SARAH OWUSU

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Protecting your uterus under another Trump administration

Does this new Trump administration mean a national abortion ban?

UB professor takes next steps to close the happiness gap

Henry-Louis Taylor Jr., director of the UB Center for Urban Studies, has cultivated a community development project that he hopes will not only change one neighborhood in Buffalo, but also the whole world.

How to handle post-election stress

Election anxiety is real and is felt by individuals on both sides of the aisle. 77% of adults said that the future of the nation is a significant source of stress in their lives, according to an American Psychological Association survey. 

Spectrum staff childhood costume superlatives

How was The Spectrum staff showing their spooky spirit?

The Menendez brothers, the media and the most controversial: the audience

35 years after the Menendez brothers killed their parents, the Netflix series, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” premiered and made the case an instant pop-culture phenomenon.  But it's also caused controversy. Many have called for the release of the brothers, with one petition reaching over 100,000 signatures.

A conversation with Jon Meacham

Before his Distinguished Speakers Series presentation, Meacham sat down with The Spectrum Wednesday night to weigh in on the importance of voting, the “compelling” stakes of the 2024 presidential election and why learning from the past matters.

Honoring the land of the Seneca Nation

UB’s Director of Undergraduate Indigenous Studies and citizen of the Seneca Nation’s Deer Clan Jason Corwin says the Seneca Nation has been living on this land since the end of the Ice Age.

Do politicians want to take your guns away? UB professors say no

With more guns in the U.S. than people and statistics showing that Americans are 25 times more likely to be shot and killed than citizens in other high-income countries, gun control is a hot-button topic in 2024’s upcoming presidential election.

Education and the election: ‘Our education is as important as our healthcare’

As the 2024 presidential election approaches, both candidates have made their views on education clear.

The 2024 election could define your reproductive future, UB professors say

During the Sept. 10 presidential debate, former President Donald Trump claimed that women are receiving abortions in the ninth month of pregnancy, calling them “executions.” Moderator Linsey Davis fact-checked the former president in real time, stating, “There is no state in this country where it is legal to kill a baby after it’s born.”

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Students attempted to set up an encampment on the lawn next to Hochstetter Hall. 

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Taylor and his team are collecting preliminary data from five East Side neighborhoods. They hope to select a neighborhood for the project by Juneteenth. 

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