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  • Moriah Martindale featured on a poster for the NFL Diversity in Sports Medicine Pipeline Initiative.
    Working with Bills a ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’
    7/1/24

    UB student Moriah Martindale has been chosen to take part in the NFL Diversity in Sports Medicine Pipeline Initiative.

  • A tool designed to replicate bite marks.
    Tools of UB dental professor’s bitemark research part of Smithsonian exhibit
    7/1/24

    “Forensic Science on Trial” highlights the evolution of the science used in criminal trials through the centuries.

  • Zoom image: An example of ChatGPT's analysis of deepfake images. The large language model was less accurate than state-of-the-art deepfake detectors, but impressed researchers with its ability to explain its analysis in plain language. Graphic: University at Buffalo
    Is ChatGPT the key to stopping deepfakes?
    7/2/24

    A UB-led study found that large language models’ ability to plainly explain their analysis holds promise for spotting AI-generated images.

  • Top and side views of porous crystalline materials, known as covalent organic frameworks.
    Porous crystals excel at recognizing molecules
    7/5/24

    Potential applications of the new materials include industrial gas separation, sensing and catalysis.

  • Cellphone app for NFL Sunday Ticket.
    UB experts weigh in on NFL Sunday Ticket decision
    7/2/24

    Law professors Helen "Nellie" Drew and Christine Bartholomew call the case "rare" and the "definition of an antitrust violation."

  • Strictly Hip performs at UB on the Green in July 2023.
    Celebrate the season at UB on the Green
    7/3/24

    UB’s free, outdoor performance series, is back for a 16th season on July 18.

  • Promotional graphic for a Black History conference featuring the words" Black to the future, Afro-futurism as Black History" and a colorful illustration of a person.
    Afro-futurism focus of teaching Black history conference
    7/5/24

    The conference, set for July 26-28, is designed to push the boundaries of learning by reconceptualizing the past and present through writing about the future.

  • Rendering of the human thymus gland.
    Benefits of thymectomy in treating myasthenia gravis discussed
    7/8/24

    Gil Wolfe is senior author of an oped in Neurology that responds to an earlier NEJM paper that raised questions about thymic removal.

  • Four students involved in a hands-on activity at Destination Dental School.
    Pathway programs prepare students for dental school
    7/3/24

    Indigenous students attending a conference in Niagara Falls also took part in the School of Dental Medicine's annual event.

  • Sen. Chuck Schumer pats President Tripathi on the shoulder during the Tech Hub award press conference.
    UB, partners awarded $40M to boost semiconductor industry
    7/3/24

    The Hub Tech award will support manufacturing, research and education.

  • Beth Adelman.
    Adelman named UB’s first SUNY Distinguished Librarian
    7/8/24

    The designation recognizes librarians whose contributions have been transformational in creating a new information environment.

  • Prescription drugs and opioids on table top.
    Multipronged approach needed to stem synthetic opioid deaths
    7/11/24

    Pharmacy professor Edward Bednarczyk discusses an online training program for prescribers and other efforts.

  • Allison Brashear.
    Jacobs School dean appointed to AAMC board
    7/9/24

    The Association for American Medical Colleges is the nation’s leading medical education organization.

  • Christopher Connor head shot.
    Christopher Connor named vice provost for enrollment management
    7/8/24

    Connor is a nationally recognized expert in higher education enrollment management.

  • Students sort through donated items.
    Helping people experiencing homelessness
    7/12/24

    UB ReUSE and UB HEALS have teamed up again to give used goods new life for those in need.

  • Interlocking UB with the university seal in the background.
    Three named UB Distinguished Professors
    7/15/24

    This year’s recipients are Hanfeng Li, Erik Seeman and Sarah Xin Zhang.

  • Happy 2023 graduates smile and pose together following a commencement ceremony.
    UB celebrates milestone anniversary in Singapore
    7/10/24

    UB-SIM has produced nearly 6,500 UB alumni over the course of its 20 years.

  • Medical residents help each other don their long white coats.
    Jacobs School, dental school welcome 199 new residents
    7/15/24

    UB’s newest residents put on the long white coats that indicate they have graduated, leaving behind the short white coats they received as students.

  • Lili Tian pictured in her office.
    Statistics association honors Lili Tian
    7/17/24

    The UB faculty member has been elected a fellow of the American Statistical Association for her contributions to the field.

  • School of Nursing dean Annette Wysocki pictured in Wende Hall lobby.
    Wysocki named to ‘Women of Influence’ list
    7/16/24

    Buffalo Business First selected UB's nursing dean as the winner of the Inspiration category.

  • Robin Schulze at a podium during a commencement ceremony.
    Schulze to step down as CAS dean
    7/17/24

    Schulze, who led UB's largest and most diverse unit for eight years, will return to her faculty role.

  • Two nutrition students prepare a meal.
    UB nutrition students hold ‘Picnic Palooza’
    7/16/24

    The Clinical Nutrition MS Program's event helps students develop a range of valuable skills in dietetics practice.

  • Solar array on the North Campus.
    UB ranked among nation’s best for sustainable activities
    7/17/24

    Times Higher Education Impact Rankings recognize UB for the impact of its global health research, climate action and clean energy pursuits.

  • Telemedicine session.
    Telemedicine effective in treating opioid use disorder
    7/18/24

    A UB study has found patients were more likely to stick with treatment if referred through telemedicine vs. the emergency department.

  • Concept of divided politics featuring an American flag ripped through the center while several human figures talk to each other.
    Trump shooting shocks nation
    7/16/24

    UB experts say the shockwaves that are upending an already turbulent presidential campaign are unlikely to recede anytime soon.

  • Several beekers containing golden liquid.
    How protein droplets age into elastic solids
    7/18/24

    Scientists found that biomolecular condensates’ unique viscoelastic properties are determined by the amino acid sequence of the proteins that form them. 

  • This digitally colorized scanning electron microscopic image depicts a blue-colored, human white blood cell, known specifically as a neutrophil, interacting with two pink-colored, rod shaped, multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria.
    Developing antibiotics to fight resistant bacteria
    7/19/24

    A $4 million NIH grant awarded to UB researchers will support work to overcome the growing number of health care infections.

  • PhD student Blessing Ogboo works in the lab of chemistry professor David Heppner.
    Removing guesswork from drug discovery
    7/22/24

    With support from a $2.5 million NIH grant, UB chemist David Heppner is trying to answer key questions about the time-consuming and costly drug discovery process.  

  • Moog logo.
    Moog gift supports research into safer autonomous vehicles
    7/18/24

    The partnership between the company and UB has the potential to advance automation and robotics while creating opportunities for students and faculty.

  • Concept of AI in healthcare featuring a stethoscope and AI icons.
    Seed funding for health projects integrating AI
    7/23/24

    A total of $200,000 in funding has been awarded to four cross-disciplinary projects in the first round of awards.

  • Concept of rights, freedom and equality featuring people protesting holding signs.
    Grant to support study of rights, equality, freedom
    7/19/24

    The Templeton Foundation is funding the innovative project that will show how diversity, disagreement and dynamism are crucial for an open society.

  • People at a roundtable discussion event, some are listening, some are talking.
    How UB researchers are using AI for the public good
    7/18/24

    SUNY Chancellor John B. King Jr. and state lawmakers attended a roundtable during which UB faculty discussed their innovative work in the field.

  • Presenters and participants in an aphasia health fair.
    Connecting aphasia community with support services
    7/23/24

    The first UB Aphasia Health Fair aimed to give those with the language disorder the help they need to improve their daily lives.

  • Concept of chatbot.
    Making bots more chatty
    7/22/24

    A new research framework developed by UB researchers will help AI chatbots better mimic human conversation.

  • Dean Wysocki pictured with nursing students at Wende Hall.
    Supporting students in accelerated BSN program
    7/24/24

    A $500,000 grant for scholarships from the Fuld trust will be matched with $200,000 from the SUNY University Center Endowment Match.

  • An audience listens to a speaker's presentation.
    How is AI used in the office?
    7/22/24

    A recent forum hosted by UBIT and CATT examined how staff across the university are using this advancing technology.

  • CrowdStrike sign on a building.
    Not a cyberattack, but outage ‘no less damaging’
    7/19/24

    UB expert Dominic Sellitto says businesses should check widely deployed software and make sure auto-updates are kept to a minimum.

  • Concept of flexible thinking.
    Adapting and thriving in the modern workplace
    7/23/24

    New School of Management research provides a framework for understanding flexible thinking.

  • A teacher and students use a computer together to work on a robotics project.
    Keeping teachers up to date on changing technologies
    7/24/24

    The new Computer Science Education Program aims to help teachers meet NY's new certification standards.

  • Faculty and students pictured outside Belmont Housing Resources for WNY, where the new course, Social Work in the Black Community, met: Claudine Karambizi, Noelle M. St. Vil, Christopher St. Vil, Adam Selon, Joyce Adeola Jekayinoluwa and Vanity Jones.
    A better view from Black perspectives
    7/24/24

    A new UB elective provides students with an understanding of the social challenges facing the Black community and strategies to help overcome them. 

  • Aerial view of Jacobs School.
    Medicine ‘well beyond’ classroom
    7/25/24

    The new “Well Beyond” curriculum empowers UB medical students to not just master the science, but to also take what they're learning and put it to use in the community.

  • Performance of "Fourteen Porches".
    Festival with UB ties moves to Governor’s Island
    7/25/24

    UB professor Melanie Aceto choreographed a performance at this year's Indeterminacy Festival, founded by UB alumna Stanzi Vaubel.

  • Haiqing Lin and a student in the lab.
    UB, partners awarded grant to diversify STEM
    7/25/24

    UB will host scholars from underrepresented backgrounds and provide expertise in hydrogen fuel production.

  • Farina Barth.
    Dispatches from the legal front lines
    7/26/24

    UB law lecturer Farina Barth talks with UBNow about how she brings her experiences as a former public defender into the classroom.

  • Student dressed in gown and gloves works with a set of model teeth.
    Indigenous students learn about health care careers
    7/29/24

    Students and faculty from UB’s health sciences units introduced middle and high school students to a range of health care professions.

  • Concept of inclusive leadership featuring diverse figures all shaking hands.
    Keeping child welfare workers on the job
    7/29/24

    A UB study has found that a workplace with inclusive leadership can help retain workers and maintain continuous services for children and their families.

  • A medical student recieving a white coat during a white coat ceremony.
    Jacobs School welcomes new class
    7/25/24

    The 184 students celebrated their entry into medical school at the traditional White Coat Ceremony.

  • Doug Perrelli (center) with students conducting an archeological dig at Michigan St. Baptist Church.
    Uncovering the past at a Buffalo church
    7/26/24

    UB archaeologist Douglas Perrelli and his students are conducting a dig on the site of Buffalo’s historic Michigan Street Baptist Church.

  • Field of haak.
    UB Food Lab partners with Kashmiri poet to celebrate haak
    7/30/24

    A poem by Zareef Ahmad Zareef aims to raise awareness of the affordable, nutritious and culturally important green.

  • Broken lightbulb.
    Stifling corporate innovation
    7/26/24

    New School of Management research reveals unintended costs of the SEC's EDGAR database.

  • Hand holding a vaccine vial, with syringe.
    Key reminders why vaccines are effective
    7/30/24

    UB biochemist Mark O'Brian offers some facts about vaccines that skeptics like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. get wrong.

  • 2024 Pharmacy Summer Institute attendees and student team leaders.
    UB hosts Pharmacy Summer Institute
    7/29/24

    Some 55 high school and college students from across the country explored the field of pharmacy at the ninth annual event.

  • Cover of "The Age of Loneliness".
    UB faculty member turns to environment with essay collection
    7/31/24

    Laura Marris’ “The Age of Loneliness” calls attention to the growing separation between people and more-than-human stories of place.

  • A group visits the North Campus to looks at potential sites for the Empire AI Consortium.
    Scouting sites for Empire AI data center
    7/31/24

    Members of the Empire AI consortium joined UB leaders to tour possible sites on the North Campus for the consortium’s new supercomputing center.

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