Therapy dogs return to ease end-of-semester stress
Thursday, December 10th, 2015Final exams are around the corner and with them come late nights of studying and, of course, a stressed UB student’s best friend: therapy dogs.
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Law librarians come through to archive NY’s regulatory history
Monday, November 16th, 2015Since her early days of working at the New York State Supreme Court Library in Buffalo, Jeannine Lee recognized the need for a better way to archive the …
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Manning Squires Henning wins UB job
Friday, November 13th, 2015Manning Squires Henning, a Batavia-based general contractor, has won the bid to handle the renovations of the University at Buffalo’s Capen Hall. Capen Hall, located on UB’s Amherst …
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Libraries to host spooky talks on werewolves, witches and spirits
Thursday, November 12th, 2015If you’re still searching for your fix of witches, werewolves and other ghouls after Halloween, you may be able to find it, oddly enough, at the library. The …
UB officials plan for fall 2016 reopening of Capen third floor library
Friday, October 30th, 2015The Oscar A. Silverman Library on the third floor of Capen Hall won’t be open for at least another year. Officials and architects for the project toured the now …
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The best-hidden study places for UB students
Wednesday, October 7th, 2015The Oscar A. Silverman Library, located on the third floor of Capen, is still under renovation and many students haven’t found a study location to replace “Club Capen.”
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UB’s Banned Books Week looks to recognize controversial works of literature
Monday, September 28th, 2015Lockwood Memorial Library is displaying commonly challenged books to remind students and faculty of freedom of speech. Books Week is a nationwide effort to recognize controversial literature and …
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UB buying book storage facility on Rensch Road for $3.5M
Thursday, July 16th, 2015The University at Buffalo is under contract to purchase a 17,691-square-foot storage facility on Rensch Road where it stores old library books.
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Moving Images
Wednesday, July 1st, 2015UB Archivist Amy Vilz sniffed the telltale odor of vinegar emanating from hundreds of film canisters stored in the stacks. These records of campus history hadn’t been seen …
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The Bison magazine
Wednesday, July 1st, 2015Back in the day, the Bison was UB’s student-produced humor magazine. “We strive to tease as well as please”—a line from an October 1927 editorial—might as well have …