Quote, Unquote

Despite all of our advantages, the coronavirus pandemic caused more confirmed deaths per capita in the United States than in any other Western country, and our mortality rate’s recovery has lagged behind others’. Life expectancy in the U.S. is lower than in other high-income nations, and the gulf is widening.
~ Vann Newkirk via The Atlantic

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Campus Trivia Night

Question: What was the population growth of the Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls metropolitan area between 2005 and 2025?

  • 2005: 1,143,842
  • 2010: 1,135,509 (-0.73%)
  • 2015: 1,136,055 (+0.05%)
  • 2020: 1,166,902 (+2.72%)
  • 2025: 1,155,000 (-1.02%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Bonus question: Which university in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls metropolitan area has the largest undergraduate population?

Answer: The University at Buffalo – with an undergraduate population of 21,000 undergraduate students.

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