Rising costs in education, gun violence and growing competition from countries like Canada, Australia, Germany and the U.K.
Givary Muhammad was shocked by the stash of guns in his Californian host-family’s home.
Susan Rice has worked with U.S. presidents since 1993. She spent four years working closely with President Obama as national security adviser, five years as a United Nations ambassador and four years as assistant secretary for African Affairs under President Clinton.
As a force in the White House under two administrations, Susan Rice was present for some of the most combative times in modern politics. Ahead of her Wednesday night appearance at this year’s Distinguished Speaker Series, the former National Security Adviser under the Obama Administration sat down with The Spectrum. Q: Working for both the Clinton and Obama administrations, can you describe the transition?
Members of the Council of Advocacy and Leadership met on Wednesday night to discuss student concerns such as rising student fees and the enforcement of UB’s non-smoking policy. COAL is made up of the seven student government presidents, the Student-Wide Judiciary Chief Justice Joe Wolf and chaired by assembly speaker and UB Council student representative Mike Brown.
An elevator in Clemens Hall is still in need of repair, four months after a pipe ruptured, causing extensive damage to several floors in the building. Elevators 1 and 2 needed new controls immediately following the flood after being directly hit by water, according to the University Facilities Office.
Students have until Wednesday to request a Comprehensive Fee Waiver, which would allow them to opt out of paying some aspects of the comprehensive fee for the Spring 2018 semester. If eligible, students can be exempt from paying Health Services; Transportation; Campus Life; and Athletics and Recreation Fees. The university proposed a 2.53 percent increase of the Comprehensive Fee for the 2018-2019 academic year.
UB still has not announced the new athletic director after news broke on Jan. 17 that Allen Greene would be leaving to become AD at Auburn University, a top Division-I sports school.
The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority board approved a $4.8 million study Thursday to extend metro rail service to UB’s North Campus.
Buffalo residents in a neighborhood dubbed a “food desert” will have healthier and affordable options to choose from thanks to a new partnership between the private sector, UB and community leaders. Project Rainfall, a food system social enterprise in Buffalo’s Northland Corridor, was spearheaded by NeuWater and Associates chief executive Rita Hubbard-Robinson.
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