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UB pauses its Flock camera pilot indefinitely, and hands the decision to a committee that has met twice
President Caroline Attardo Genco has paused the University at Buffalo’s planned 20-camera license plate reader trial and asked a police advisory committee to gather campus input. Some committee members say they were…
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UB enrolls its 20 paused license-plate cameras in a seminar on how to be properly socialized
Satire: After UB paused its license-plate camera pilot because the plan “wasn’t socialized,” the cameras themselves have been sent to a seminar and a committee that has met twice. This column is…
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UB will test 20 Flock license plate cameras this spring. Students and faculty want to know why
The University at Buffalo plans a free 60-day trial of 20 Flock license plate readers at campus entrances next spring. Police say it will help solve crimes, while students and faculty are…
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UB-trained planner Brian Smith wants to turn North Tonawanda’s empty DeGraff hospital tower into senior housing
The UB communication and urban planning graduate runs real estate development for People Inc. His biggest pending test is converting the vacant DeGraff Memorial Hospital bed tower into about 70 senior apartments,…
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Western New York’s four Division I men’s basketball teams open Monday picked near the bottom
UB, Canisius, Niagara and St. Bonaventure all start the season Nov. 2 ranked in the bottom third of their conference polls. That includes UB, which just signed the richest naming-rights deal in…
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Wolf Blitzer, the Kenmore kid with the silver beard, brings his Situation Room cool home to Buffalo
The longtime CNN anchor, a Kenmore West and UB graduate, came home to open the Jewish Museum of Buffalo and honor Irv Weinstein, the Channel 7 legend he grew up admiring.
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After ACV, UB alum Dan Magnuszewski is trying to build Buffalo startups on purpose
The UB computer science graduate helped turn ACV Auctions into Buffalo’s first tech unicorn. With 43North’s competition over and ACV now owned by Copart, he runs the venture studio the 43North Foundation…
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UB alum Judge John Sinatra has a consistent answer for New York’s gun laws: show the history
The federal judge behind last week’s body armor ruling earned both of his degrees at UB. Since 2022 he has applied the same historical test to New York’s gun laws, and the…
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New York’s quantum study ranks the state second nationally, but finds Western New York’s footprint thin
A new state-commissioned study ranks New York second in the nation for quantum technology, but its regional map shows only a small cluster of activity in Western New York as the state…
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A year into the top job, UB alum Allana Krolikowski steers Jericho Road through a leaner era for health centers
Dr. Allana Krolikowski, a two-time UB graduate who started at Jericho Road as an unpaid intern, marks a year as CEO as Medicaid changes reshape how safety-net clinics are paid.
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Messiah Burch carries UB past Bowling Green and into a crowded MAC race
Senior running back Messiah Burch ran for a career-high 184 yards and three touchdowns as Buffalo beat Bowling Green 31-24 on Senior Day. The Bulls are 3-1 in the MAC, one of…
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Carl Montante, a UB Law alum who practiced law ‘for about a week,’ enters the WNY Business Hall of Fame
Uniland founder Carl J. Montante, a 1967 UB Law graduate, was inducted into the Western New York Business Hall of Fame on Oct. 14. His company is still building, and protesters are…
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A UB medical student’s first year costs $83,000. Washington now lends $50,000. Albany hears what that means
The end of Grad PLUS loans leaves a gap of about $33,000 a year for New Yorkers entering UB’s medical school. At an Assembly hearing, medical and social work educators asked the…
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UB keeps the Flagship Cup in overtime and climbs to 4-3 in its first season at Broadview Stadium
UB rallied to beat UMass in overtime and keep the Flagship Cup, moving to 4-3 and 2-1 in the MAC in its first season at the renamed Broadview Stadium.
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Hochul confidants ask university leaders to begin preparing ‘UB 2030’ legislation
Confidants of incoming Governor Kathy Hochul have asked University at Buffalo officials to begin preparing legislation that designates it the flagship campus of the State University of New York system. The legislation…
