News and Events

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News

  • UB TCIE secures $300,000 to support offshore wind industry in NYS
    3/19/24

    The UB Center for Industrial Effectiveness (UB TCIE) received a $300,000 grant from the New York State Offshore Wind Training Institute (OWTI) for the project "Preparing NYS’s Renewable Energy and Offshore Wind Supply Chain." Its goal is to promote careers in New York’s supply chain workforce for offshore wind and other renewable energy and sustainability sectors such as solar, green building, and nanotechnology.

  • UB, partners awarded $2.8 million grant to improve nation’s power grid
    3/14/24

    A UB research team has secured a nearly $3 million grant from the Department of Energy to enhance semiconductor technology, aiming to upgrade the nation's power grid. This grant, among the $48 million in projects unveiled by the energy department in February, will drive the development of advanced high-voltage power switches for better management of electricity flow and a reduction in energy usage, ultimately improving grid resilience against unforeseen outages.

  • UB, partners work to make algal fuel more efficient, affordable
    3/12/24

    A new UB-led research project — funded by a $2 million U.S. Department of Energy grant - is working to cheapen and optimize algal biofuel production through the integration of polyculture farming, artificial intelligence, microscopy, and various other interdisciplinary research techniques.

  • More than 400 discuss ‘How We Change the Black East Side’
    3/11/24

    At one of the largest public gatherings ever hosted by UB's medical school, over 400 East Side residents, academics, and community advocates gathered to discuss the East Side Neighborhood Transformation Project, a novel approach for neighborhood revitalization aimed at radically transforming communities located on the Black East Side.

Signature Initiatives and Events

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Transforming our Tomorrow.
WCC.
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