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New technology could increase energy generation and drive down solar energy production costs. 

The technology could lower costs for making pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and other products.

The award, supported by the Prentice Family Foundation, is given to undergraduate and graduate students with an entrepreneurial drive who want to make a difference in their communities.

The group is believed to be the largest cohort of new faculty at UB since the university joined SUNY in the 1960s.

With more buildings affected by sea level rise, NSF awards $2 million to UB researchers and partners to assess at-risk communities in Hawai’i, elsewhere.

UB, New York’s flagship university, comes in at No. 36 among 227 public national universities in U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 Best Colleges rankings.

The visit to UB also kicked off a discussion series on harnessing AI for the public good. 

Andrew S. Whittaker, SUNY Distinguished Professor in civil, structural and environmental engineering, is the inaugural recipient of the American Nuclear Society’s (ANS) Untermyer & Cisler Reactor Technology Medal.

Machines solve problems by developing their own models and algorithms, but this requires a significant commitment from human programmers. Two UB projects could make this process more efficient and expand the capabilities of machine learning. 

Having previously served as vice president for the American Society of Thermal and Fluid Engineers, Francine Battaglia now steps into a two-year term as president for the organization.