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Heidi Julien receives lifetime achievement award from Association for Information Science and Technology
1/5/26
Merit award recognizes professor’s numerous contributions to information science field.
Greenland’s Prudhoe Dome ice cap was completely gone only 7,000 years ago, first GreenDrill study finds
1/5/26
Core samples pulled from beneath ice sheet suggests region is highly sensitive to the temperatures of our current interglacial period.
New scholarship to support Lafayette High School students interested in architecture
1/5/26
UB’s School of Architecture and Planning and SOM Foundation form new scholarship named after Gordon Bunshaft.
UB is part of joint $17 million NIH grant to study temporomandibular disorders
1/5/26
Dental medicine, medicine and philosophy professors collaborate on multi-institution project.
Charting the work of Black women writers and choreographers
1/6/26
Nicole Morris Johnson’s new book examines various frameworks and why they prove to be an inadequate approach for examining women’s creative expression.
UB scientist awarded $50,000 for acute respiratory distress syndrome research
1/13/26
The grant, from SUNY’s Technology Accelerator Fund, will help advance treatments for life-threatening lung condition.
Understanding how telomere length affects disease risk later in life
1/9/26
Five-year NIH-funded study will examine how early-life factors such as growth patterns and exposure to air pollution affect an important marker of biological aging from birth to young adulthood.
Annahita Ball and Yunju Nam named SSWR fellows
1/12/26
The fellowship honors scholars who advance research that addresses issues of social work practice and policy, and promotes a diverse, equitable and just society.
'Recognize and remove' is key to detecting, managing concussions among youth, say new guidelines for parents and coaches
1/12/26
Researchers around the world including UB's John Leddy have developed an easy-to-follow guide so parents and coaches can recognize concussions in young athletes and respond appropriately.
State DOT workers ‘upskilling’ with UB engineering courses
1/12/26
Employees are taking graduate level courses in engineering management, bridge engineering.
Study highlights link between hostile racism and suicide risk in young Black adults
1/13/26
Work suggests that hostile racism associated with a 15% increase in suicide ideation, and 13% increase in suicide attempts.
Northeast College and UB announce new educational partnership
1/15/26
Students will advance to Northeast’s Doctor of Chiropractic program, allowing them to reduce overall time to degree completion.
Harm reduction vending machines in New York State expand access to overdose treatment and drug test strips
1/16/26
Two studies have found that harm reduction vending machines installed across New York State are well utilized and provide critical, lifesaving services to high-risk individuals.
Study: Cigarette filters are an underestimated source of microplastic pollution
1/16/26
Filters release two dozen microfibers upon first contact with water, threatening wildlife and human health.
Siwei Lyu named director of Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
1/21/26
SUNY Distinguished Professor is a leading expert on deepfakes and mitigating misinformation online.
Resolutions for a healthier new year? Don’t forget your oral health
1/16/26
Dental school’s Marcelle Nascimento discusses best ways to protect your teeth and gums.
UB pharmacy professor develops AI model to predict hospitalization of at-risk cardiac patients
1/20/26
Structured, patient-reported survey data accurately predicts hospital admissions and 90-day readmissions.
UB’s international design competition exhibition opens Jan. 28
1/21/26
Over the past several months, seven teams of architects and consultants from around the world have been developing their entries for The Resilient Campus.
New insight into light–matter thermalization could advance neutral-atom quantum computing
1/21/26
Simulation of Rydberg arrays inside optical cavity shows photons and atoms don’t always rapidly settle at same temperature and destroy quantum information.
UB Center for the Arts Announces Spring 2026 Season Featuring Something for Everyone
1/21/26
The region’s premier multidisciplinary arts hub, announces its spring 2026 season, featuring music programming that spans jazz, indie and folk rock, along with special events that bring the best in arts and entertainment to Western New York.
Could swapping a cold one for a cannabis beverage help people drink less?
1/26/26
New UB research suggests using cannabis beverages as a substitute for alcohol could be a novel harm reduction strategy.
UB online programs in nursing, engineering management among top 10 nationwide
1/27/26
The rankings, from U.S. News & World Report, highlight the excellence of these innovative educational courses.
UB CMI awards more than $450,000 for 10 faculty-industry manufacturing R&D projects
1/27/26
Innovations include AI-driven ceramics, next generation contact lenses, semiconductors, copper ink and more.
Ford Versypt awarded $2.1 million NIH grant to study growth and break-up of tissues
1/27/26
She hopes that the research will allow physicians to better predict how to promote regeneration across different tissue systems in the body.