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  • Macy Gray.
    Grammy-Award Winner Macy Gray Brings “On How Life Is” 25th Anniversary Tour to the UB Center for the Arts
    9/3/25

    Gray's triple-platinum record introduced the world to her signature voice and yielded the global hit “I Try.” The song earned her a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance in 2000 and remains one of the most iconic songs of its era.

  • Zoom image: An illustration of a PFAS breakdown product in its negatively charged and neutral forms, depicted in a dynamic back-and-forth between these states. The accompanying chart illustrates a plot that allowed a University at Buffalo-led team to determine its acid dissociation constant or pKa. Credit: University at Buffalo
    Forever chemicals are more acidic than we thought, study finds
    9/4/25

    New, more accurate acidity measurements could make PFAS easier to track.

  • Marianne Moore.
    UB scholar receives $300,000 NEH grant to expand Marianne Moore digital archive
    9/5/25

    Project will add another 12 notebooks kept by Moore, one of the foremost modernist poets of the early 20th century.

  • An older man experiencing oral pain.
    Researchers reveal the infection risks oral mucositis poses to stem cell transplant patients, introduce AI tool to predict them
    9/8/25

    Patients undergoing stem cell transplants for blood cancers who develop oral mucositis are at nearly four times the risk of developing a severe infection.

  • Eileen Marutiak.
    UB Alumni Association elects new president, officers and directors
    9/9/25

    Eileen Marutiak, BA ’06, has been named president of the UB Alumni Association, a group that represents the interests of more than 307,000 graduates around the world.

  • A view of the interior of the Medina Triennial Hub.
    A labor of love: ‘Objects of Affection’ transforms welcome space for upcoming contemporary art event
    9/9/25

    Using everything from upcycled canal lock lumber to salvaged chair legs, UB architecture students and faculty create unique pieces for Medina Triennial Hub.

  • UB psychology professor Julie Bowker.
    UB researcher named VP of organization dedicated to sharing child development research
    9/9/25

    The Child & Family Blog is a leading online resource that explains child development research findings to lay audiences.

  • Video still from "Nick Cave's Soundsuits" featuring dancers in colorful, shaggy full-body costumes.
    Buffalo Humanities Festival opens with textile artist Nick Cave
    9/12/25

    The two-day event presented by UB's Humanities Institute will explore the dual nature of fabrication.

  • Aerial view of Buffalo.
    Media Advisory: A health equity action plan for Western New York is the focus of UB’s Igniting Hope 2025 conference
    9/12/25

    Igniting Hope 2025, focused on “Building a Community Plan for Health Equity,” will be held on Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

  • Gary Iacobucci is sitting at his office desk.
    UB psychiatry resident is one of a dozen in the U.S. to be named National Institute of Mental Health Outstanding Resident of the Year
    9/15/25

    Gary Iacobucci, MD, PhD, will attend an awards program next month at the National Institutes of Health, where he will present an overview of his research on cognitive flexibility.

  • Zoom image: Students in a University at Buffalo summer research program hiked the Niagara Gorge to learn about local geology and glaciation. Photo credit: Jasleen Kaur
    Western New York becomes living laboratory for students studying climate hazards
    9/15/25

    NSF-backed summer research program brings undergraduates to UB to study challenges posed by climate change.

  • UB faculty member Lillian Williams, PhD, posing with a statue of Mary Burnett Talbert.
    UB researcher leads the effort for historic marker honoring Mary Burnett Talbert
    9/15/25

    The recognition arrives as the final step in a process that began with a nomination from UB faculty member Lillian S. Williams.

  • Students walking on the academic spine on UB's North Campus.
    It’s a historic fall as UB welcomes record first-year class
    9/15/25

    New York’s flagship university also achieved total enrollment of 30,000 for the 7th straight year.

  • Zoom image: President Satish K. Tripathi offers remarks at the College of Arts and Sciences' afternoon commencement ceremony in Alumni Arena in 2023. Photo: Douglas Levere
    Tripathi to step down as UB president
    9/16/25

    Satish K. Tripathi, the longest-serving president to lead UB since it joined the SUNY system in 1962, announced that he will step down next July.

  • Dental faculty members Lu LI (left) and Patricia Diaz.
    Oral biology postdoc to examine periodontal disease through AI lens
    9/16/25

    Researcher receives NIH Pathway to Independence Award, will work with UB mentors.

  • On one side a rat is running on a treadmill, labelled "HIIT Exercise;" on the other side a rat is sitting still, labelled "Sedentary Control.".
    Study: In lab animals exposed to cocaine, High-Intensity Interval Training boosts aversion to the drug
    9/17/25

    Researchers reveal that high-intensity interval training (HIIT) was more effective than moderate exercise in making adolescent lab animals avoid cocaine.

  • A turbulence chamber in a lab.
    Engineers uncover why tiny particles form clusters in turbulent air
    9/19/25

    Finding could improve predictions for wildfire smoke, extreme rainfall, pharmaceutical development and more.

  • Zoom image: A desert sucker sampled from the Gila River, New Mexico, in 2011. Photo: Corey Krabbenhoft/University at Buffalo
    Even fish adapted to dry climates are struggling amid rising temps, droughts
    9/17/25

    Study finds fish diversity in arid regions of U.S. and Australia dropped amid reduced water availability.

  • David Cazares Dorantes is in a white coat standing in a corridor.
    AAMC selects UB medical student for its national ACE Award for Advocacy, Collaboration and Education
    9/17/25

    A second-year medical student in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences has been selected as a recipient of the AAMC 2025 ACE Award for Advocacy, Collaboration and Education. 

  • A recruiter speaks with a student at a previous career fair.
    Media Advisory: Over 3,000 students to attend STEAM Job + Internship Fair on Monday
    9/19/25

    UB largest career and internship fair looks to connect students with companies.

  • Thomas Grant poses for a picture while sitting in his lab.
    Researcher’s AI-powered drug discovery tool supported by Empire AI
    9/22/25

    Thomas Grant secures $2.18 million grant to pioneer protein-studying tool that could lead to new and personalized medicine.

  • Ryan Zhenqi Zhou stands in front of a map with data points.
    Ryan Zhenqi Zhou receives national scholarship for geography research
    9/19/25

    The PhD candidate applies geospatial data science and AI to address natural disasters, public health challenges and more.

  • Interlocking UB logo on blue background.
    UB statement on Sentient Science
    9/22/25

    During its relationship with UB, Sentient’s work focused on developing software to monitor the maintenance needs and efficiency of wind turbines, as well as the development of wearable technologies to monitor personal health.

  • Aerial photo of Hayes Hall on UB's South Campus.
    U.S. News Best Colleges rankings place UB 36th among public universities
    9/23/25

    UB is tied for No. 36 among 225 public universities and comes in at No. 75 in best national universities, which includes major public and private colleges and universities nationwide.

  • Three figures showing the NMDA receptor in the closed primed and open positions.
    Study: Researchers produce the first-ever image of an open NMDA receptor
    9/24/25

    Researchers have captured for the first time and in exquisite detail pictures of NMDA receptors in a fully open conformation.

  • Zoom image: Otto Whitehead, co-director of "The Spectrum of Life," films the BioSCape team conducting field work in South Africa’s Greater Cape Floristic Region. The documentary will premiere at the Buffalo International Film Festival Oct. 10. Photo: BioScape
    UB’s BioSCape project receives NASA award, will be subject of doc at Buffalo film festival
    9/24/25

    Multinational research effort mapped South Africa’s biodiversity from the air. 

  • Zoom image: Geothermal test wells being conducted on UB’s North Campus near the Baker Chilled Water utility plant and UB Solar Strand. Douglas Levere
    Gov. Hochul announces $68M investment to support campus decarbonization project at UB
    9/25/25

    Funding will enable the design and building of energy hubs and thermal energy networks to phase out fossil fuel-based heating, cooling systems.

  • Concept of a writer featuring books, a desk lamp and a typewriter.
    Chester Gary wins top two 2025 Williams J. Gies Editorial Awards
    9/29/25

    Restorative dentistry faculty member addresses AI truths, dentists’ relationship with insurance providers.

  • Viviana Monje headshot.
    UB engineer Viviana Monje awarded $312,359 grant to create bio-inspired membranes
    9/29/25

    The work, part of larger $2 million effort, will employ AI and other tools to develop eco-friendly membranes for use in medicine, agriculture, industry and other fields.

  • Sodium chloride crystal.
    Core electron bonding may not always require extreme pressure, study finds
    9/30/25

    Research suggests some metals’ semicore electrons may be more active on Earth’s surface than previously thought.

  • Rendering of a tooth model.
    UB oral biology researchers receive NIH grant to create miniature tooth model
    9/29/25

    Use of pluripotent stem cells opens door to future regenerative dental therapies.

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