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UB Students, University Heights Arts Association members, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Staff and SUNY Buffalo State students volunteered at St. Andrews Church for UB Pride and Service Day.

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Giving back to the community: students volunteer for UB Pride and Service Day

By JASHONDA WILLIAMS | May 6, 2015

One hundred and eighty-five students spent their Saturday morning cleaning up churches, gardening, building homes and mentoring children in the City of Buffalo for UB Pride and Service Day. UB Pride and Service Day – the final of four annual community service events organized by the Office of Student Engagement throughout the year – was held on Saturday and students from various on-campus organizations volunteered in the effort.

Dominique Hickson, a sophomore computer engineering major, told her story of academic dismissal on Monday night in Capen Hall. Hickson appealed her dismissal and had a successful year since her return to UB. She will be interning with M&T bank this summer.

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Students discuss being dismissed and getting back to UB

By CHARLES W. SCHAAB | May 5, 2015

Dominique Hickson, a sophomore computer engineering major, told her story of academic dismissal in a workshop on Monday night hosted by Student Support Services (SSS). The workshop, which was titled ‘Bouncing Back from Dismissal,’ was Hickson’s idea as a way for students to learn from her mistakes.

Michael Chaskes, a professor in the Department of Medicine and Faculty Senate Chair Ezra Zubrow speak at Tuesday's Faculty Senate meeting. The Senate was unable to vote on new self-published textbook regulations because it did not have quorum.

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UB's Faculty Senate unable to pass textbook regulations amid low voter turnout

By GABRIELA JULIA | May 5, 2015

The Faculty Senate could have passed regulation on professors assigning their own textbooks on Tuesday, but the vote was not held because only 39 out of the required 44 voting members were in attendance. The Faculty Senate Executive Committee may decide to vote on the matter themselves on Wednesday in place of a full faculty vote. If not, the policy won’t be voted on until next semester

Sofiya Karki (center), president of Bangladesh Student Association (BSA), holds back tears as she speaks of her friends in Nepal who are terrified to step into their own home in fear it may collapse. The BSA held a candlelight vigil attended by approximately 150 students for the victims of the Nepal earthquake that occurred on Saturday.

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UB students pay tribute to the victims of Nepal earthquake

By ASHLEY INKUMSAH | Apr. 30, 2015

The Bangladeshi Student Association (BSA) held a candlelight vigil for the victims of the earthquake outside of the Student Union on Wednesday night.

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Police Blotter: 4/21-4/28

By News Desk | Apr. 30, 2015

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Steve Wozniak salutes the Alumni Arena crowd Wednesday night after his Distinguished Speaker Series discussion.

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The ‘Woz’ wows UB: Steve Wozniak speaks at UB Distinguished Speaker Series

By Tom Dinki | Apr. 30, 2015

Wozniak’s fast-talking, joke-cracking discussion at Alumni Arena Wednesday was the final of the Distinguished Speaker Series for the academic year.

Kenneth Dauber, an English professor, asked every professor at UB "What ten books would you want your child to have read by the time he or she has been graduated from college, regardless of his or her major?” He will use their responses to create the syllabus for his English 214 class next fall titled, “Top Ten Books."

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UB English department offer class based on professors’ book picks

By MARLEE TUSKES | Apr. 28, 2015

Kenneth Dauber, an English professor, is creating a class based on the responses to “What ten books would you want your child to have read by the time he or she has been graduated from college, regardless of his or her major?”

Students from the Outdoor Adventure club and volunteers were able to use kayaks and canoes for the first time to clean up parts of Lake LaSalle's shoreline that were inaccessible by land.

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Cleaning of UB's Lake LaSalle during Earth Week

By CHARLES W. SCHAAB | Apr. 28, 2015

The Outdoor Adventure Club (OAC), in partnership with the office of Outdoor Pursuits, pulled these and other bizarre items out of the lake in a cleanup effort as a part of UB’s Earth Week celebration.

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UB's Earth Week celebration advocates for a green and sustainable future

By JASHONDA WILLIAMS | Apr. 23, 2015

From April 18-25, UB Sustainability is holding environmentally-focused events sponsored by student clubs, groups and organizations for the fifth year in a row. This week’s events have included a green car show, sustainability tabling in the Student Union, a Women in STEM seminar, organic bake sales and a sustainable film series, among others.

Jimmy Corra, a sophomore economics major, speaks in Student Union 330 Wednesday night at SA Assembly Speaker elections. Corra was elected next year’s Speaker over sophomore political science major Jack Oshei.

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UB's Jimmy Corra elected new SA Assembly Speaker

By ASHLEY INKUMSAH | Apr. 23, 2015

On Wednesday night, Jimmy Corra, a sophomore economics major, was elected Speaker of the Student Association Assembly over his opponent Jack Oshei, a sophomore political science major in Student Union 330.

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The branding initiative: UB works on better defining university’s brand as a part of UB 2020

By MARLEE TUSKES | Apr. 23, 2015

UB is launching a branding initiative as a part of UB2020.

Nicholas Gross, a sophomore environmental design major, a received a passing grade on the ‘Vehicle Break-in Report Card’ placed on his car. UPD checks vehicles on campus to make sure they’re not susceptible to break-ins or theft and leaves 'Vehicle Break-In Report Cards’ indicating to students whether their cars are susceptible to break-in.

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UPD ‘Vehicle Break-in Report Card’ checks aim to prevent car theft and break-ins

By CHARLES W. SCHAAB | Apr. 23, 2015

UPD conducts ‘Vehicle Break-in Report Card’ checks on vehicles on campus to make sure they’re not susceptible to break-ins or theft. The checks give drivers a failing or passing mark. Patrols look to make sure vehicles do not have valuables in plain view, keys left inside or open windows, among other things that could make the car a target for thieves.

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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UPD makes first heroin overdose save using Narcan

By MARLEE TUSKES | Apr. 23, 2015

UPD Officer John Sindoni made the first life-saving Narcan – an antidote commonly used for heroin overdoses – administration for a SUNY school early Saturday morning in the Diefendorf Lot on South Campus.

A cleaning machine fire caused the fire alarms to go off in Capen Hall (pictured) on Wednesday.

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Cleaning machine sets off fire alarm in Capen Hall

By CHARLES W. SCHAAB | Apr. 22, 2015

Floor cleaning equipment overheated and caught fire in Capen Hall this afternoon. The small fire was reported at 2:02 p.m. on the Capen ground floor 3A, according to University Police.

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Police Blotter: 4/14-4/20

By News Desk | Apr. 21, 2015

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UB Spectrum editors win big in Society of Professional Journalists' Mark of Excellence regional competition

By ASHLEY INKUMSAH | Apr. 21, 2015

The Society of Professional Journalists (SJP) recognized three Spectrum editors on Monday for awards in SPJ’s Mark of Excellence regional competition. Former managing editor Lisa Khoury won the in-depth reporting category for her investigative story ‘Animal Heights’ and current staff members Sara DiNatale and Emma Janicki were finalists for breaking news and general reporting, respectively.

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Capen Library third floor reopening delayed until February

By CHARLES W. SCHAAB | Apr. 21, 2015

The third floor of Capen Library was closed on Dec. 16, 2014 for renovations as a part of UB’s Heart of the Campus construction project, and was scheduled to reopen sometime in November 2015. But recent delays have pushed the reopening back to February 2016.

SA Assembly Speaker Melissa Kathan is running unopposed in this year's election for UB Council Student Representative.

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Party of one: Melissa Kathan runs unopposed for UB Council student representative

By GABRIELA JULIA | Apr. 21, 2015

Melissa Kathan is running unopposed for UB Council student representative this week.

(From left to right) Dominique Case, Nicole O’Heron, Emily Snyder, Brian De Guzman, Julia Schoonover, and Courtney Miller plant trees in the University Heights Saturday as a part of ReTree the District in the spring of 2015.

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UB students ReTree University Heights

By ASHLEY INKUMSAH | Apr. 19, 2015

Approximately 360 students sauntered the neighborhoods around South Campus with shovels, sledgehammers and rakes in hand to plant 200-250 trees in a the ReTree The District project. ReTree the District is a collaborative effort started by the University Heights Collaborative, the University Heights Tool Library, the Bailey Avenue Business Association and the University District Block Club Coalition to plant 1,000 trees in the Heights over the next two years. UB is also partially funding the initiative.

Coins like this Roman coin were recently rediscovered in Lockwood library.

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Students to work with UB's priceless coin collection

By JASHONDA WILLIAMS | Apr. 19, 2015

UB students may soon get the chance to hold the same objects that figures like Julius Caesar, Augustus and Alexander the Great might have more than 2,000 years ago. In the midst of Lockwood Memorial Library’s rare book collection is a set of recently rediscovered coins that date as far back as the Roman Empire.