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Soliman said he plans to write an open letter to President Satish Tripathi calling for more oversight of UB’s student government that is student-run and collects approximately $4 million in student fees.
UB students will soon have yet another off-campus housing option. Twenty91 North is the newest off-campus housing complex near UB, which will be accessible from Sweet Home Road and contains 192 apartments for 640 students. It is set to open on Aug. 26, 2016.
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Pitman will stay on as dean until the end of the academic year and will continue to teach at UB in a full-time faculty role. Zukoski will begin his search for the new dean in early 2016.
Tripathi spoke of the potential plan during his annual State of the University Address a few weeks ago. There are approximately 1,400 students in the School of Education and 450 students in the School of Social Work that would be uprooted to the South Campus if this change occurs.
At approximately 2:25 p.m. Thursday, a UB student suffered a seizure outside of Knox Hall and was taken to Buffalo General Hospital by paramedics. A University Police officer on a bicycle spotted the student laying on the ground and called for medical assistance. UPD Lieutenant Kevin A. Will said the student will undergo further blood tests to diagnose the gravity of the situation.
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The senate held a special forum – attended by just seven of the body’s 18 voting members – in place of its normal meeting Wednesday night to discuss the election and to educate senators on their positions.
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Buffalo has become famous for some of its old, dilapidated buildings and many claim these areas are home to paranormal activity, including UB’s very own Hayes Hall and its surrounding buildings on South Campus. The hall used to be the Erie County Almshouse and Insane Asylum.
As a part of the Anatomical Gift Program, UB purchased grave plots for the remains of donors that gave their deceased bodies to the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences for anatomical studies. The donor or his or her family members decide whether or not the body will be buried in Skinnersville Cemetery, according to the Anatomical Gift Program website.
According to Sticht, the student traffic in the Heights during Halloween weekends are comparable to the first couple weeks of the semesters. During the first few weeks of this semester, UB disciplined 57 students for partying in the Heights.
The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating system (STARS) report, which examines over 80 different fields of sustainability on campus, listed UB as among the top 1.6 percent of universities in the United States in sustainability practices, with gold certification
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Yaser Soliman, who says he was cheated out of a win in Wednesday’s senate chair election, has retained an attorney and submitted a five-page letter to SA officials Thursday night outlining his complaints. In the letter, he accuses SA President Minahil Khan of violating the SA’s constitution and bylaws in order to prevent him from winning the election for senate chair, which is a paid position.
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$30 million donation to many other schools across the country, both private and public, would not even be enough to gain naming rights to a single building.
UB’s Class of 2016 will be paying back student loan debt in a few months from four years of tuition, but that hasn’t stopped UB from asking them to reach into their pockets for donations.
Take Back the Night is a rally that helps raise awareness of all forms of sexual violence.
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