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UB students create redevelopment plans for land adjacent to the Central Terminal
12/6/22
Graduate students have been crafting proposals to transform the land adjacent to the Central Terminal, which covers more than 16 acres, with forward-thinking redevelopment plans aimed at creating a more vibrant, inclusive and sustainable Broadway-Fillmore.

UB receives EPA grant to monitor air pollution on Buffalo’s East Side
11/21/22
Initiative aims to improve health outcomes in neighborhoods whose residents are more likely to experience chronic, serious diseases.

Deepfake expert to present free talk at Buffalo Museum of Science
11/11/22
The event will explore how and why deepfakes generate concern in a world where seeing is not always believing.

UB in the News

Why it seems like every celebrity death is now a conspiracy theory
12/4/22
A story on Insider quotes Yotam Ophir about why it seems as though every celebrity death is now a conspiracy theory.
The 'pro-union' president risks the support of a key constituency to avert a rail strike
12/3/22
NBC News interviewed Erin Hatton for a story reporting that President Joe Biden is facing backlash from a core of rail workers and allied groups as some of them feel betrayed by his push for a measure to avoid a strike.
Directors overboard: How many seats is too many?
12/2/22
Fortune quoted Feng Gu in a story about overboarding, a practice in which directors agree to serve on more boards than they have capacity to handle.
Fact check: No, a black hole didn't end reality in 2012
11/30/22
USA Today consulted Dejan Stojkovic to counter a social media claim that the Large Hadron Collider created a black hole in 2012 that consumed the earth and ended reality without anyone noticing, except apparently the post’s original author.