The next time you’re in Law Library, be sure to check out the new display on the second floor by the main stairs. “Seeing Red in Academia” highlights a particularly interesting time in UB history when four professors and a librarian went all the way to the Supreme Court the challenge the loyalty oaths that every New York public school professor and teacher had to sign during the McCarthy era. Culminating in the 1967 Supreme Court case Keyishian v. Board of Regents, the UB faculty members gained an important victory for academic freedom.
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24th Annual SOC Dinner
Tonight the Students of Color will be holding their 24th Annual Dinner. The dinner is to honor graduating students of color, alumni, and attorneys in the Buffalo Community who have made a lasting impression on the Law School. David L. Edmunds, Jr., Deputy Commissioner at the New York State Liquor Authority, will be the keynote speaker. Honorees include:
Anthony O’Rourke (Jacob D. Hyman Professor Award)
Remla Parthasarathy (Trailblazer Award)
Janice A. Taylor ’78 (Distinguished Alumni Award)
Paul Korniczky ’86 (Distinguished Alumni Award)
Anthony J.M. Jones ’04 (Distinguished Alumni Award)
To find out more about the keynote speaker and honorees, be sure to stop by and see the display on the second floor of the Law Library
