Fueling Research, Discovery, & Innovation

The University at Buffalo: A leading public research university and flagship of the SUNY System. Ranked third in the U.S. for innovation, first in New York State, and an esteemed member of the Association of American Universities (AAU).

Here is where ambition meets altruism, driving transformative research for global impact. Our breakthroughs result in new cures, advanced materials, and resilient communities, contributing to meaningful global change.

Strategic Research Fuels Innovation with Impact

Witness the transformation of scientific and technological breakthroughs into global impact—right here in our communities and beyond! Our research is groundbreaking. Explore the frontiers of artificial intelligence, advanced computing, semiconductors, biotechnology, and advanced energy and materials.

Tackling the world’s most extreme disasterscomplex energy and environmental issues, and leading the charge on creating a sustainable world for all.

Analyzing and synthesizing large-scale data to tackle a variety of research issues, from natural disasters to medical technologies.

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Research Insights and Discoveries

UB │ AI Chat Series: Harnessing AI for Public Good

UB | AI is a two-year series exploring how UB faculty across disciplines are harnessing artificial intelligence for the public good. Launched on September 6, 2023, the series will discuss AI's role in advancing societal good in the realms of education, health care and the arts, among others.

Podcast: AI for Social Good

As a young computer scientist at IBM, Jinjun Xiong was impressed when the company’s Watson computer won “Jeopardy!”. But he also thought we should be using AI to help people, not beat them. Today, as the director of UB’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, he’s spearheading multiple AI projects that do just that. In this episode of Driven to Discover, he talks to host Cory Nealon about all the ways AI can make our lives better, and why we shouldn’t be so afraid of it.

Podcast: Bitemark Evidence

Mary Bush was obsessed with true crime shows as a teen. Now she’s a leading authority on bitemark analysis. In this episode of Driven to Discover, the forensic dentist talks about her efforts to eradicate this faulty science from the U.S. court system, explains how she copes with the emotional toll of victim identification, and shares how she ended up on Netflix’s “Unsolved Mysteries.” 

Podcast: Changing the Black East Side

As a clinical audiologist, Henry Louis Taylor Jr. wanted to understand how the socioeconomic realities of his Black patients had diverged so sharply from those of his white patients. So he got his PhD in history. Now, as an urban historian and planner, he’s on a mission to fix a system of neighborhood development that has long served one population to the detriment of another. In this episode of Driven to Discover, he discusses his most ambitious effort to date: The East Side Neighborhood Transformation Project.

  • Kruger honored with National Academies of Practice fellowship
    12/6/24

    The public health researcher was recognized for her leadership in interprofessional care. 

  • Gender Institute funds faculty research
    12/6/24

    Projects range from the gender dynamics in an Indigenous South Pacific community to the prevalence of intersex traits among infants.

  • Searching for primordial black holes
    12/5/24

    A theoretical study suggests that small black holes born in the early universe may have left behind hollow planetoids and microscopic tunnels.