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News Releases

Media Advisory: UB, partners to celebrate 8 new electric buses on Monday
8/28/26
The battery-electric vehicles are shuttling students, employees between campuses.
UB postdoc earns prestigious NIH fellowship to study how proteins’ disordered regions help control genes
8/27/26
Joseph Basalla researches how FOXG1’s flexible regions and the tiny droplets they form may help regulate gene expression.
UB symposium to explore how social media and AI persuade
8/27/26
Experts will discuss political persuasion, chatbots, AI governance and more.
UB technology wins two prestigious R&D 100 Awards
8/26/26
The invention offers a quick, reliable way to measure recycled plastic content in commercial products.

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Faculty Experts

11/8/24
Matilde Sánchez-Peña
Assistant Professor of Engineering Education

Expertise: engineering education, cultures of wellbeing, institutional diversity, faculty advancement, equity in the engineering field, women in STEM, intersectionality
Phone: 716-645-5861
Email: matildes@buffalo.edu
4/15/26
Yini Zhang

Assistant Professor of Communication

Expertise: social media, political communication, misinformation, online activism, impact of social media on journalism and democracy
Phone: 716-645-0954
Email: yzhang20@buffalo.edu

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UB in the News

Meta agrees to pay billions for social media addiction claims
8/27/26
The Atlantic sought the expertise of Mark Bartholomew, who said the settlement sets 'dramatic limits' that Congress an the courts were was unlikely to approve.
How Trump's tariffs work to redistribute wealth up the food chain
8/23/26
CBC News quoted Veljko Fotak in a story about how the U.S. president's tariffs have transferred billions from working Americans to big corporations and the rich.
Should you read your lab results before your doctor does?
8/21/26
Everyday Health sought the expertise of Diana Wilkins in a report on whether patients should read their lab results before meeting with their doctor.
Democrats’ chances of flipping the Senate 75 days to midterms—polls
8/20/26
Newsweek sought the expertise of Shawn Donahue in a report on Democrats' chances of flipping the Senate, with 75 days to the midterms.

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