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UB appoints new dean for the School of Dental Medicine
By JASMIN YEUNG | Mar. 15Dr. Marcelo W.B. Araujo will step into his new position on May 15.
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UB alum discusses 20 years in journalism, experiences as a Pakistani reporter during 9/11
By JASMIN YEUNG | Mar. 8UB alum Hena Doba currently works as a host and anchor for Cheddar News, a financial news network where she highlights the experiences of successful female leaders.
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‘I’m the space where you could be yourself’: Jarael Adams speaks on his opportunity in the Buffalo art scene
By JASMIN YEUNG | Mar. 1Jarael Adams is the owner of two businesses in Allentown — Paint the Town, an art studio and The Ink Gallery, a tattoo and piercing studio.
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Meet the 2023 Life Raft Debate competitors
By JASMIN YEUNG | Feb. 22UB students will vote on which of six professors — each representing a different field of study — they’ll bring with them to create a new society during the university’s 12th annual Life Raft Debate on March 6 from 6-8 p.m. at the SU Theatre.
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‘It’s all about the girls’: Blackstone LaunchPad hosts Galentine’s Pop Up
By JASMIN YEUNG | Feb. 15Blackstone LaunchPad’s Galentine’s Pop Up event was meant to empower women, showcase small businesses owned by female-identifying students and give students with that entrepreneurial spark a place to connect.
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UB alum creates community with The Tool Library
By JASMIN YEUNG | Feb. 8Located just 10 minutes from South Campus on West Northrup, The Tool Library allows members to borrow a variety of tools for $30 a year, providing community members (UB students included) with access to tools they’d otherwise not be able to afford.
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‘It’s falling specifically on graduate workers’
By JASMIN YEUNG | Dec. 9Graduate TAs say burgeoning enrollment figures and dwindling TA ranks have left them struggling to keep up with an increased workload as UB moves to accommodate a growing student population.
Photo: Courtesy of DeAnna Scott
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‘I see myself in something big’: How one UB student went from cookie jar salesperson to confectioner
By JASMIN YEUNG | Dec. 9Clad in a Santa hat while roaming around her local mall, DeAnna Scott sold cookie jars, her first product, to shoppers on Christmas Eve in 2020.
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Erielle Ortiz ‘goes all out’ with nail business
By JASMIN YEUNG | Nov. 17Ortiz's business really took off at UB. She gets most of her clients from campus, where word of mouth has brought new customers into the fold.
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Student Association Senate loosens policy on non-undergraduate tickets for club events
By JASMIN YEUNG | Nov. 15The Student Association Senate voted to amend its Ticketing and Merchandise Sales Policy during its meeting Friday, loosening restrictions for non-undergraduate ticket sales to club events.
