Science and Technology

News about the latest UB research in science, engineering and technology, and its impact on society. (see all topics)

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  • UB Physician, UCLA Colleague Criticize TV Ad Campaign
    5/14/08
    A "direct-to-consumer" advertising (DTCA) campaign shown on network television over the past six months touting the benefits of a specific stent device used to prop open clogged arteries should be viewed as "potentially deceptive," asserts a commentary co-authored by a University at Buffalo cardiologist in the current on-line issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
  • County Executive Chris Collins to Kick Off 'Pre-Seed' Workshop
    5/6/08
    Erie County Executive Chris Collins will make opening remarks at a dinner to kick off a 'pre-seed' workshop for Western New York researchers and entrepreneurs considering the launch of a technology-based business.
  • Professors Say Ecological Impact of Bridge Design Is Not Trivial
    5/5/08
    The latest delay in the construction of a new Peace Bridge between Buffalo and Ft. Erie, Ontario, may be trying the patience of Western New Yorkers, but the region has more to lose than time if it erects a bridge that destroys local habitat, according to two University at Buffalo professors who study environmental impacts of structures.
  • Reception to Honor UB's Inventors, Entrepreneurs
    5/2/08
    The University at Buffalo and its Office of Science, Technology Transfer and Economic Outreach (STOR) will recognize the research and commercialization achievements of faculty members at the annual Inventors and Entrepreneurs Reception to be held from 4-6 p.m. May 5 in The Buffalo Club, 388 Delaware Ave.
  • UB Planners Win International Award for East Side Development Work
    4/28/08
    The University at Buffalo East Side Neighborhood Transformation Partnership (ESNTP), a 2-year-old, university-assisted approach to the regeneration of Buffalo's Fruit Belt and Martin Luther King, Jr., Park communities, has received the 2008 Outstanding Program Award from the international Community Development Society.
  • High-Tech Information Studies Class Creates E.B. Green Digital Library
    4/28/08
    A user-friendly and interactive digital library featuring the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society's archival collection of works of renowned architects E.B. Green and William S. Wicks is the latest creation of a University at Buffalo's Library and Information Studies course with a proven track record of providing international access to Western New York research material.
  • Less Geek, More Citizen: Computer Scientists Push Social Relevance
    4/28/08
    Michael F. Buckley, a University at Buffalo computer science lecturer, is leading a national movement to change the way computer science is taught in college. His students learn about Buddhism. They read "The Tao of Pooh." They visit a center for children with disabilities and are asked to design technologies that can improve the way these children live and learn.
  • Graduate Architecture Researchers Transform Their Field and the World
    4/25/08
    A unique and challenging model of graduate architectural pedagogy established by the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning is graduating experts in domains that are revolutionizing the field of architecture.
  • UB Entrepreneurship Competition Launches Nanotech Business
    4/25/08
    Two teams won more than $35,000 in cash in the University at Buffalo's Henry A. Panasci Jr. Technology Entrepreneurship Competition (Panasci TEC) for their innovative ideas in nanotechnology and Internet mentoring.
  • UB Art Gallery to present the work of five architecture students
    4/17/08
    The University at Buffalo Art Gallery in the UB Center for the Arts will present (In)visible Cities, an exhibition of architectural projects by five students from the UB School of Architecture and Urban Planning.