• UB to host 5th annual Teaching Black History Conference
    7/17/26

    This year’s conference theme of “Black Founding Mothers and Fathers” was inspired by two historic milestones.

  • Center names new director
    7/17/26

    Uttam Singisetti has been named director of UB’s Center for Advanced Semiconductor Technologies.

  • Mendola named ISEE Fellow
    7/17/26

    SPHHP researcher is a pioneer in environmental and perinatal epidemiology.

  • Testing eye health with quantum optics
    7/16/26

    Engineered light transforms Boehm’s brushes from a faint visual pattern into a much brighter one that could help catch retinal disease.

  • A golden age for Golden Connections
    7/16/26

    Group brings together UB alumni of at least 50 years to help them stay connected to each other.

  • Tracking police accountability
    7/16/26

    School of Management study links newspaper closures to distorted crime reporting.

  • Researching neutral-atom quantum computing
    7/15/26

    UB physicist receives two federal grants totaling $1.1 million to advance future quantum technologies.

  • Fighting CF infections with phages
    7/15/26

    UB pharmacy professor Nicholas Smith is working with researchers at NIH-funded center at Stanford University.

  • Henesey recognized for digital accessibility efforts
    7/14/26

    The New York State Disability Services Council presented Henesey with the “Multidisciplinary Collaboration Award” last month.

  • AI helps MS researchers see brain lesions
    7/14/26

    UB-led team has found a way to use AI to reveal these otherwise invisible cortical lesions by reviewing existing MRI scans.

  • For A-fib and Type 2 diabetes, GLP-1s win out
    7/13/26

    Pharmacy study finds GLP-1 drugs perform better than SGLT-2i medications in patients with both conditions.

  • NIH renews T32 training grant
    7/13/26

    UB has received five years of funding to continue its long-running Research Training on Alcohol Etiology and Treatment program.

Photographs, slideshows and videos capturing life at UB

  • A rebel garden

    Frida’s Garden (AKA Frida's Rebel Garden) was created by UB’s Center for Urban Studies in partnership with Futures Academy and has been maintained for more than two decades. The garden is a significant greenspace in Buffalo’s Fruit Belt neighborhood and is used as a classroom to teach students about food, nutrition, food systems and urban gardening. Photos: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki

    Published July 14, 2026

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Celebrating Student Excellence

Recipients of the 2026 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence — the highest honor SUNY bestows on a student — reflect on their journeys, what the award means to them and the True Blue experiences that shaped their success.

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