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As of last Wednesday, College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Dean Robin Schulze will end her eight-year tenure as CAS dean and resume her role as a tenured UB professor.
As its contract with UB expires, Au Bon Pain (ABP) — located in Greiner Hall — will be closed and reopened as a new Bulls on the Run location in the fall.
Rising sophomore and engineering student Maria Eichas died on Burritt Road in Parma, NY, on June 2 at approximately 1 a.m., when 33-year-old Alexander Hackett crashed a Toyota Camry into the rear of Eichas’ Honda CRV. Hackett allegedly admitted to investigators that he consumed approximately four beers prior to driving and that he was not aware that he was on Burritt Road at the time of the incident.
Fourteen pro-Palestine protesters — including seven UB students — were arraigned in Amherst Town Court on Tuesday for various non-criminal violations, including loitering, trespassing and disorderly conduct related to the May 1 pro-Palestine rally held on UB’s North Campus.
Pro-Palestine protester Jazmine Frazier was arraigned on one count of resisting arrest, a misdemeanor, and one count of loitering, a violation, in Amherst Town Court last Wednesday, according to the Erie County District Attorney’s office.
College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) faculty voted that they have confidence in the performance of CAS Dean Robin Schulze and no confidence in the performances of UB President Satish K. Tripathi and Provost A. Scott Weber.
The Faculty Senate unanimously voted last week to support the closure of the Nuclear Medicine Department due to “substantial debt, aging equipment, the lack of available capital to replace the equipment, decreased volume and an unsustainable business mode.”
Photo: Sean Krueger / UB Center for the Arts
Batiste deviated from the stiff formality of classical music performances, encouraging the audience to treat the concert as a “living room recital.”
The resolution calls for an investigation into “ad hoc, dangerous and discriminatory” enforcement of UB policies and demands a public review of University Police protocols.
Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel students clashed with each other and with Student Association (SA) President Becky Paul-Odionhin for more than an hour at a tense and sometimes fiery SA Senate meeting Wednesday evening. Attendees argued over experiences of hate and discrimination at UB, and over Paul-Odionhin’s continued blockage of a vote on a Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)-backed resolution.
Only one pro-Palestine protester has been charged with an actual criminal offense: resisting arrest, a misdemeanor. The rest are facing non-criminal, violation-level charges.
Police searched the site of the May 1 pro-Palestine protest and attempted encampment after dispersing demonstrators. Belongings left behind were confiscated by University Police.
University Police (UPD) Chief Kim Beaty, pictured above, attended the May 1 protests alongside officers from a variety of departments. The Faculty Senate voted to condemn bringing outside law enforcement to peaceful protests.
The Faculty Senate passed a resolution on Tuesday that denounced UPD's handling of the May 1 pro-Palestine protest on campus.
Law enforcement used this UB Stampede bus to transport detained protesters in the wake of last week's pro-Palestine demonstration.
President Satish Tripathi and Provost A. Scott Weber were present at the meeting, and Tripathi read a statement emphasizing "the safety and security" of the university.
Hundreds of students and area residents marched on North Campus Friday to protest UB's handling of Wednesday's protest and to continue to call on UB to divest from Israel.
A protestor holds a "let Gaza live" sign at Friday's protest.
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protestors marched on UB's North Campus Friday afternoon.
Protestors carried Palestinian flags at Friday's on-campus demonstration.
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