Locally Hillary and Bill Clinton to come to Western New York A former president and a presidential candidate hopeful will visit the Western New York area this week.
The petition, which encourages support from the student body and local Buffalo residents, has been active since Sunday and is sponsored by both UB Progressives and UB College Democrats.
Young Americans for Liberty (YAL), a Student Association club, is planning to bring Yiannopoulos to campus this May to speak to students about the right to free speech. The SA Senate recently granted YAL $759 for the event and the Special Interests, Services and Hobbies Council gave the club an additional $300.
UB’s School of Social Work held a Syrian Conflict symposium on Thursday at the Buffalo and Erie County Central Library, located in downtown Buffalo. Students, professors, medical, legal and social work professionals from the Buffalo area all gathered to discuss the implications of the refugee resettlement
Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) hosted its fifth annual Balling for Boobs three-on-three charity basketball tournament on April 2. This year’s tournament was originally projected to raise $500, but raised $800 – nearly triple the donations from last year. All proceeds from the tournament went to the American Cancer Society with part of the money being set aside for breast cancer research.
The Progress Party celebrated its sweep of the SA elections in the SA office Thursday night, as all three of its candidates will assume the executive board positions of president, vice president and treasurer next year.
University Police has found a student that went missing Thursday. At approximately 9 p.m., UPD announced it was looking for Sahba Abraha, who was last seen getting off the bus at the Ellicott Complex on North Campus Thursday at noon. UPD tweeted at approximately 10:30 p.m. that Abraha had been found OK.
The newly established UB Sci-Fi & Fantasy Club held its second-ever meeting on Wednesday night, with an open discussion about sci-fi and fantasy books and movies they liked.
During the last 10 years, Murphy said the percentage of women pursuing a professional degree in the STEM fields has remained relatively stable, with the numbers for women obtaining either a bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree in these fields at or less than 30 percent.
Final exit poll numbers Thursday indicate the three Progress Party candidates will be next year's Student Association executive board.
All information according to the UB Police.
Exit poll numbers show the Progress Party is widening its lead in the Student Association elections.
A UB student tripped and fell from a ground floor window of Porter Hall in the Ellicott Complex Tuesday.
Jean Wactawski-Wende, dean of the School of Public Health and Health Professions and a SUNY Distinguished Professor, has since devoted her life to epidemiology and cancer research.
University Police is investigating anti-Semitic slurs written on a men’s restroom stall in Capen Hall that were reported on March 23.
More than 100 children living in the zip code 14215 – which includes the University Heights – have had elevated blood-lead levels from 2013-15, according to the Erie County Department of Health.
Locally: FBI takes computers from Buffalo Police Department The FBI took several computers and cell phones from the Buffalo Police Department’s Intelligence Unit last week in an unknown investigation, according to WGRZ.
The Progress Party has an early lead after the first day of voting for the Student Association elections, according to The Spectrum’s exit polls. The Spectrum polled 52 students leaving the voting booths in the Student Union Theater Tuesday, and the majority of them say they voted for the three Progress Party candidates in the race for SA president, vice president and treasurer.
The treasurer is elected separately from the president and vice president. The treasurer is the chief controller of SA's budget and is responsible for the disbursement of SA's budget and revenue.
The Student Association executive board is responsible for controlling approximately $4 million of student money collected through the mandatory student activity fee of $104.75 a semester. The SA president and vice president must run on a ticket together. The president is the chief executive officer of SA and has the ultimate responsibility for the enforcement of the SA constitution and bylaws. The vice president directs, assists and oversees SA recognized clubs and organizations. Elections will be held March 29-31 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Student Union Theater.
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