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(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.

Sean Kaczmarek, a junior political science and economics major, is the new vice president of the Student Association. Kaczmarek is also the youngest person to be elected to the Cheektowaga-Sloan Board of Education and a finalist for the Harry S. Truman Scholarship.
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UB's Sean Kaczmarek advocates for the voiceless

By SOPHIA MCKEONE | Apr. 19, 2015

Sean Kaczmarek is the youngest person to serve on the Cheektowaga-Sloan Board of Education at the age of 19 and is an employee of the Buffalo public schools through UB’s Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Partnership (ISEP). The junior political science major considers himself to be on a mission for public education.

(L-R) Sean Kaczmarek, vice presidential candidate; Minahil Khan, presidential candidate; and Joe Pace, candidate for treasurer, form the Unity Party and this year's candidates for SA's e-board.
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Meet the Unity Party: SA e-board candidates

By News Desk | Apr. 12, 2015

The Student Association executive board is responsible for controlling more than $3.5 million of student money collected through the mandatory student activity fee, which will be raised to $104.75 starting next semester. Elections will take place from April 14-16, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Student Union Theater. This is the first election since 2008 in which a party is running unopposed.

Jacob Watkins, a junior electrical engineering major, connects to UB’s wireless network in the Cybrary. UB will be improving Wi-Fi across all campuses starting this summer and the project will take three years to complete.
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UB to improve Wi-Fi across all campuses

By CHARLES W. SCHAAB | Apr. 12, 2015

UB Information Technology (UBIT) is unrolling a new plan to help students like Acosta get their assignments in on time with its new Wi-Fi Boost initiative. UBIT will be improving its wireless Internet connections starting this summer for students, faculty and staff members across the North, South and downtown Medical Campuses. The Wi-Fi boost will start over the summer.

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Clarity Party drops out of SA elections

Apr. 7, 2015

The Clarity Party has officially dropped out of the Student Association election. The Unity Party will run unopposed during the elections, which will still be held from April 14-16.

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