The nation’s $1 billion stream-restoration industry needs to do more to ensure that projects are guided by science, according to the co-editor of a new monograph reviewing the state of the field.

UB researchers are making significant progress on rust-proofing steel using a graphene-based composite that could serve as a nontoxic alternative to coatings that contain hexavalent chromium, a probable carcinogen.

Two new University at Buffalo buildings took home top honors in Buffalo Business First's annual "Brick by Brick" awards, announced on May 10, 2012.

Barbara and Jack Davis Hall will enable UB to expand research in nanotechnology, pattern recognition, bio-based security systems and other fields

UB is the 14th-largest green power user among U.S. colleges and universities, according to new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rankings.

The April 23 dedication of The Solar Strand, an innovative 3,200-panel solar array on North Campus, will mark a milestone in a year of sustainability achievements at UB.

When Alex Domijan arrived at UB last fall, he brought with him a center, a laboratory and part of a $12 million program that promises to go a long way toward providing a major jolt to energy, redevelopment, education and the workforce across the campus and community, as well as nationally.

Eight graduate students in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning have spent months mining the complex network of activities, actors and resources that enable the production, processing, wholesaling, distribution, consumption and disposal of the food in Erie County.

University at Buffalo junior Esther Buckwalter has won the nationally coveted Morris K. Udall Scholarship, awarded to outstanding students who have demonstrated a commitment to careers in the environment, health care or tribal public policy.

The University at Buffalo will add a major in environmental geosciences to its undergraduate offerings this fall, giving students another opportunity to study and research topics tied to the ever-changing environment of Western New York and the world.

UB students in the “Geography 470/570 /Law 777” course have spent the semester developing plans to manage the Cattaraugus watershed and surrounding ecology.

Several UB graduate and professional degree programs, including its environmental engineering program, again were recognized as among the best in the country by U.S. News & World Report in its annual ranking of “America’s Best Graduate Schools,” released March 13, 2012.

A few minutes before 8 a.m. one morning last November, Kathryn Foster, director of the UB Regional Institute, stepped out into the world from the front door of her yellow home in a residential neighborhood just south of Hertel Avenue. She pulled on black leather gloves and, umbrella in hand, began a half-mile trek to the rail station on Amherst Street.

Sitting on his front porch one day, Joe is approached by two strangers on bicycles. They strike up a conversation. A factory worker from London, Ohio, Joe says he’s concerned about being laid off from his job making replacement vents for Ford and Chevy vehicles. He lives in the house he grew up in, and talks about how the neighborhood has changed over the years.

Back from a weeklong service learning trip to Louisiana, three UB undergraduates took time to reflect on their experiences on the Gulf Coast.

UB has created a new position of chief sustainability officer to provide leadership and direction for sustainability initiatives as the university works to implement ambitious environmental objectives.