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Spring into Art: CFA’s Interdisciplinary Year-End Showcase

The Spectrum

At the free Spring into Art event, pieces that students have been working on since fall are showcased, sold and performed.

Hollywood to Hertel

The Spectrum

Before his days of faithfully serving cups of joe on Hertel Avenue, Michael Reid was the breadwinner for The Warner Brothers, Inc.

Living together, falling apart: the reality of roommate conflict

The Spectrum

Some find lifelong friends, but others aren’t so lucky and often find themselves stuck in uncomfortable and sometimes hostile living situations.

‘Shine a light on it:’ student club spearheads academic minor

The Spectrum

The UB Nuclear in Clean Energy (NiCE) club's ambitious goal to bring nuclear engineering education back to campus after its phase out in the early 1980s became a reality when UB officially approved the Nuclear Engineering minor in March.

SA Senate fails to pass resolution by one vote in third attempt to raise e-board wages

The Spectrum

The undergraduate Student Association (SA) Senate’s third and final attempt this semester to raise e-board stipends to $24,180 has failed to pass by a single vote.

A property near UB’s North Campus tried to cull geese; 25 residents stopped efforts

The Spectrum

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.

YAF president’s firearms ban extended another six months

The Spectrum

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.

Tufts University provost, senior VP to be UB’s first female president

The Spectrum

Caroline Genco — Tufts University’s provost and senior vice president — will succeed Satish Tripathi as UB’s 16th president starting Aug. 10, making her the first woman to lead the university in its 180-year history. She will also be the first Buffalo native to oversee the university after the presidency was established in 1962.

UB alum detained by ICE after engineering competition

The Spectrum

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.

SA president quits amid allegations of misspending, misconduct, attempted fraud

The Spectrum

Incoming Undergraduate Student Association President Jack Koscinski has resigned, following a letter from his fellow e-board members accusing him of inappropriate conduct, mismanagement of funds and attempted fraud.

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