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By News Desk | Dec. 6, 2015What you should know locally, nationally and internationally
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New student housing complex could change dynamic of University Heights
By Tom Dinki | Dec. 3, 2015Legacy 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.
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Judge recommends lawsuit against former UB Law School Dean Makau Mutua be dismissed
By Tom Dinki | Dec. 2, 2015The 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.
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Faculty Senate discusses diversity and inclusion, UB home ownership program
By ASHLEY INKUMSAH | Dec. 1, 2015The Faculty Senate discussed topics of concern within the university, including the controversial “White Only” art project and the UB home ownership program in the Center for Tomorrow Tuesday.
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Fire alarms falsely pulled in UB buildings
By MARLEE TUSKES | Dec. 1, 2015Because there was no smoke or fire present in the buildings when the alarms went off, the incidents appear to be false reports, said Deputy Chief of Police Joshua Sticht.
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UB Police blotter 11/24 – 11/30
By News Desk | Dec. 1, 201512:39 a.m. – A UB student requested patrol after an intoxicated male punched and damaged a wall in Lehman Hall. The male admitted to punching the wall and was issued Student-Wide Judiciary paperwork.
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UB Study Abroad moving forward after Paris attacks
By MARLEE TUSKES | Nov. 23, 2015John Wood, senior associate vice provost for international education, said several students have requested to withdraw from the winter study abroad programs, however, he said their reasons for withdrawing may not necessarily be due to the attacks. Currently, there are 150 students enrolled for the winter study abroad session.
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UB pharmacy students fundraise for victims of Paris terror attacks
By ASHLEY INKUMSAH | Nov. 22, 2015The Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) is working to raise support and donate funds for relief for the victims of the terrorists attacks in Paris, France.
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By News Desk | Nov. 22, 2015What you should know locally, nationally and internationally
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UB takes steps toward progress
By Thanya Theogene | Nov. 19, 2015With racial tensions high on college campuses throughout the nation, some UB students and administrators gathered Wednesday night to propose solutions.
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UB students combine blues, rock and metal influences for experimental band
By ASHLEY INKUMSAH | Nov. 19, 2015The Seven Crowns is an experimental rock group made up of four UB students that draws influences from Middle Eastern music to blues-rock. The band consists of guitarist Jack Walker, bassist Eric Vlesmas and guitarist Dan Gagliardi. Walker and Gagliardi share the vocalist position in the band. Ryan Whitmarsh also occasionally serves as the guitarist and keyboardist for the band.
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Geneva Overholser gives lecture at UB about ‘media revolution’
By MARLEE TUSKES | Nov. 18, 2015Overholser, a senior fellow at the Democracy Fund and an independent journalist in New York City, gave a lecture Monday in the Student Union Theater as part of UB’s International Education Week. The lecture, titled “The Media Revolution: What it Means for You,” was about the progression of journalism amidst the digital era.
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One voice at a time
By GABRIELA JULIA | Nov. 17, 2015DuMouchelle is an adjunct assistant professor in the music department and the head of the voice program. She is a soprano and received her bachelor’s and master’s from Mannes School of Music in New York City and her doctorate at University at California, San Diego. She specializes in new works but also enjoys multicultural collaboration.
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UB students and faculty affected by Paris attacks
By GABRIELA JULIA | Nov. 15, 2015All six UB students studying in France are safe and unharmed.
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Graffiti containing intolerant language found on UB North Campus
By Tom Dinki | Nov. 15, 2015A university staff person found the graffiti in three different locations in Slee Hall Wednesday and UPD arrived to the scene at around 8 p.m. A university facilities crew removed all of the graffiti by 11 p.m. The three pieces of graffiti said “Gay Only,” “White” and “Black is Cool.”
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How a UB alumna found her drive through CrossFit
By MARLEE TUSKES | Nov. 15, 2015Dressler, who graduated last May from UB with a bachelor’s degree in biomedical sciences, said that although she always considered herself to be “somewhat active,” it wasn’t until she started CrossFit that she truly started her now active lifestyle.
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News briefs: Paris hit with terror attacks, Americans offer home to French travelers
By News Desk | Nov. 15, 2015What you need to know locally, nationally and globally.
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UB students studying in France safe after terror attacks
By GABRIELA JULIA | Nov. 14, 2015Four UB students studying abroad in Paris, France and two students studying in the south of France are all safe after at least 129 people were killed yesterday in several terror attacks in Paris.
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UB students stage walkout to show solidarity for University of Missouri students
By MARLEE TUSKES | Nov. 12, 2015BSU posted a request on social media for students to wear all black and join them in a walkout at 3 p.m. Thursday. After the walkout, approximately 60 students stood in front of the Student Union to have a discussion about the racial incidents that occurred recently at the University of Missouri.
