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Executive Director at the Office of Alumni Larry Zielinski said UB is working on an initiative to keep alumni more connected to the university after graduation.

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UB looking to stay in better touch with alumni

By Sarah Drozda | Feb. 25, 2016

Out of roughly 243,000 UB alumni, less than 20 percent have continued engagement with UB upon graduation.

The FBI has asked Apple to create technology that would allow it to unlock the encrypted phone of Syed Farook, who with his wife killed 14 people in the San Bernardino attacks in December. Apple has refused, causing a debate over privacy and security.

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Apple controversy raises questions over privacy and security

By ASHLEY INKUMSAH | Feb. 23, 2016

The privacy of iPhone users may be in jeopardy. The FBI has court ordered Apple Inc. to develop a technology that would allow access to the iPhone of Syed Farook, who with his wife killed 14 people in the San Bernardino, California attacks in December of 2015.

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UB Police blotter 2/16/16 – 2/23/16

By News Desk | Feb. 23, 2016

8:04 a.m. – Patrol was called in to assist a disabled vehicle at the entrance of the Main and Bailey parking lot on South Campus.

Flyers for former missing student Melvin George have been posted around campus.

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Former UB student missing

By MARLEE TUSKES | Feb. 23, 2016

The Amherst Police Department is searching for a former UB graduate student who has been missing for more than a week.

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News briefs: Buffalo State student's death investigated as possible hazing incident

By News Desk | Feb. 21, 2016

Locally Deadly fire claims two lives in Buffalo A fire ripped through a home in Buffalo early Friday morning killing 24-year-old Demetrius Johnson and 49-year-old Juan Alberto Montanez Navarro.

TAG Week is designed to bring awareness about the philanthropists who provide donations to fund for many of UB’s projects.

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UB TAG Week looks to raise awareness of philanthropy among students

By James MacDavid | Feb. 21, 2016

TAG week, which stands for “thinking about giving,” was created to raise donor awareness among students and give them the chance to thank donors. Students get to personally meet philanthropists throughout TAG week. The events will be held from Feb. 22-26.

UB students Chris Komin, Jake Dixon and George Gombert are hoping to qualify for the “Red Bull Can You Make It?” challenge in which they would travel to Europe and use 24 cans of Red Bull as their only means of payment.

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Three students trying to make it through Europe with only cans of Red Bull

By Kori Hughes | Feb. 21, 2016

Three UB students are attempting to make the cut of participating in the “Red Bull Can You Make It?” challenge, in which 165 student teams from more than 50 countries will travel across Europe for seven days with only Red Bull energy drinks as currency. The winning team will win a paid summer vacation in Europe.

Bradley Doyley, a former player for the Buffalo State men's basketball team and a senior business major, died on Thursday. Buffalo Police is investigating his death as a possible fraternity hazing incident.

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Police investigate death of Buffalo State student as possible hazing incident

By TORI ROSEMAN | Feb. 21, 2016

Buffalo Police is investigating the death of a SUNY Buffalo State student as a possible fraternity hazing incident.

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UB graduates arrested in drug raid

By MARLEE TUSKES | Feb. 20, 2016

Erie County Sheriff, Buffalo and Amherst narcotic officers arrested UB alumni Lei Meng, Donald Cheng and Brian Wong after a raid of homes on Tyler Street in the University Heights and Sweet Home Road in Amherst. Kevin Shiue was also arrested.

The UBIT Help Center recently open a second location for anyone with problems with their technical devices on South Campus in Abbott Hall.

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UBIT Center located in Abbott Hall aims to assist students living near South Campus

By Kori Hughes | Feb. 19, 2016

Abbott Hall’s UBIT Center, which shares a space with the printing center in the Health Sciences Library (HSL), now gives students on South Campus a convenient place to seek support with technical problems. Until this semester, there has only been one UBIT Help Center at UB, located in the Lockwood Cybrary.

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UB Police blotter 2/9/16 – 2/15/16

By News Desk | Feb. 18, 2016

All information according to University Police

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Students ask what it takes for UB to close in light of Tuesday's winter storm

By Tom Dinki | Feb. 17, 2016

Tuesday’s winter storm and nearly a foot of snow has left many students asking a familiar question: What does it take for UB to cancel classes? The winter storm, which affected the entire Western New York region, left unplowed campus parking lots and streets hard to navigate, Stampede buses delayed and many commuter students stuck inside their driveways with snow burying their cars. While Daemen College, located in Amherst, canceled classes Tuesday, UB remained open yet again – a pattern that has repeated and frustrated students for years. Other local colleges Canisius and SUNY Buffalo State were already closed due to Presidents’ Day. Students reported unplowed parking lots on North and South Campus as late as 4 p.m., causing many drivers to dig themselves out of the snow, as well as triple park and block other drivers from exiting. Unplowed sidewalks also made it difficult for students living on campus to get to the academic spine.

The UB Professional Staff Senate approved the “Greening the Commons” initiative, which will work to eliminate the harmful effects of using polystyrene in food containers as well as the lack of recycling practices

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New UB initiative aims to ‘green’ The Commons

By Corey Klino | Feb. 17, 2016

The UB Professional Staff Senate approved the “Greening The Commons” initiative in November, which works to eliminate the harmful effects of using polystyrene in food containers as well as the lack of recycling practices in The Commons, said Domenic Licata, chair of the Professional Staff Senate.

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia testifies before the House Judiciary Committee’s Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee in 2010. Scalia passed away on Sunday leaving a vacancy on the Supreme Court.

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Death of Supreme Court Justice Scalia raises major questions during election year

By ASHLEY INKUMSAH | Feb. 16, 2016

The sudden death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has left a vacant seat on the United States Supreme Court. The search for a new justice nearly immediately caused a stir among the Republican and Democratic parties.

Attendees at Monday’s UB Council meeting discuss ongoing cancer research and NYSUNY 2020.

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UB Council focuses on chronic disease research

By Evan Schneider | Feb. 16, 2016

Jean Wactawski-Wende, the dean of the School of Public Health and Health Professions who has been part of the WHI since it was established at UB, discussed some of the groundbreaking findings in cancer research the univeristy has made to the UB Council on Monday.

A student walks through the snow on North Campus on Feb. 12. A snowstorm has caused difficult commutes to campus on Tuesday.

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Twitter reactions: Students upset UB open despite weather

By MARLEE TUSKES | Feb. 16, 2016

On Tuesday, a winter storm warning went into effect in Buffalo when the city was hit with almost a foot of snow. While some local schools were cancelled, including area colleges, UB remained open. A notice on the UB Alert website warned students about traveling delays due to the weather, however nothing has been sent to student emails.

In the fifth annual Life Raft Debate, UB professors from different fields battled it out on stage and argued as to why they should be the lone survivor a hypothetical deserted island. The audience (pictured) had the ultimate power in deciding who should win.

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UB professors argue why they should be the one to survive during Life Raft Debate

By SARAH CROWLEY | Feb. 14, 2016

Associate history professor Patrick McDevitt secured the first-ever win for the humanities department at the fifth annual Life Raft Debate on Wednesday night. Co-sponsored by UB’s Honor College and the Academies, the Life Raft Debate brings professors from various departments together to argue why they think they should survive a hypothetical deserted island by escaping via life raft. The professors argued the importance of his or her field in rebuilding a post-apocalyptic civilization for eight minutes.