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UB Faculty Senate criticizes UB president over response to May 1 protest

UB’s Faculty Senate approved a resolution this past week criticizing UB President Tripathi’s disproportionate response to peaceful anti-war protests on May 1. The resolution passed with 35 faculty senators voting

Faculty Senate passes resolution denouncing police escalation at May 1 protest

The resolution calls for an investigation into “ad hoc, dangerous and discriminatory” enforcement of UB policies and demands a public review of University Police protocols. 

Faculty weigh in on Chauvin verdict

We thank these scholars for their quick responses. Here are their thoughts: Athena Mutua, professor of law and Floyd H. and Hilda L. Hurst Faculty Scholar “The conviction of Derek Chauvin is edifying. A jury of his peers and a multitude of diverse protesters saw the arrogance, felt impunity and depraved indifference with which he needlessly murdered George Floyd. But while Chauvin, the individual, must be held accountable, the problem of police violence in the U.S. is deeper. It is historical, ongoing and systemic authorized by the state, backed by law, institutionalized throughout our political economy, supported culturally and exercised primarily against people of color, the poor and the vulnerable.

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