Graduate News

Here is how our graduate faculty, students and researchers are making headlines at the University at Buffalo.

UB pairs with Florida Atlantic for wireless communications research and education
5/20/25
The partnership, which includes a workforce development program, will tap UB’s expertise in wireless networking, AI, autonomy and more.
Studies point to redlining as a ‘perfect storm’ for breast cancer
5/12/25
New UB-led research indicates that while the residential segregation policy was outlawed decades ago, it still impacts women’s health today.
Study finds one protein that mitigates Huntington’s disease, and one that exacerbates it
5/5/25
These proteins, which regulate the huntingtin protein’s movement in neurons, could be future drug targets.
11 UB students receive SUNY GREAT awards
3/19/25
Funding will support their work in neuroscience, cancer research, biomedical engineering and other fields.
UB researchers probe safety of AI in driverless cars, find vulnerabilities
9/3/24
The tests could have implications in the auto, tech and insurance industries.
UB engineering professor lands $1.5 million grant to create clean hydrogen
2/29/24
Haiqing Lin and his team of researchers were recently awarded $1.5 million for a two-year-long project that is scheduled to begin on April 1.
UB-led team awarded $750,000 NSF grant to study wildfire inequities
2/28/24
Project addresses emergency management disparities between wealthy, low-income groups.
UB startup receives $2.9 million to develop blood test for brain aneurysms
1/11/24
The funding, awarded to Neurovascular Diagnostics, comes from the National Institutes of Health.
Team Alice, UB’s study of medication harm in older adults, receives $1.95 million national grant
11/15/23
Funding to support interdisciplinary research into older patients’ journey throughout health care system
Micro-credential programs surge at UB
4/1/22
The short-term programs, covering everything from social justice to data science, provide students with in-demand skills.
Initiative to ensure UB PhD programs are among the best
8/23/19
Full-time, fully funded PhD students will see an increase in their 2019-20 stipends under the PhD Excellence Initiative.
UB to hold commencement ceremonies May 3-22
4/30/19
Some 5,799 students are candidates to receive 6,392 degrees and certificates during UB’s 2019 commencement ceremonies being held May 3-22.
UB awards first badge under new micro-credential programs
1/3/19
The University at Buffalo has awarded seven students with the university’s first academic badge, a micro-credential that allows students to showcase their mastery of a skill in an area of interest.
Media Advisory: UB Dental to honor veterans with free dental care before Veterans Day
11/9/18
The University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine will host the fourth annual Dentistry Smiles on Veterans, an event that offers free dental care to local servicemen and women.
UB oral biology researchers receive a combined $6.6 million to study gum disease, Sjögren’s syndrome, bone loss
11/1/18
Researchers within the University at Buffalo Department of Oral Biology were recently awarded six grants totaling $6.6 million, helping to double funding received by the department from the previous year.