• Exploring how AI and social media persuade
    8/28/26

    October symposium at UB will bring in national experts to discuss political persuasion, chatbots, AI governance and more.

  • Inclusive design for kids with autism
    8/28/26

    Eberhard Fellow in the School of Architecture and Planning asks whether thoughtful architecture can improve their lives without relying on expensive solutions.

  • The Bulls are back
    8/28/26

    See the campus come alive during the first week as captured by UB photographers, from move-in to university convocation and more.

  • New airport wallscape puts UB front and center
    8/27/26

    UB is telling its story to the world in a place that brings in travelers from across the country and around the globe.

  • UB study links inflammatory protein to fatal heart attacks
    8/27/26

    Individuals with the highest levels of IL-6 in their blood had twice the chance of coronary-related death versus the ones with lower levels.

  • UB librarians join College in Prison Program
    8/26/26

    Klotzbach-Russell and Sajecki are helping incarcerated individuals develop academic research skills, marking the first time UB Libraries have been involved in the initiative.

  • UB EarthEd Institute inspires area science teachers
    8/26/26

    The program is designed to empower educators to bring authentic Earth and environmental science into their classrooms.

  • Tracking water level data with AI
    8/26/26

    UB team designed a workflow that combines image-processing techniques with AI to interpret photos submitted through CrowdHydrology.

  • Sex differences in radiation side effects
    8/25/26

    UB researchers are exploring why female head and neck cancer patients tend to get the worst of it.

  • Genco welcomes students for new tradition
    8/25/26

    Friday night’s convocation marked the start of the UB journey for thousands of first-year and transfer students.

  • Wang recognized for work on innovative chatbot
    8/25/26

    SnehAI, designed, implemented and evaluated between 2018-2021, preceded generative AI chatbots such as ChatGPT and Claude.

  • Celebrating a decade in Madrid
    8/24/26

    Architecture faculty member Miguel Guitart set out to create a program that would use Spain itself as a living classroom.

  • Everything to make a dorm home

    On Aug. 26, after students settled into their campus housing and began classes for the fall semester, Sustainability held its ever-popular UB ReUSE Market sale at the GRoW Clean Energy Center on the North Campus. Over 250 students shopped for dorm room essentials — collected or donated during move-out in the spring — at a reduced cost, saving students money while diverting 2.4 tons of unwanted items from landfills. Photos: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki

    Published September 3, 2026

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ICYMI: Genco reflects on first week at UB

Aug. 10 marked an historic week at UB as Caroline Attardo Genco, PhD, arrived on campus to begin her tenure as UB’s 16th president. Genco talked about the excitement of meeting students, faculty and staff across UB and learning more about their priorities and what excites them about the future.

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