Buffalo History Museum Podcast: When Buffalo Burned
In this episode, we revisit late December 1813, when British forces crossed the Niagara River and set the village of Buffalo ablaze. Through the eyes...
Finding Home in Indie Pop: Dumebi Madubuike’s Musical Journey
At first glance, Dumebi Madubuike is a typical second-year college student studying finance at Canisius University – balancing schoolwork, boy problems, and the everyday stresses...
Buffalo History Museum Podcast: 12/08/80 (In the Name of Love)
On December 8, 1980, as U2 played to a sparse crowd outside Buffalo, the world was upended by the murder of John Lennon, transforming an...
Buffalo History Museum Podcast: The Dead Have Never Died
Edward Caleb Randall was a highly-respected lawyer from Buffalo. In 1892, his life would change forever. That's when he met Mrs. Emily S. French, a...
Buffalo History Museum Podcast: The Toughest Miles
The Erie Canal was an engineering marvel that shaped our city, state, and nation. Digging the man-made waterway not only required innovation, but also the...
Nearby Restaurants That On-Campus Students Should Check Out
If you’re like me and always craving some new food but are limited to the options on the University at Buffalo’s meal swipe system, I...
The 7 Best Bike Rides in Buffalo
When I arrived in Buffalo for college, I came with my Fuji 10-speed bike that I loved so much at home. But the truth is,...
Buffalo History Museum Podcast: The Tulsa Riot and Massacre
A poem by Andrew J. Smitherman (explicit language) After fleeing from Tulsa in 1921, Andrew Smitherman made his way to Boston before later settling in...
Buffalo History Museum Podcast: Andrew Smitherman and the Buffalo Star
In late May of 1921, racial tensions erupted in Tulsa, Oklahoma's Greenwood District, in what would become known as the Tulsa Race Massacre. Among the...
Buffalo History Museum Podcast: Shirley Chisholm: Unbought and Unbossed
Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to Congress, and the first black woman to run for President, grew up in Brooklyn and represented her...