Environment and Sustainability

News about UB’s environmental programs and related sustainability initiatives. (see all topics)

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UB team receives $1.4M to mine big data for transportation improvements
10/4/13
The grant recognizes UB as one of 33 University Transportation Centers nationwide and is a joint effort between the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the School of Management
Sustainability Academy launches at UB
9/26/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Students from the University at Buffalo’s new Sustainability Academy will join fellow undergraduates in touring Love Canal, the Buffalo waterfront, Silo City and other locations this Friday to learn about the region’s history of industrial pollution and how the community is turning this legacy around to create a more sustainable Buffalo Niagara.
A new approach to managing hazardous waste sites
9/23/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – An engineer, a philosopher, a sociologist and an oral historian walk into a room.
Why are some corals flourishing in a time of global warming?
9/10/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. — As Earth’s temperature climbs, the stony corals that form the backbone of ocean reefs are in decline.
Can we create biofuels, fertilizer from Great Lakes algae?
7/23/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – David Blersch hates to vacuum.
UB Fulbright Scholar Named First Doctoral Fellow in Food Systems Planning
6/27/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Fulbright scholar and climate activist Subhashni Raj, who just completed her master of urban planning at the University at Buffalo, will start her PhD at UB this fall as the first recipient of the university’s Jerome L. Kaufman Doctoral Fellowship for the study of food systems planning.
Buffalo bee tower wins award from international design magazine
6/25/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Elevator B, a steel tower that University at Buffalo students designed and built to house a colony of bees along Buffalo’s waterfront, continues to receive recognition from the international architecture community.
Scientists turn to the streets for help in monitoring waterways
6/17/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A project that asks hikers, fishermen, birdwatchers, school kids and nature-lovers of all stripes to monitor stream levels is expanding from its home base in Western New York to three new states: Iowa, Michigan and Wisconsin.
New study finds chemical TMT, even at low levels, may contribute to the global kidney stone epidemic
6/14/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – A study by researchers at UB and three Chinese research institutions is the first to demonstrate that low-level occupational exposure to the industrial chemical trimethyltin chloride (TMT) may be a risk factor for nephrolithiasis, or kidney stones.
Dangerous strains of E. coli may linger longer in water than benign counterparts, study finds
6/13/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A toxin dangerous to humans may help E. coli fend off aquatic predators, enabling strains of E. coli that produce the toxin to survive longer in lake water than benign counterparts, a new study finds.