In the News
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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 …
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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 …
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UB to exhibit rare, earliest-known works of Dylan Thomas after return from Wales
Monday, May 11th, 2015The rare works of renowned, 20th-century “rock star” poet Dylan Thomas have returned home to the University at Buffalo Poetry Collection. Last year, UB sent a portion of …
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Capen Library third floor reopening delayed until February
Tuesday, April 21st, 2015Students will not be able to study on the third floor of the Oscar A. Silverman Library in Capen Hall, or ‘Club Capen,’ for longer than initially planned.
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Students to work with UB’s priceless coin collection
Sunday, April 19th, 2015UB students may soon get the chance to hold the same objects that figures like Julius Caesar, Augustus and Alexander the Great might have more than 2,000 years …