• Summer Institute offers intro to pharmacy
    7/29/26

    Three-day immersive program exposes high school and college students to the evolving fields of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences.

  • ‘SEE’ program sharpens focus
    7/28/26

    Eighty-four externs at 41 host organizations this summer have discovered the wide career spectrum WNY offers.

  • Furniture making with the ‘coolest machine’
    7/28/26

    In summer Digital Fabrication Furniture studio, architecture students acted as designer, fabricator and client.

  • Grants aim to improve East Side health equity
    7/28/26

    Funding came from a major federal grant awarded to UB’s Community Health Equity Research Institute.

  • UB scientists awarded Genesis Mission grants
    7/24/26

    The awards from the Department of Energy showcase the university’s leadership in applied AI and quantum science and engineering.

  • Lu selected as AI Research Fellow
    7/24/26

    GSE faculty member is one of eight fellows selected this year from a pool of more than 300 applicants.

  • High-tech workforce training
    7/23/26

    NSF awards totaling $950,000 will help UB prepare the next generation of the U.S. workforce in AI, cybersecurity, advanced manufacturing.

  • Improving trauma triage accuracy
    7/23/26

    Jacobs School researchers tested how LLMs could be used to help improve the accuracy of initial emergency medical services information.

  • Applegarth to co-lead Grand Challenge
    7/23/26

    Social work researcher has been tapped for initiative to promote smart decarceration.

  • School choice and income segregation
    7/22/26

    Parents tend to avoid classrooms populated by a large number of students from low-income families, UB psychologists say.

  • Paris Wicker Named 2026 NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow
    7/21/26

    GSE researcher will investigate how students’ social support networks influence well-being and academic success.

  • Where there's smoke, fewer birds
    7/21/26

    UB study compared air quality data with birdwatching reports, including during historic 2023 wildfire season.

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  • Registering students

    In honor of National Voter Registration Day, the UB Votes committee partnered with UB Libraries to host voter registration tables across campus earlier this month. Ambassadors of Civic Engagement (ACEs) interns were stationed in four library locations to help students get registered, check their voter status, and learn about upcoming elections. Students also had the opportunity to bedazzle their own copies of the U. S. Constitution! Photos: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki

    Published September 22, 2026

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Connection and joy

Humans have a fundamental need to belong. The good news, says social psychologist Shira Gabriel, is that there are many ways to fulfill that need, including sharing a funny moment with strangers, immersing ourselves in a book, or even scrolling TikTok (in small doses). Listen to the full Driven to Discover podcast.

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