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UB studio aims to improve manufactured housing for rural seniors
5/20/26
AARP-supported project presented designs focusing on energy efficiency, durability, climate resilience and universal design.
UB School of Management students complete another year of free tax service
5/20/26
During the 2026 tax season, 188 IRS-certified accounting students brought more than $732,000 back into the Buffalo community.
Educational Opportunity Center to hold 53rd commencement Wednesday
5/19/26
Attorney Leecia Eve, daughter of the center’s namesake Arthur O. Eve, will serve as keynote speaker.
Imagining new possibilities from the inside out at historic Richardson Olmsted Campus
5/19/26
UB architecture graduate students design housing for vacant building, contribute to book project.

A rare Ebola strain is spreading – here’s what doctors want you to know
5/22/26
Men’s Health features Thomas Russo in an article about a new strain of Ebola virus circulating in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which was undetected by current tests during the potential containment period.
A de-extinction company has hatched live chicks from an artificial eggshell
5/19/26
The Associated Press sought comment from Vincent Lynch and open critic of “de-extinction” company Colossal Biosciences, for an article about the company’s recent claims of hatching birds using artificial eggshells in its efforts to bring back the extinct Moa and Dodo birds.
Satish Tripathi reflects on 15 years leading UB
5/13/26
WGRZ-TV interviewed UB President Satish Tripathi who, after 15 years of leading the university, will step down in July and return to his faculty position.
The hantavirus outbreak is resurrecting Covid-era misinformation tactics
5/12/26
The New York Times sought the expertise of Yotam Ophir regarding COVID-19-era conspiracy theories that are spreading about the hantavirus outbreak, and how artificial intelligence tools have made it even easier for influencers and others to spread false messages online.