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.
The 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.
Because 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.
12:39 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.
John 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.
The 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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With racial tensions high on college campuses throughout the nation, some UB students and administrators gathered Wednesday night to propose solutions.
The 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.
Overholser, 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.
DuMouchelle 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.
All six UB students studying in France are safe and unharmed.
A 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.”
Dressler, 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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Four 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.
BSU 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.
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