• NYS invests $50M in new research hub
    12/1/25

    Biofabrication and imaging research hub will boost health care innovation in WNY and beyond.

  • Public invited to shape ‘inclusive civic spaces’
    11/26/25

    The deliberative forum on Dec. 5 is being sponsored by the Philosophy, Political Science and Economics Program.

  • Those helping the homeless are hurting, too
    11/26/25

    A paper by UB social work researcher Amanda Aykanian links homeless services workers’ burnout to adverse childhood experiences.

  • Turning ‘trash to table’
    11/26/25

    Fourteen undergraduate architecture students from Mexico joined a UB workshop aimed at testing new ways to turn demolition waste into innovative design.

  • Study explores AI-enhanced wearable devices
    11/25/25

    UB researchers have published the first comprehensive meta-review of AI-enhanced wearables for people with prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes.

  • UB students take on justice reform
    11/25/25

    In the Innovate for Impact Criminology Design Challenge, teams designed new initiatives to address some of society’s most pressing criminal justice and public safety issues.

  • Markatou honored with ISI award
    11/25/25

    The SUNY Distinguished Professor is being recognized for outstanding contributions to the International Statistical Institute and the global statistical community.

  • Designing with purpose
    11/24/25

    Students in a graduate architecture studio created storage solutions for The Tool Library.

  • ALS, mental health, refugee flow predictions
    11/24/25

    UB computer scientist Rohini Srihari explores the many ways that AI can be utilized for the public good.

  • Addressing health equity goal of new CHERI director
    11/21/25

    Heather M. Gardiner aims to expand the Community Health Equity Research Institute's research impact and strengthen links with the community.

  • UB again ranked for entrepreneurship
    11/21/25

    Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review have named UB one of the top undergraduate schools for entrepreneurship studies.

  • Law school lessons from the Thruway
    11/21/25

    What started as a practical carpool quickly turned into a daily ritual of camaraderie, caffeine and case law for four first-year UB law students.

  • Buon Appetito

    Earlier this month, about 20 students from the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures took a field trip to Dalfonso's Italian Imports. Paola Ugolini's class was introduced to the products imported to make the dishes and products served and sold at the store. Photos: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki

    Published February 24, 2026

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The mouth-body connection

Oral health has a major impact on overall health. Leading oral biologist Frank Scannapieco explains how bacteria in the mouth factor into diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer’s and more — and outlines simple ways to keep that all-important mouth healthy. 

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