The new center will support AI-enabled sensing, decision-support and digital health tools while connecting UB researchers with clinical partners, industry collaborators and commercialization support.
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When businesses and universities collide, life-changing innovations are born. From developing novel materials to pioneering COVID-19 vaccine candidates, impacts made by UB startups, researchers and industry partners are as diverse as they are far-reaching.
Buffalo Startup Week, organized by UB BEP and the Western New York Incubator Network, was featured in a Buffalo News story on Eric Wood’s role as a startup investor and keynote speaker for the inaugural Buffalo Startup Draft, which spotlighted local companies with direct ties to UB.
Canget BioTekpharma, a Buffalo-based startup supported by UB Business and Entrepreneur Partnerships, received FDA Rare Pediatric Disease and Orphan Drug designations for FL118, a potential treatment for osteosarcoma, advancing efforts to develop new therapies for this rare and aggressive bone cancer affecting children and young adults.
A collaboration between University at Buffalo researcher Jun Liu and Corning has produced its first peer-reviewed paper—marking an early milestone for a project supported through the Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics (CMI).
IBEX Materials Inc., co-founded by UB's Mark Swihart, was awarded a 2025 NY SMART I-Corridor Tech Hub C3 THRIVE voucher to develop a new method for recycling semiconductor waste into more affordable, higher-performance lithium battery materials.
Ognomy Sleep has been named the "Best Overall SleepTech Solution" in the 10th annual MedTech Breakthrough Awards, following a $100,000 investment from UB’s Buffalo Innovation Seed Fund earlier this year.
UB is one of 20 universities across North America chosen to compete in the EcoCAR challenge, which is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Stellantis, General Motors, MathWorks and others.
This year Panasci TEC included a $5,000 technology innovation prize sponsored by Business and Entrepreneur Partnerships and awarded to EchoWell Health.
Buffalo Business First names Western New York's most powerful people.
Perez Willie-Nwobu found his path through the power of therapy. Nara Therapy, a Cultivator portfolio company, is designed to create access for more people like him.
BEP's Smitha James is quoted along with multiple UB industry partners in this article exploring medical device innovation in the Buffalo region.
Novel Sjögren’s Syndrome biomarkers are advancing toward real-world use with support from UB Business and Entrepreneur Partnership highlighting UB’s role in accelerating translational research and commercialization.
Dori Sajdak, Assistant Director of User Services at the UBs Center for Computational Research (CCR), has been selected as one of the honorees featured in the SC26 Women’s History Month 2026 cohort.
A $3.7 million state award to UB's Business and Entrepreneur Partnerships will help reshape workforce development for Western New York and upstate high school students.
UB researcher develops first high-res map of Alzheimer's in the brain
Buffalo Business First will honor 26 manufacturing award winners across 11 categories including growth, sustainability, and workforce development.
Science Exploration Day brings nearly 1,000 area high school students to UB each year for hands-on STEMM activities.
Several of this year’s Inno Fire Award winners have roots in University at Buffalo’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, advancing through programs offered by UB Business and Entrepreneur Partnerships.
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