Malkan, who has sent nearly 200 emails about his firing and lawsuit to faculty during the past year, insists his emails were not threatening.
The Master’s program in Economics and Education Policy Analysis (EEPA) was added after the university’s competition for new initiatives last year.
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University Police is proud its “gold standards” are now recognized by some prestigious accreditation organizations. The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement (IACLEA), the “leading voice for the campus public safety community” that represents more than 1,000 colleges and universities around the world, announced its approval of UPD last month.
Members of the Black Student Union (BSU) held a peaceful protest during the address in response to the controversial race art project and the universities’ response. Students stood and raised white posters in the air that read “We Want Answers” and left early to stand in the Slee Hall lobby and protest as people grabbed refreshments.
In 2010, four people were shot and killed outside of the City Grill in downtown Buffalo around 2:30 a.m. Erie County Clerk Chris Jacobs cited this incident as one of the reasons why Buffalo bars should close at 2 a.m.
INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine recognized Jennifer Zirnheld, an engineering professor, as one of 100 most inspiring women in the STEM fields. The magazine celebrates diversity in academics and focuses on its inclusion into higher education fields. It focuses particularly on the STEM fields, which are science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Zirnheld’s research focuses on engineering innovations to fight cancer.
University Police are investigating an assault and a potential attempted robbery that occurred on South Campus early Thursday morning.
Moe's workers cleaning the grill with water caused the Student Union's fire alarm to go off Wednesday night, University Police said. The building only had to be evacuated for a few minutes before UPD gave students permission to re-enter.
What do Rob Gronkowski, Patrick Kane, and Chad Michael Murray all have in common? While they may be people you have seen on your television before, there’s another quality that ties them together – they’re all from Buffalo.
If the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) goes through with one of its current expansion plans, UB students may be taking the subway to get between North and South Campus instead of the Stampede buses. NFTA, which provides transportation services throughout the Buffalo Niagara region, is looking to expand either its bus or metro rail system from South Campus in Buffalo to Amherst near North Campus.
The Senate passed the resolution, which is made up of five sections to regulate professors assigning their own textbooks and stop money exchange in classrooms, in a 33-8 vote.
Syeda, a senior mathematics and economics major, and Tapia, a senior mathematics major, have found opportunities through the Robert E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, also known as the McNair Scholars Program. The program is named after Dr. Ronald McNair, one of the first African Americans to become an astronaut, who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger launch in 1986. The McNair program is federally funded by the U.S. Department of Education and was created to help first generation, low-income students who are underrepresented in their fields.
Dr. Deborah Reed-Danahay started off in the same place as many college students. While taking classes at the University of Delaware, she wasn’t sure what major was the best fit for her. Now she’s a professor with an honor shared with only four other teachers in the United States and 40 people around the world.
Only 48 percent of UB undergraduates are white, but almost 79 percent of UB’s faculty is white, according to UB’s demographic statistics. While international students make up 17 percent of the student body, only 5 percent of UB faculty is not from the United States. Some feel the lack of diversity amongst faculty affects not only learning outcomes, but also the comfort level between students and the administration.
UB officials unveiled the School of Management’s new undergraduate center in the Jacob’s Management Center on North Campus Wednesday afternoon.
Chris Clune, director of UBIT customer service, and Diana Tuorto, UBIT Communications Specialist, discussed UB’s Wi-Fi boost, libraries, public computing sites and printing issues with the Assembly in the Student Union Wednesday night.
The UB Council, the primary oversight and advisory body to UB, held its first meeting of the fall semester to review the downtown medical campus construction, the recent art project and concerns within the Heights neighborhood.
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