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The ‘Woz’ wows UB: Steve Wozniak speaks at UB Distinguished Speaker Series
By Tom Dinki | Apr. 30, 2015Wozniak’s fast-talking, joke-cracking discussion at Alumni Arena Wednesday was the final of the Distinguished Speaker Series for the academic year.
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UB English department offer class based on professors’ book picks
By MARLEE TUSKES | Apr. 28, 2015Kenneth 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?”
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Cleaning of UB's Lake LaSalle during Earth Week
By CHARLES W. SCHAAB | Apr. 28, 2015The 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, 2015From 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.
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UB's Jimmy Corra elected new SA Assembly Speaker
By ASHLEY INKUMSAH | Apr. 23, 2015On 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, 2015UB is launching a branding initiative as a part of UB2020.
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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, 2015UPD 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.
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UPD makes first heroin overdose save using Narcan
By MARLEE TUSKES | Apr. 23, 2015UPD 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.
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Cleaning machine sets off fire alarm in Capen Hall
By CHARLES W. SCHAAB | Apr. 22, 2015Floor 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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UB Spectrum editors win big in Society of Professional Journalists' Mark of Excellence regional competition
By ASHLEY INKUMSAH | Apr. 21, 2015The 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, 2015The 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.
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Party of one: Melissa Kathan runs unopposed for UB Council student representative
By GABRIELA JULIA | Apr. 21, 2015Melissa Kathan is running unopposed for UB Council student representative this week.
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UB students ReTree University Heights
By ASHLEY INKUMSAH | Apr. 19, 2015Approximately 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.
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Students to work with UB's priceless coin collection
By JASHONDA WILLIAMS | Apr. 19, 2015UB 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.
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UB's Sean Kaczmarek advocates for the voiceless
By SOPHIA MCKEONE | Apr. 19, 2015Sean 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.
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Unity Party wins unopposed UB SA election, 1 percent of students vote
By Tom Dinki | Apr. 16, 2015The Unity Party was officially elected to the SA executive board Thursday after an unopposed race. Only 217 students – or roughly 1 percent of UB undergraduates – voted in the election.
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New York State TAP requirement causes confusion among UB students
By GABRIELA JULIA | Apr. 16, 2015To be eligible for TAP, students must be enrolled in at least 12 credit hours worth of classes that are a either a general education requirement, a major requirement or a free or restricted elective.
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UB Students for Life bring Jumbotron to display anti-abortion images
By Daniel McKeon | Apr. 16, 2015UB Students for Life organized a protest outside of the Student Union from 9 a.m. to about 3:30 p.m. put on by Created Equal, an anti-abortion choice group, along with help from the Canadian Center for Bioethical Reform.
