News Releases

All of the latest news about our university. (by topic)

UB Center for the Arts Presents Napoleon Dynamite Live!
11/10/22
This unique evening includes a full screening of “Napoleon Dynamite” followed by a lively, freewheeling, moderated discussion with fan-favorite cast members: Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite), Efren Ramirez (Pedro) and Jon Gries (Uncle Rico).
Study provides a new understanding of pain disparities in the U.S.
11/9/22
Racial/ethnic disparities in pain prevalence are much greater than previously thought, according to UB researcher.
After shocking diagnosis, Jacobs School professor decides her legacy is creating opportunities for others
11/4/22
When Brooke Lerner's life took an extremely unexpected turn earlier this year, (which she discusses in this video), it made sense that in reconfiguring her priorities, emergency medicine would still be one of them.
New book explores uncommon ground we share in a post-truth world
11/4/22
Mark Shepard’s new book examines what happens when, as German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche famously said, “There are no facts, only interpretations”?
NIH awards major grant to UB to boost newborn screening accuracy
11/2/22
The NIH has awarded a UB researcher an extremely competitive grant to lead an international effort to dramatically improve the accuracy of newborn screening for three rare, often fatal, genetic diseases.
Chemists stabilize hard-to-tame chloride compound
11/2/22
The advancement involving manganese trichloride 'opens the floodgates to a whole new area of research,' says lead scientist David Lacy.
UB teams receive over $2.6 million in federal funding for environmental research
11/1/22
Support from the UB RENEW Institute was instrumental in landing three new grants.
$7.8 million awarded to UB and partners to study influence of oral microbiome
10/28/22
The NIDCR awarded two grants to UB, Roswell Park and Albert Einstein College of Medicine to explore how the oral microbiome interacts with opportunistic pathogens.
UBCFA Presents Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy
10/28/22
While both were already stars in their own light, propelling their dazzling careers since childhood, the award-winning fiddle virtuosos have cemented their status as Canada’s reigning couple of Celtic music.
NIH gives perfect score to program nurturing next-generation clinical scientists
10/28/22
The NIH has given UB’s Clinician-Scientist summer training program a rare and perfect score of 10, along with funding of nearly $300,000 over the next 5 years.