UB alum detained by ICE after engineering competition
By DOROTHY SIMILIEN and MYLIEN LAI | June 8Nadir Hassan, who graduated just weeks ago with a bachelors in environmental design, is currently held in an ICE detention facility in El Paso, Texas.
Nadir Hassan, who graduated just weeks ago with a bachelors in environmental design, is currently held in an ICE detention facility in El Paso, Texas.
A president of a student right-wing organization who was alleged to have made threats to “shoot up the school” will not be allowed to own firearms for six more months as decided in a court hearing Tuesday morning.
A homeowners association (HOA) in a community north of UB’s North Campus tried to cull the neighborhood’s geese for population control this summer. At least 25 residents opposed, resulting in a pause of the program for now.
UB is facing approximately $965 million in deferred maintenance fees accumulated over “many years,” University Facilities told The Spectrum.
The Spectrum interviewed 19 out of the 22 candidates in the race, where priorities of engagement, inclusivity and transparency took the forefront.
UB’s Urban Teacher Residency program was left in financial limbo since March, when the sudden termination of $4 million in federal grants prevented the program from onboarding its 2025-26 cohort and left an unclear future of whether it was viable enough to remain running. The program was created to diversify Buffalo’s high-need districts, helping to close the racial disconnect between students — the majority from racial minority backgrounds — and a teacher demographic predominately white.