News Releases

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

UB’s Center for Ingestive Behavior Research awards its first pilot grants
12/13/19
Three projects selected for pilot grants all have the broader aim of understanding how obesity develops and what systems might be targeted to treat it.
Media Advisory: Jacobs School to host religious leaders for seminar on spirituality and health
12/13/19
Two-day event aims to enhance medical students’ sensitivity toward patients of different faiths.
UB-led team awarded $2 million to study brain, motor-skill learning
12/12/19
Researchers to develop neuronal circuit simulator; could lead to smarter computers and new treatments for memory loss.
UB social work researchers part of a team addressing gun violence in a special journal issue
12/12/19
Social work literature lacking in the area of gun violence, note UB researchers, whose efforts can begin to expand interest in addressing the topic among researchers and clinicians.
UB statement on faculty and staff returning from Russia
12/12/19
The matter has been resolved and the group has arrived back in the U.S.
New UB institute to address health disparities in Buffalo
12/12/19
Community Health Equity Research Institute brings together community partners and faculty, students from 10 UB schools to improve health of underserved neighborhoods.
UB statement about apparent student suicide
12/11/19
Out of respect for the family’s privacy, the university will not be releasing the student’s name.
Innovation Hub provides funding to seven entrepreneurial teams
12/11/19
The $500,000 investment will support efforts to fight respiratory failure, improve batteries, the development of ‘cobots’ and more.
Media Advisory: UB to announce new institute to address Buffalo health disparities
12/11/19
New institute comprises 10 schools from UB and builds on the work of the African American Health Disparities Task Force.
Study finds association between poor diet, age-related macular degeneration
12/10/19
Participants who ate a Western diet were three times more likely to develop late stage of this debilitating eye condition.

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