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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

By Evan Schneider | Jan. 27, 2016

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

By MARLEE TUSKES | Jan. 27, 2016

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.

Snow piles up on a street on Carnegie Hill in New York, New York this past weekend. Winter Storm Jonas hit the East Coast and made it difficult for students to return to campus in time for the start of the spring semester.

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UB students affected by Northeast Winter Storm Jonas

By GABRIELA JULIA | Jan. 26, 2016

Winter Storm Jonas covered the Northeast in a snow blanket this past weekend, leaving many students stranded outside of Buffalo and concerned about not getting to campus in time for the start of the semester.

Stock photo of Angelica Rochford, a junior social sciences interdisciplinary major, walking through the snow on North Campus last winter. UB will open on-campus housing early in order to accommodate students traveling from the New York City area, which will be hit by Winter Storm Jonas.

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UB opens on-campus housing early due to Winter Storm Jonas

By Tom Dinki | Jan. 21, 2016

All on-campus dorms and apartments were not supposed to open until Sunday, but will now open Friday at 9 a.m. to accommodate students traveling from the New York City and metropolitan area.

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VIDEO: UB students’ Heights apartment burglarized

By Tom Dinki | Jan. 8, 2016

Buffalo Police is investigating the burglary in Truesdell’s apartment early Thursday morning - just one of many burglaries that have occurred in the University Heights neighborhood over the past month.

Ashley Powell, who has received both criticism and support for her “White Only, Black Only” art project, sits in her art studio in the Center for the Arts.

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The top 10 stories of the fall semester at UB

By ASHLEY INKUMSAH | Dec. 29, 2015

The Spectrum has compiled a list of this semester’s most noteworthy news stories.

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Buffalo Police investigate student robbery in University Heights

By Tom Dinki | Dec. 14, 2015

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.

Student Association President Minahil Khan poses for a photo during her SA presidential run in the spring of 2015.

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UB students ask professors to include sexual assault, Title IX information on course syllabi

By Tom Dinki | Dec. 11, 2015

The SA Assembly will ask the Faculty Senate to require that professors include information on sexual assault and Title IX polices on all course syllabi.

Mickey Vertino, University Heights Collaborative president, speaks at the group's meeting in the Gloria J. Parks Community Center Tuesday night. The collaborative discussed the new student housing complex Axis 360, as well as parking and bar closing times.

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New apartment complexes and bar closing times topics at University Heights Collaborative meeting

By ASHLEY INKUMSAH | Dec. 11, 2015

The collaborative assembled in Glora J. Parks Community Center to provide updates on developments within the Heights neighborhood. Mickey Vertino, president of the University Heights Collaborative, spoke about the new student housing complex, Axis 360, which will be located on LaSalle Avenue off of Main Street.

Black Student Union members protest President Satish Tripathi’s State of the University Address in October, demanding a university policy on art in public spaces. UB announced an interim policy on Thursday, which states that student artwork outside the Center for the Arts must be labeled as such.

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UB makes interim art policy in light of ‘White Only’ controversy

By Tom Dinki | Dec. 10, 2015

The policy will require that art projects outside the Center for the Arts have some kind of note or explanation to identify it as a work of art.

Students who are up all night studying for finals can find solace at places such as the flag room to catch up on some sleep.

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Best places to nap on campus

By MARLEE TUSKES | Dec. 10, 2015

College students are notorious for pulling all-nighters during finals week. The extra hours spent awake are seen as a productive time to study for finals.

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

By Evan Schneider | Dec. 10, 2015

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.

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UB Police blotter 12/1/15 - 12/6/15

By News Desk | Dec. 10, 2015

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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

By Thanya Theogene | Dec. 9, 2015

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

By GABRIELA JULIA | Dec. 8, 2015

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).

Cornato Vella standing on the Gozo Channel ferry in Malta, Europe four years ago. While his family stayed in Europe, Vella lived on his own in the United States, homeless and having difficulties keeping up with school work.

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UB program supports kids who age out of foster care system

By GABRIELA JULIA | Dec. 7, 2015

UB has created a former foster youth program to help transition these youth through college. The program was initiated about a year ago and is through the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) and Student Support Services (SSS) and works with the UB School of Social Work.

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UB Student Association Senate rundown

By Tom Dinki | Dec. 6, 2015

The Student Association Senate held its final meeting of the fall semester on Friday.

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News briefs

By News Desk | Dec. 6, 2015

What you should know locally, nationally and internationally

The constructing of a student housing complex, mostly targeted for UB students, located off of LaSalle Avenue in the University Heights. The complex, Axis 360, will open in August and could change some of the dynamics of the neighborhood.

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New student housing complex could change dynamic of University Heights

By Tom Dinki | Dec. 3, 2015

Legacy Development, a Buffalo-based real estate developer, is currently constructing the first student housing complex in the Heights, called Axis 360, with an initial opening of 532 bedrooms in August 2016.

A wrongful termination suit against former UB Law School Dean Makau Mutua was recommended to be dismissed this week. The lawsuit, filed by former UB law professor Jeffrey Malkan, claims Mutua denied his due process rights when he fired him in 2009.

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Judge recommends lawsuit against former UB Law School Dean Makau Mutua be dismissed

By Tom Dinki | Dec. 2, 2015

The lawsuit, filed by Jeffrey Malkan in 2011, alleged that Mutua violated Malkan’s due process rights when the former dean fired him in 2009. U.S. Magistrate Judge H. Kenneth Schroeder also granted sanctions against Malkan and his attorney for claiming Mutua committed perjury in the case.