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UB will require students to test negative for COVID-19 within 72 hours prior to their arrival on campus, Vice President for Student Life Brian Hamluk announced in an email Friday.
New York State has opened a new COVID-19 testing site at the Center for Tomorrow building on North Campus, one of 10 new testing locations opening on college campuses across the state, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced at a briefing in Rochester Monday.
All on-campus SUNY and CUNY students will be required to get a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as they are eligible, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday. Hochul will also require faculty to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Baristas and shift supervisors at the Starbucks on Elmwood Avenue voted 19-8 in favor of forming a union, making that location the first Starbucks store in the country to unionize on Thursday.
UB President Satish Tripathi made $786,196 in 2020, making him the 40th highest-paid chief executive at a public institution, according to data from The Chronicle of Higher Education.
SUNY and UB will continue to recommend, but not require, booster shots for students, faculty and staff — at least for now.
The Starbucks on the intersection of East Robinson Road and Niagara Falls Boulevard where Kayla Sterner worked had a “major” bee problem. During one shift, staff captured 14 bees under plastic cups, which lined the back counters.
Nojin Kwak became vice provost of international education this August, replacing John Wood, who had served as interim vice provost since 2018.
Incumbent Byron Brown has claimed victory in last week’s Buffalo mayoral election, with his opponent, Democratic nominee India Walton, all but conceding Wednesday.
UB students have created 12 new clubs through the Student Association this semester, adding to the SA’s approximately 170 undergraduate clubs.
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