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  • Students work with qualified undergraduate or graduate students to improve their writing skills.
    A new home for CEW
    3/1/22

    The Center for Excellence in Writing, now headquartered in 17 Norton, is open to anyone working on a writing project — including faculty and staff.

  • Nuclear reactor in a science institute indoors.
    Repowering coal plants to fight climate crisis
    3/1/22

    UB professor Andrew Whittaker is part of a cohort that is developing a digital platform to repower coal plants using advanced nuclear energy.

  • Cover of To Walk about in Freedom.
    Emancipation through eyes of Priscilla Joyner
    3/2/22

    UB historian Carole Emberton’s new book provides personal details of the formerly enslaved woman’s life before and after the Civil War.

  • Henry-Louis Taylor Jr.
    Taylor named to state commission
    3/2/22

    The UB urban planner has been appointed to the 400 Years of African-American History Commission by Gov. Kathy Hochul.

  • An older woman sitting at a table taking her blood pressure reading.
    Oral bacteria linked with hypertension in older women
    3/2/22

    The UB-led study is the first to prospectively examine the association between oral bacteria and developing hypertension.

  • Figures of people coming from different direction and meeting at a central point.
    It's a match
    3/3/22

    In a unique “speed-networking” event, GSE and SEAS faculty will gather in a social setting designed to facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration.

  • Trucks traveling through tunnels.
    UB engineers study tunnels for fire safety
    3/3/22

    Negar Elhami-Khorasani and Anthony Tessari are testing the durability of reinforced concrete linings.

  • Flyer for Science & Art cabaret.
    Physics, theater join at Science & Art Cabaret
    3/4/22

    The event, returning after a two-year pause, features a conversation between two UB physicists and theater professionals after a local play.

  • Charles Berenson.
    Therapy for preventing recurrent C. difficile infections
    3/4/22

    UB professor Charles Berenson was a co-author of the New England Journal of Medicine article that reported on the clinical trial.

  • maskless students outside Greiner hall.
    UB to lift mask mandate March 5
    3/2/22

    Students, employees and visitors — regardless of vaccination status — will no longer be required to wear masks in most settings at UB.

  • A graduate student volunteer helps a Westminster student make a parachute out tissue paper, string, pipe-cleaners and paper cups.
    Bringing science to life
    3/4/22

    Students from Westminster Community Charter School joined SEAS faculty, staff and students on campus recently for some fun STEM activities.

  • Woman looking at files, a projection of a website with personal information in the background.
    ‘Haves and have-nots’ of health info exchanges
    3/7/22

    Researchers warn health information exchanges can create a digital divide in referral markets for physicians.

  • Photo-illustration of two soldiers and one person in black and white looking at the sky.
    Photo exhibit tells soldiers’ stories
    3/7/22

    Part of a UB research project, the combat veterans' photos explore their return to civilian life and search for meaningful social connections after war.  

  • Concept of school violence featuring a child's backpack with a knife and a gun inside and the words, "safe secure schools" written on a blackboard in the background.
    Averting targeted school violence focus of seminar
    3/7/22

    The 18th Annual Safe Schools Initiative Seminar will feature key findings from a Secret Service study on plots targeting K-12 schools that were prevented.

  • Escher String Quartet.
    Escher, Miro to present Slee Beethoven cycle
    3/8/22

    The acclaimed quartets will perform all 16 of Beethoven's string quartets.

  • 2019 Commencement.
    UB lifts vaccination policy for events
    3/4/22

    Proof of vaccination against COVID-19 will no longer be required for events in UB Stadium, Alumni Arena, the Center for the Arts and Slee Hall, as well as commencement.

  • Kiev, Ukraine - March 3, 2022: President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered an urgent televised address to the Ukrainian nation. He accused Russia of attacking Babin Yar, a mass grave site for Jews who died during the Holocaust.
    Zelensky inspires the world through servant leadership
    3/8/22

    With personal connections to the war in Ukraine, management dean Paul Tesluk finds hope in the leadership of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

  • UB community members gathered to show support for the people of Ukraine.
    Raising support, awareness for Ukraine
    3/7/22

    UB students, faculty and staff gathered in the Student Union last week for a rally in support of Ukraine.

  • Founders of the True Blue student club, Paul Hutchings (first "L" in wig and face paint) and Jeseph Meyers ("S" in hat).
    School spirit at heart of student club
    3/9/22

    The goal of UB True Blue is to support the Bulls while having the most fun possible doing it.

  • Anne Curtis.
    Pandemic impacting women in academic medicine
    3/9/22

    A commentary co-authored by UB physician Anne Curtis offers solutions to the disparities that have been worsened by the pandemic.

  • Winners of the 2022 PwC Challenge: Sebastian Affronti, Jonathan Forrester, Brian Tierney, Seika Dingel, Lauren Taips and Preeti Shenoy.
    Management undergrads rise to the challenge
    3/9/22

    The ‘Pencil Pushers’ win the School of Management’s annual PwC Challenge.

  • Lake trout photographed underwater.
    Why aren't stocked fish reproducing in Lake Ontario?
    3/10/22

    Researchers led by UB Great Lakes Program director Joseph Atkinson suspect climate change is to blame.

  • Elena McLean.
    Economic sanctions becoming important weapon in conflicts
    3/10/22

    UB political scientist Elena McLean says severe sanctions can rival military conflict in the scale of economic and human costs they can generate.

  • Family Violence and Women's Rights Clinic members holding up hand-made t-shirts.
    Family Violence and Women’s Rights Clinic marks 30 years
    3/10/22

    The law school's oldest clinic is marking 30 years of representing those in crisis, advocating for effective public policy, and working to prevent family violence.

  • headshot of Sargur Srihari.
    Pioneering computer scientist Sargur Srihari dies at 72
    3/10/22

    The scientist taught computers to read handwriting and advanced the fields of pattern recognition, computational forensics and machine learning.

  • Zodiaque Dance Company performers rehersing.
    Theatre and Dance opens doors to all in-person performances
    3/11/22

    For the first time in two years, all students performance will be in front of live audiences.

  • Jacob Neiheisel.
    Invasion of Ukraine means losses for Democrats in Nov.
    3/11/22

    UB political scientist Jacob Neiheisel says that unless the situation improves soon, Democrats should expect losses in the 2022, 2024 elections.

  • Steven Fliesler.
    Fliesler receives postdoc mentor award
    3/11/22

    The award recognizes the SUNY Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology as a teacher, advocate, adviser and positive role model for his postdocs.

     

  • UB Art Professor Millie Chen shares a still from a recording in Istanbul for her new audio-visual project SRS (Silk Road Songbook), which is currently on exhibit in Xi’an, China, until March 27.
    Sound, songs convey Silk Road stories
    3/14/22

    Art professor Millie Chen's SRS project weaves new songs of dissent into the land, broadcasting distinct, unruly voices on an ancient Eurasian migration route.  

  • Participants in the Cultivator program.
    'Cultivating’ WNY startups with funding, mentorship
    3/14/22

    The new UB Cultivator program helps startup companies looking to grow and scale their businesses in Western New York.

  • Janet Morrow pictured in a lab setting.
    A career as a chemist entrepreneur
    3/14/22

    SUNY Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Janet Morrow talks about her journey to become co-founder and chief science officer of Ferric Contrast Inc.

  • A female professor delivering a lecture to her class.
    UB to host inaugural class of 22 VITAL scholars
    3/16/22

    The visit March 28 through April 1 is part of the effort to increase the number of faculty from traditionally underrepresented populations.

  • The women's Basketball team celebrates as they hear the NCAA selection results.
    Women’s team Tennessee-bound for NCAA tourney
    3/14/22

    The Bulls will face the Lady Volunteers on Saturday in their fourth NCAA tournament appearance in six years.

  • Dante Harris, business development manager for VirtaMed, demonstrates the LaparoS for Leslie Alejo, lab technician in the Surgical Skills Lab.
    Laparoscopic simulator trial underway
    3/15/22

    The simulator is on loan to UB Rise for six months and is being utilized by the Behling Human Simulation Center and the Surgical Skills Lab.

  • Group photo of the student participants and one of the judges, Phylicia Brown, in the Impossible Project: Making Computing Anti-Racist. Front row, from left: Joy Lee, Edwin Irizarry, Morgan Li, Salvatore Brancato. Second row, from left: Ben Stegmeier, Liem Nguyen, Brenden Reilly, Phylicia Brown, Dmytro Crawford, Maisoon Anwar.
    What would it take to make computing anti-racist?
    3/15/22

    UB computer science and engineering students tackle the issue as part of a first-year class.

  • President Satish Tripathi trys a new video game at the grand opening of LevelUp.
    UB students ‘LevelUp’ in new computing, gaming space
    3/17/22

    The new space in the former Lockwood Cybrary features console gaming lounges and an esports arena, as well as cutting-edge academic technology.

  • Concept of graduating nurses, featuring two women wearing scrubs standing in front of a chalk board that has two graduation caps drawn around the women's heads.
    SUNY grant targets nursing services
    3/16/22

    The funding to UB and Alfred State College will support increasing enrollment in nursing programs with an eye toward improving medical services in rural areas.

  • Concept of chemical molecules persisting in a stream.
    Study examines the chemical GenX in water
    3/17/22

    The UB-led research looks at the chemicals that the EPA recently deemed more toxic that the "forever chemicals" they were developed to replace.

  • closeup of shoes walking.
    Step it up!
    3/17/22

    The annual Step Challenge aims to help participants walk more and better their overall health.

  • Tom Ralabate does a leap on stage.
    Ralabate dances to the beat of his own drum
    3/18/22

    The recently retired dance professor reflects on a nearly 50-year career at UB.

  • Flock of twitter birds fly from open laptop.
    ‘Flocks’ show prevailing opinion on social media
    3/21/22

    The “murmuration” framework developed by UB faculty member Yini Zhang measures the slippery concept of social media public opinion.

  • The UB Bulls womens basketball team take their walk to victory as they travel to Knoxville, TN for their first NCAA tournament game.
    Off to the Big Dance
    3/17/22

    The UB community cheered on the women's basketball team as it headed to Knoxville for the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

  • A group of friends watch a game at a sports bar.
    NYC alumni to meet for Bulls watch party
    3/18/22

    Saturday's game is the latest gathering for a growing network of alumni in metro New York who meet in a former Anchor Bar to watch the Bulls athletics teams.

  • A variety of international snacks on a display stand inside One World Café.
    Ample options for snacking at One World Café
    3/21/22

    Campus Dining & Shops has stocked an array of international items as UB's global eatery prepares to open.

  • Bottom row, from left: Paras Prasad, principal investigator, and Luis Velarde. Middle row: Jonathan Bird, co-principal investigator, Hao Zeng and Mark Swihart. Top row: Andrey Kuzmin, Vasili Perebeinos and Alexander Baev.
    UB receives $7.5 million MURI grant
    3/21/22

    The research, funded by the Department of Defense, focuses on developing new concepts in non-invasive testing and evaluation of semiconductor chips.

  • Box full of vegetables.
    UB to host in-person Mobile Market Summit
    3/22/22

    Fourth annual event March 29-30 brings together mobile market operators, researchers and funders.

  • Concept of virtual meeting featuring people on computerscreens sharing thoughts and ideas.
    Next steps for advancing equity
    3/21/22

    During last week’s town halls, both short- and long-term recommendations were presented to make UB a more inclusive place to live, learn and work.

  • Inside UB's SMART Motion Capture Lab, students create a simulated environment to demonstrate how autonomous air and ground robots can work together.
    AI and data science institute launches speaker series
    3/22/22

    The series aims to bring the fields’ most thought-provoking leaders to UB.

  • A group of nursing and medical students gather around a hospital bed in the Behling Center.
    Teaching teamwork skills to health sciences students
    3/23/22

    UB is partnering with Kaleida Health to offer the TeamSTEPPS training to ensure better patient care.

  • Concept of online teaching featuring a large laptop with two smaller figures, one sitting at a desk wirth a laptop and onother sitting cross-legged with a laptop. A graduation cap is on the corner of the large laptop screen.
    Three named SUNY Online Teaching Ambassadors
    3/23/22

    Chris Cohan, David Murray and Todd Sage were recognized as exemplary online educators.

  • Maria Almanza.
    Inaugural director to focus on faculty recognition
    3/24/22

    Maria Almanza will support UB’s goal to increase the number of prestigious national and international awards for faculty.

  • American Heart Association (AHA) logo.
    Epidemiology grad student receives AHA fellowship
    3/24/22

    The award will support Kexin Zhu's research on the impact of outdoor temperature and air pollution on blood pressure levels and hypertension.  

  • Victor E. Bull wearing a "True Blue" t-shirt at a 2022 basketball game.
    An inside look at Victor E. Bull
    3/25/22

    Ever wonder who's behind UB's big, blue and bodacious mascot? Well, you'll have to keep wondering.

  • Stelios Andreadis.
    Andreadis elected fellow of AIChE
    3/25/22

    The SUNY Distinguished Professor is being recognized for his contributions to tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.

  • Alison Des Forges.
    Today’s socialism, human rights focus of symposium
    3/25/22

    The event honors the memory of Alison Des Forges, a UB historian who fought to call the world’s attention to the genocide in Rwanda.

  • SUNY Distinguished Professor medal.
    UB faculty named SUNY Distinguished Professors
    3/28/22

    R. Lorraine Collins, Luis Colón, Steven Schwaitzberg and Gil Wolfe have been promoted to the highest faculty rank in the SUNY system.

  • Concept of biostatistics and statistical methood featuring small scientist figures, bar charts and a Vitruvian Man figure.
    UB to host UP-STAT conference
    3/28/22

    The focus of this year’s conference — the first being hosted by UB — is on how the statistical sciences serve as a foundation for knowledge, discovery and innovation.

  • Marilyn Morris.
    Morris receives AACP Volwiler award
    3/29/22

    The award recognizes the UB faculty member as a leader in pharmaceutical and clinical sciences, pharmacy practice, and social and administrative sciences.  

  • Male Black teacher helps a young Black girl with her schoolwork.
    Helping Black students feel safer in school
    3/29/22

    A UB-led study urges schools to embrace students' cultural identities in order to foster a safer learning environment.

  • Nighttime aerial view of Hayes Hall and South Campus.
    UB grad programs rise in U.S. News rankings
    3/29/22

    More than a dozen professional schools and programs at UB rose in the latest rankings of America’s Best Graduate Schools.

  • Medical students Isaac Swartzman, left, and Michael Augustin counsel a Hope Gardens resident on the proper use of sunscreen.
    Reaching out to the community
    3/30/22

    Medical students with an interest in dermatology coordinated skin care events at Hope Gardens and Haven House.

  • Still from a virtual reality simulation of a mental health clinic featuring the reception area.
    Social Work brings virtual reality into DSW program
    3/30/22

    The technology aims to bring together students in the online program, as well as show them how it could help them in their work with clients.

  • Portrait of Frederick Law Olmsted, Architect of the Capitol. Allyn Cox Oil on Canvas 1973-1974.
    Olmsted’s life beyond landscape architecture
    3/31/22

    An audio course developed by UB professor Adam Rome explores the big questions that shaped Olmsted’s multifaceted professional endeavors.

  • Young mother sits on the floor with her baby and a laptop.
    How pandemic policy, aid impacted student-mothers
    3/31/22

    A UB study will assess how stimulus funding, the expanded Child Tax Credit and other aid impacted student-mothers’ college experiences.

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