08 - University at Buffalo

Rise, Respond and Rebuild: Conference to explore solutions for ending gun violence and healing communities
8/3/26
National experts will gather at the University at Buffalo Sept. 11-12 for the Rise, Respond and Rebuild Conference: Healing Communities by Ending Gun Violence.
AI and ‘Ramanomics’ could eliminate a major obstacle to studying living cells
8/6/26
UB-led researchers develop a label-free method that identifies organelles using their unique biochemical fingerprints.
Could salmon and other fatty fish unlock new treatments for severe lung disease?
8/11/26
UB researchers explore the healing properties of molecules found within omega-3 fatty acids.
Study: UB researchers create early warning system to monitor housing evictions
8/11/26
The tool, from the Department of AI and Society, aims to help human service agencies respond faster during crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
UB Theatre and Dance Announces Fall 2026 Season
8/12/26
Nationally recognized directors, choreographers and faculty work with emerging student talent to produce innovative original productions that entertain audiences and explore the human condition.
Media Advisory: AI leaders from Azerbaijan to visit UB on Friday
8/13/26
The visit, which includes tours of UB’s AI facilities, will focus on educational partnerships and economic development opportunities.
University at Buffalo excavations in ancient Italy reveal economic and medieval history
8/13/26
Professor Sebastiani, working with the IMPERO project, uncovered an agricultural warehouse dating to the Hellenistic and Roman Republican periods.
UB study looks at the current state of ethically balancing AI and social work
8/14/26
UB social work study shows professional bodies providing little guidance for AI.
Painful neuropathy affects quality of life – sometimes long-term for cancer patients
8/13/26
Pharmacy researchers aim to better understand phenomenon, find possible solutions in NIH-funded study.
New study explores why females experience more side effects from head and neck cancer radiation
8/17/26
Side effects interfere with eating and drinking, and there are limited treatments.
Media Advisory: UB students to begin moving into residence halls
8/17/26
UB will also host Welcome Weekend, an annual celebration to mark the start of the school year.
UB researcher recognized for work on innovative chatbot
8/18/26
SnehAI designed to teach young people in India about sexual and reprodutive health.
Incoming UB faculty researchers selected as Simons Empire Faculty Fellows
8/18/26
Established by the Simons Foundation and Simons Foundation International, the program supports tenure-track faculty positions.
AI helps turn citizen photos into water-level data for UB researchers
8/19/26
Cross-disciplinary collaboration strengthens CrowdHydrology’s environmental monitoring efforts.
RNA droplets may have helped start life on Earth. A new study explains why they form
8/19/26
A tiny chemical difference helps make RNA better than DNA at condensing into liquid-like droplets under high temperatures and acidic conditions.
Media Advisory: On Thursday, President Genco to welcome students moving into residence halls
8/20/26
Thousands of students and their families will converge on UB’s North and South campuses, with Welcome Weekend activities to follow.
Social Impact Fellows program places students at WNY nonprofits
8/20/26
Students help partners address housing issues, food insecurity and more during summer internship program.
Welcome Back Blast canceled due to thunderstorm watch
8/22/26
Alternative events for students are being held in the Student Union.
Study of 60,000 U.S. adults links inflammatory protein to fatal heart attacks, other negative outcomes
8/25/26
Participants, studied over several years, had a mean age of 63, were 67.6% women and more than 25% identified as a racial minority.
UB technology wins two prestigious R&D 100 Awards
8/26/26
The invention offers a quick, reliable way to measure recycled plastic content in commercial products.
UB symposium to explore how social media and AI persuade
8/27/26
Experts will discuss political persuasion, chatbots, AI governance and more.
UB postdoc earns prestigious NIH fellowship to study how proteins’ disordered regions help control genes
8/27/26
Joseph Basalla researches how FOXG1’s flexible regions and the tiny droplets they form may help regulate gene expression.
Media Advisory: UB, partners to celebrate 8 new electric buses on Monday
8/28/26
The battery-electric vehicles are shuttling students, employees between campuses.
UB Alumni Association elects eight new board members
9/1/26
Board members foster UB pride, spirit and traditions and build relationships among UB alumni, connecting them with the university and current students.