UB Receives $10M for James Joyce Museum
The UB Library System, which houses the world’s largest James Joyce collection, has received $10 million in New York State funding for the construction of...
To Tokyo Strangers
While many understandably hate layovers, I feel the opposite. Sitting in an airport is like existing in an alternate world where all the worries and...
On Writer’s Block
I first fell in love with writing in middle school. As a painfully anxious and shy kid, I unsurprisingly found it difficult to express myself....
Remembering the Sand Creek Massacre and the Founding of America
Following the UB Intercultural and Diversity Center’s efforts to shed light on the history of Thanksgiving, the Young Americans for Freedom, a campus student organization,...
Covid Chronicles
March 11th, 2020: three days until the long-awaited spring break. I arrived to campus feeling a little off, and not just because of the air...
Perspectives in History: The Filibuster
Last April, in his first State of the Union address to the nation, President Biden made the case for sweeping reforms. His speech called for...
Books You Should Read: Sofia Petrovna
In her novel Sofia Petrovna, Soviet dissident Lydia Chukovskaya offers an intimate portrait into the realities of the Soviet Union’s Great Purges of 1937 and...
Your Vote Matters
Thomas Jefferson, reflecting on a nation’s best hope for the future, once remarked that its greatest defense is an educated citizenry. Today, as the United...
Books You Should Read: The Inconvenient Indian
In his book The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America, University of Guelph professor Thomas King discusses a period of...
Buffalo Activist India Walton Challenges Mayor Byron Brown in Primary
Defeating a sixteen-year incumbent won’t be easy, but India Walton’s never been one to back down from a challenge. She’s ready for meaningful and systemic...