News and Events

The UB Veggie Van - while serving as a vehicle to improve nutrition access for students at UB - acts as a mobile research unit, enacting innovative strategies recognized by Dr. Lucia Leone's Veggie Van study. 

UB Professor of Art Joan Linder unveils her botanical illustration exhibit "Inhabit," at One World Cafe. This installation showcases four types of native and non-native species that can be found on UB's campuses, with each being either medicinal or edible. 

Blackstone LaunchPad, or, as it's now known - The Startup and Innovation Collaboratory Powered by Blackstone LaunchPad - has announced a rebranding and expansion of their office in an effort to plan for UB's ever-increasing philanthropic and entreprenurial ventures.

Is coral the key? A recent collaboration among researchers from UB, the University of Rhode Island, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) led to first outplanting effort to restore coral communities damaged by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, considered one of the worst environmental disasters in history.