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UB’s applicant pool has increased over 10 percent compared to this time last year. The Office of Admissions attributes this to recruitment strategies made by the university.
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UB applications increase by more than 10 percent

This time each year, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at UB delves into the process of sorting through thousands of applications from students hoping to be accepted to the university. And compared to this time last year, there has already been a jump in the number of applicants who are applying to UB.


UPD Officer David Stall uses a fire extinguisher to put out a garbage can fire outside the Student Union on April 17. Assistant Chief of Police Chris Bartolomei recently attended a three-day training targeted to fight against implicit bias in policing.
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UB Police tackles bias in policing

The effort was designed to “train trainers” in fair and impartial policing perspectives, according to Fair and Impartial Policing (FIP), an organization designed to tackle issues of bias and interactions with the public that officers sometimes do not notice. The training is based on the “science” of bias, according to UB Chief of Police and president of the SUNY Police Chiefs Association, Gerald Schoenle.


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Less full-time faculty teaching at UB Law School

B’s law school went from having 54 full-time faculty members teaching in the fall of 2010 to just 27 last fall, according to the American Bar Association’s annual 509 information reports. That includes a drop off from 48 full-time faculty members who taught in the fall of 2014.


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Buffalo Police investigate student robbery in University Heights

Two suspects robbed a UB student of his cell phone and wallet while the student was walking down Winspear Avenue, located right off of South Campus, with a friend at around 10:35 p.m. Sunday. The victim said the two suspects, male teenagers wearing dark clothing, approached him asking to use his cell phone, then one suspect pointed a black handgun at him while the other struck him in the head.


Lance Rintamaki, director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Communication, teaching his COM 492 class. Rintamaki’s structure for his final exams differ from other professors since he leaves the grading structure up to students.
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UB professors have varying breakdowns for students’ final grades

Students often have grievances about how professors decide to calculate their final grade and the dreaded finals week, which runs from Dec. 14 until Dec. 21 this semester, as a whole. Professors across different departments have their own methods for breaking down students’ grades, and some even adjust their class structure to fit student preferences.


UPD officer John Sindoni administers Narcan on a dummy last April. Sindoni was one of three UPD officers recognized at SUNY Chiefs Association Awards last month.
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UB police officers recognized for excellence at SUNY Chiefs Association Awards

UPD Lieutenant Scott Marciszewski, Officer John Sindoni and Communications Officer Robert Adamski all received awards for professionalism on campus. The SUNY Chiefs Association Awards are held annually in Albany, New York to recognize the work university police departments within the SUNY system. The event presents officers with awards for heroism and professionalism.


Oliver and BSU were active last semester after the "White Only" art project controversy. 
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UPD investigates ‘racist and discriminatory’ letter sent to BSU president

The letter uses racial slurs and accuses several organizations, like the NAACP and the Black Lives Matters movement of being racist. Although UPD says the letter does not pose a direct threat to Oliver, it has run a number of assessments regarding the text of the letter, fingerprints and the physical letter itself. And as a precaution and per protocol, UB has shared the letter with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).



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