To prepare the next generation of nurses for virtual health care, the UB School of Nursing recently received a one-year SUNY High Needs grant to train nursing students in telehealth, which allows patients to use live video and self-diagnostic devices to receive distant care.
UB Police Chief Gerald W. Schoenle Jr. is leading a call by the SUNY Police Chiefs Association asking Gov. Cuomo to sign a bill that would help university police departments retain campus police officers.
Although still in its infancy, University at Buffalo faculty, staff and students are finding UBThisWinter, the university’s winter session, to be a great way to spend the time between the traditional fall and spring semesters.
Campus Dining and Shops rolled out four new Pride of New York vending machines, each stocked with items made or produced in New York State. Sales have been solid since they were installed at the start of the fall semester.
Child protection services personnel respond to some 3 million reports of maltreatment per year, andmany states respond identically to all incidents, regardless of their nature. Differential response is a significant policy shift in how child welfare systems approach families, says Annette Semanchin Jones.
Gary Giovino, PhD, is facilitating the development of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health non-communicable disease risk factor mobile phone survey.
