News Releases

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

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Smartphones help UB researcher better understand the nature of depression and anxiety
2/21/19

New research by a UB psychologist is using smartphones to repeatedly and frequently measure symptoms of anxiety and depression, in real time, to learn how immediate feelings relate to later symptoms.

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UB retains ‘Gold’ designation with higher ed sustainability organization
2/20/19

UB scores highly in sustainability research, diversity and affordability in the latest STARS report.



The image shows how the UB tool works, when applied to histology image data. The large background image shows a mouse renal tissue section with kidney structures called glomeruli marked via automatically estimated boundaries. The boundaries can be iteratively updated during system training. The glomeruli structures change when the disease has progressed.
New segmentation tool lets medical professionals ‘teach’ computers to correctly annotate medical images
2/18/19

University at Buffalo researchers have developed a tool that lets medical professionals analyze images without engineering expertise. 

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UB forms team of scientists, business leaders to grow health initiatives and build research capacity in Jamaica, Africa
2/15/19

The University at Buffalo Center for Integrated Global Biomedical Sciences (CIGBS) has established a new team of researchers and business leaders to advance the health initiatives of low- and middle-income countries through academic research and capacity-building programs.

Zodiaque Dances On
UB Theatre and Dance presents: Zodiaque Dance Company "Zodiaque Dances On"
2/15/19

The 2018-19 academic year marks the 45th anniversary of Zodiaque Dance Company.

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UB Theatre and Dance presents: The Threepenny Opera
2/13/19

The play opens in May in the Center for the Arts.

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UB chair of neurology is elected president of New York State Neurological Society
2/12/19

Gil I. Wolfe, MD, Irvin and Rosemary Smith Chair of the Department of Neurology, has been elected president of the New York State Neurological Society (NYSNS). 

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UB faculty member receives prestigious psychology award
2/11/19

Kristin Gainey, assistant professor of psychology at UB, has received the American Psychological Association’s 2018 Early Career Distinguished Scientific awards, a recognition that’s among the field’s highest honors of achievement.

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UB scientist to receive inaugural ASPET Early Career Award
2/11/19

Jun-Xu Li, MD, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, is being recognized by the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) with the inaugural JH Woods Early Career Award in Behavioral Pharmacology.

 

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Scientists to test light therapy as relief from painful side effect of cancer treatment
2/11/19

University at Buffalo researchers have received part of a $1.5 million grant to investigate light therapy as a replacement for prescription opioids in treating oral mucositis, painful ulcers and swelling in the mouth that result from chemotherapy and radiation treatment for cancer.