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Vice presidential debate rundown
By MADDY FOWLER | Oct. 6, 2016Vice presidential candidates Tim Kaine and Mike Pence went toe-to-toe on Tuesday night in their only debate of the election season.
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UB masons turn air intakes into art canvases
By HANNAH STEIN | Oct. 5, 2016UB masons will take another month to clean, patch and coat air intakes with special paint so students will eventually be able to paint murals directly on them.
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UB faculty discuss university and department concerns at town hall meeting
By ASHLEY INKUMSAH and SARAH CROWLEY | Oct. 5, 2016Faculty members from social sciences, arts and humanities departments asked President Satish Tripathi and Provost Charles Zukoski questions during two town hall meetings on Wednesday morning in the Center for The Arts.
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UB Alumni Arena closed after electrical transformer causes small fire
By News Desk | Oct. 5, 2016Alumni Arena is currently closed after an electrical transformer on the north end of the building burned out. Smoke from the transformer vented out of the celling and set off a fire alarm on Wednesday afternoon.
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News briefs: What you need to know locally, nationally and globally
By News Desk | Oct. 3, 2016Five people were killed on Niagara Falls Boulevard within the past three years. This road has become the deadliest stretch for pedestrians in Buffalo, according to The Buffalo News.
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UB remembers former faculty members John Ho, Patricia Burns and Kenneth Levy
By HANNAH STEIN | Oct. 2, 2016Three former UB faculty members – John Ho, Patricia Burns and Kenneth Levy – died last month. Ho, former vice provost for graduate education and dean of the graduate school at UB, died on Sept. 22 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Ho was 74 years old.
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UB Votes Effort releases voter information and Election Day polling locations
By HANNAH STEIN | Oct. 2, 2016UB Votes Effort, a new initiative on campus, is working on registering students and faculty to vote before the voter registration deadline on Oct. 14. Students are tabling in the Student Union, across campus and are going into classes as requested to register students to vote. Jude Butch, coordinator of UB Votes and assistant director of student engagement, started the initiative.
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UB students walk to raise awareness for Syrian refugee crisis
By ASHLEY INKUMSAH | Oct. 2, 2016MSA and Students for Justice in Palestine held a walk from North Campus to South Campus on Friday to raise awareness on the Syrian refugee crisis. MSA also held a fundraiser during the walk to donate to the crisis. Eighty-seven students and community members participated in the walk, according to Islam.
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Former UB student pleads guilty to charges linked with drug ring
By SARAH CROWLEY | Oct. 2, 2016A former UB student pleaded guilty to conspiracy to purchase controlled substances, distribution of controlled substances and money laundering conspiracy on Sept. 30, according to The Buffalo News.
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UB professor Michael Detty awarded Jacob F. Schoellkopf Medal
By RORY SHARON | Oct. 2, 2016Michael Detty came to UB to focus on treating cancer. His research ranges from bone marrow transplants to changing how a mammogram works.
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Faculty Senate discuss salary equity, UB campaigns and SUNY policies
By VICTORIA HARTWELL | Oct. 1, 2016UB Faculty Senate held an executive committee meeting on Wednesday in Capen Hall. A wide range of topics were discussed, including salary equity, the search for the next law school dean and campaigns that are underway.
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Four UB sexual offense investigations occur within last three weeks
By SARAH CROWLEY | Sep. 29, 2016Within the past three weeks, there have been four sexual investigations reported to UB police. Ellicott Complex has had two cases so far on Sept. 9and on Sept. 14.
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UB climbs in rank among ‘top 50’ public colleges
By MADDY FOWLER | Sep. 29, 2016The communities of excellence, updated general education requirements and hiring of more UB faculty have made the university a standout school.
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Presidential debate rundown
By SARAH CROWLEY | Sep. 27, 2016Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump kicked off the first presidential debate on Monday night. NBC Nightly News anchor Lestor Holt moderated the debate, which took place at Hofstra University. Experts projected 100 million viewers would watch the televised debate.
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UB College Republicans host debate watch party
By MADDY FOWLER | Sep. 27, 2016UB College Republicans hosted the event but students from the Democrat and Libertarian clubs were also present. Attendees were engaged and enthusiastic. Students intermittently cheered and booed for the candidates. Cheers were primarily in response to Republican candidate Donald Trump’s remarks, whereas boos were mostly directed at Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
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UB Police blotter 9/15/16 - 9/22/16
By News Desk | Sep. 25, 2016All information according to University Police.
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UB hosts first ever TEDx conference
By HANNAH STEIN | Sep. 25, 2016Devashish Agarwal was lying in his bed while watching a TED talk video over spring when he asked himself, why not have a TED conference at UB?
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Joel Lunenfeld, Twitter VP and UB alumni ’99, visits UB
By HANNAH STEIN | Sep. 25, 2016When Joel Lunenfeld got to college, he had never been on the Internet or sent an email in his life.
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Twins and former astronauts Mark and Scott Kelly kick off UB Distinguished Speaker Series
By SARAH CROWLEY | Sep. 23, 2016The Kelly brothers began the Distinguished Speaker Series in Alumni Arena Thursday evening with stories. They were two unmotivated Irish kids from New Jersey who applied to the wrong college by mistake.
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UB Student Association Senate for 2016-17 announced
By ASHLEY INKUMSAH | Sep. 23, 2016The underdog candidate received the highest number of votes at the Student Association Senate election on Thursday.
