Global Impact

News about UB’s global partnerships and our impact around the world. (see all topics)

UB volcano expert monitors lava flow around the world
7/27/23
Stephan Kolzenburg studies where and how far lava will flow if a volcano erupts.
UB launches graduate degree in global health and international development
7/25/23
The intensively interdisciplinary program is designed to address widening gaps in human health globally through the socioeconomic, environmental and geopolitical arenas of international development.
Ancient soil once stored at UB shows Greenland melted recently … and could melt again
7/21/23
The new study finds the island was mostly ice free only 416,000 years ago and is more vulnerable to climate change than previously thought.
UB lab identifies key enzyme for heart failure drug digoxin
7/17/23
The discovery could help reduce the plant-based drug’s three-year production time; lead to less toxic alternatives.
Susan Grinslade named American Academy of Nursing fellow
7/6/23
Grinslade’s work addresses health disparities and social determinants of health among underserved populations.
New President Elected to UB Alumni Association
7/5/23
Joseph Stefko is president and CEO of ROC2025, an alliance of economic development organizations in the greater Rochester area.
UB engineer Gang Wu receives $3 million as part of the Department of Energy’s Hydrogen Shot
6/27/23
Project will focus on creating efficient, cheap, durable catalysts for hydrogen-powered fuel cell trucks.
Study: Academic fields valuing ‘brilliance’ less welcoming to women
6/22/23
Review of CVs shows fewer women enter and more leave these fields, a pattern that is explained in part by gender-based prejudice.
Media Advisory: Zimbabwe scholars at UB for faculty development program
6/20/23
The 6-week program includes participants who study everything from pharmacy and physiology to ecology and health information systems.
Assessment of how climate scientists communicate risk shows imperfections, improvements
6/19/23
The consequences of improving communications are enormous, as civic leaders incorporate climate scientists’ risk assessments into major planning efforts.