Buffalo State’s Alumni Affairs Office will be launching a new website on Wednesday, which will include social-networking elements and a database for students to find alumni mentors. The site includes an all-new look, along with plenty of new features. One of the most notable is an improved alumni database, which […]

Buffalo State students and staff divided over the current Foundations of Inquiry (BSC 101) requirement, according to a recently completed review of the Intellectual Foundations Program. As part of the study, the Senate Intellectual Foundations Oversight Committee administered surveys to faculty, professional staff and students to gather feedback to […]

Buffalo can be a cold, damp place in mid-October, especially if you’re spending the night outdoors. That hasn’t deterred the members of Occupy Buffalo, who have made Niagara Square their temporary home, including Richard Lambert, a roofer who’s been sleeping under tarps and make-shift tents for the past week. “It’s […]

Budget cuts to the college’s Educational Opportunity Program have led to a sharp decrease in the number of students the program can support. “We used to have an average of about 1,000 students, but this semester we have about 745,” said EOP Director Yanick Jenkins. “It isn’t because students aren’t […]

The rainbow flag swayed in the gentle breeze on a mild Thursday in support of the LGBT student community at Buffalo State College. This is the first time in the school’s history that a public show of support for this community has been made by the college’s administration. The flag […]

Room 110B of the Butler Library was transformed earlier this month with media:scape, a system designed to make digital collaboration easier. The technology won a gold medal in 2008 at the design exposition NeoCon, and is now temporarily available to Buffalo State students. The equipment was borrowed for one month […]

Buffalo State held its annual Community Service Day on Saturday, where students volunteered at different organizations around the community. There were 14 different organizations that participated in this service day. Activities ranged from cleaning up parks and planting trees to cleaning and organizing reused materials. There was also the option […]

In January, Special Assistant to the President Voldemar Innus was commissioned to conduct an on-the-ground assessment of all the activities Buffalo State is involved in regarding economic development and community engagement. This is one part of a statewide research plan called How SUNY Matters, pushed for by Gov. Andrew Cuomo […]

The University at Buffalo has officially been smoke-free since 2009, providing resources, education and support to keep smoking off campus and assist students looking to quit smoking. Their experience going smoke-free provides a possible look at what the future will look like for Buffalo State. UB’s program, known as UBreathe […]

A recent tuition increase has allowed Buffalo State to begin hiring faculty again. Last year, the college allowed certain faculty positions to remain vacant in an attempt to save money. The increase, proposed by Governor Andrew Cuomo in June, will provide the college with just under $2 million in net […]