A recent article featured Futurity.org, a website dedicated to featuring “research news from top universities in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia,” highlights research done by UB assistant professor Shermali Gunawardena. Gunawardena, a researcher in the Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics is currently working on a means of drug delivery through nanoparticles, which can travel to [...]

On Friday, February 24, a round table discussion will be held in 532 Park Hall to “ investigate the struggles and anxieties generated by the attempt at constructing a successful model of manhood and selfhood through an interdisciplinary analysis of representations of masculinity.”   This event will feature speakers from Cornell University, Case Western Reserve University, [...]

A $270,269 grant was recently awarded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to a study led by professor and co-director of the Program for Excellence in Family Law, Susan Vivian Mangold. The two-year study will address the question of how source/type of funding affects health outcomes for children in foster care. For more information, please [...]

The third Buffalo Poverty Research Workshop offers everyone concerned with Buffalo’s poverty the chance to hear about new and ongoing research, promising strategies, and opportunities for collaboration. The workshop is designed for local scholars, social service agencies, advocates, and government leaders and staff, among others. PROGRAM 8:30 am Registration/Coffee 9:00 am Welcome 9:10 am Introduction [...]

Dowload flyer here. Dr. Kahn will present with Robert Taylor, MD Candidate 2013, UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and Alexandra M. Danakas, BA/BS. Racial and ethnic minority groups, especially those living in poverty, are disproportionately affected by the prevalence and burden of diabetes. Little is known about how diabetes affects the increasing numbers [...]

Dowload flyer here Sociology Professor Brenda Moore will present results of the research she has been conducting with the Department of Veterans Affairs Western New York Healthcare System on military sexual trauma (MST). This study explores the degree to which MST is an issue in today’s military as compared to previous years, and patients’ perceptions [...]

Luis Colón, professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry, and Paschalis Alexandridis, UB Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering have recently been awarded the Graduate School’s inaugural Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award. This award recognizes the exemplary job both have done in supporting graduate students in their development. For more [...]

A new means of expediting the tedious process of trapping and sorting nanomaterials has recently been developed by Javid Rzayev, assistant professor of chemistry and INS affiliated professor. This will enable the more efficient and accurate creation of  uniform advanced materials through nanotechnology. For more information about this research, please visit this link to the [...]

Tarunraj Singh, professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and member of the Extreme Events Faculty Advisory Committee, was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society. This honor recognizes Singh’s work in predictive modelling in various systems. The full story can [...]